Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Careers: An International ComparisonHans-Peter Blossfeld, Heather Hofmeister Globalization, Uncertainty and Women's Careers assesses the effects of globalization on the life courses of women in thirteen countries across Europe and America in the second half of the 20th century. |
Contents
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PART II Countryspecific contributions on conservative welfare regimes | 59 |
3 Womens employment in West Germany | 61 |
1955 to 2000 | 84 |
PART III Countryspecific contributions on socialdemocratic welfare regimes | 113 |
5 Globalization deindustrialization and the labor market experiences of Swedish women 1950 to 2000 | 115 |
marked by globalization? | 142 |
PART V Countryspecific contributions on liberal welfare regimes | 273 |
11 Womens employment in Britain | 275 |
1968 to 1991 | 302 |
PART VI Countryspecific contributions on familyorientated welfare regimes | 327 |
13 Labor force dynamics and occupational attainment across three cohorts of women in urban Mexico | 329 |
economic and institutional changes | 352 |
can Spanish women reconcile job and family? | 376 |
PART VII Conclusions | 403 |
PART IV Countryspecific contributions on postsocialist welfare regimes | 169 |
7 Womens career mobility in Hungary | 171 |
8 Womens employment in Estonia | 199 |
transition from a socialist to a socialdemocratic regime? | 224 |
from socialism to capitalism | 247 |
16 The impact of gender role attitudes on womens life courses | 405 |
conclusions from a 13country international comparison | 433 |
Index | 451 |
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analysis birth cohort Blossfeld Bukodi career mobility chances changes child childcare compared countries Czech Republic decline downward mobility duration economic Edward Elgar effect employed employees Estonia European exit experience female employment female labor force flexible full-time gender gender roles Germany globalization Grunow higher household human capital Hungary hypotheses impact increased individual industrial insecurity institutional interruption job mobility labor force participation labor market attachment labor market participation later cohort less likelihood logistic regression lower maquiladora marriage married maternity leave men’s Mexico mid-career women mid-life Netherlands number of children occupational OECD Oxford paid employment part-time patterns percent period Poland policies position post-socialist public sector qualification re-entry role social society status structural Survey Sweden Swedish Table Tallinn transition trend uncertainty University of Bamberg unpaid caregiving upward mobility variables wage welfare regimes West Germany women’s careers women’s employment women’s labor market workers