Ethnicity and Gender at Work Inequalities, Careers and Employment Relations

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ISBN: 9781403991751 | 1403991758
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/15/2008

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By directly addressing the working lives of black women, this book demonstrates the way that the intersection of gendered and ethnic identities operate in the contexts of work and home situations. It puts the British picture of gender and ethnicity in an international context by drawing in experiences, data and policy insights from the United States and mainland Europe.

List of Figures and Tables	p. viii
Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Ethnicity and gender at work: the background to this book	p. 1
A note on terminology	p. 4
Structure of the book	p. 5
Ethnicity and Gender in the Labour Market	p. 7
Flexibility	p. 9
Feminisation	p. 11
Migration	p. 13
Ethnicity and gender in the British labour market	p. 16
Labour market participation	p. 16
The European picture	p. 34
Segregation in the United States	p. 37
Conclusions	p. 40
Gender, Ethnicity and Class - the Case for Intersectional Analysis	p. 42
An intersectional approach	p. 43
History	p. 46
Employment relations and inequalities in organisations	p. 49
Do black women 'choose' their careers?	p. 54
Inequality regimes	p. 57
Conclusion	p. 60
Challenging Discrimination, Sexism and Racism: the Role of the State	p. 61
Initial state interventions: race relations and sex discrimination legislation	p. 62
The current legislative context	p. 64
The role of the European Union	p. 67
The limits of legislation	p. 68
The way forward	p. 72
Conclusion	p. 74
Employers: Agents of Transformation?	p. 76
Introduction	p. 76
Shape and degree of inequalities in organisations	p. 77
Employer action on equality and diversity	p. 80
Towards managing diversity?	p. 86
Employer policy and practice - case study examples	p. 91
Concluding comments	p. 97
Towards Transformation: Trade Union Strategies	p. 100
Little acorns: racism and anti-racism in the trade union movement	p. 101
Big oaks: trade union initiatives and the equality agenda	p. 104
The case study unions	p. 106
What is being done for BME women?	p. 109
Conclusions	p. 117
The Women and Their Stories	p. 119
The research approach	p. 119
The women	p. 121
Union involvement and activism	p. 123
Ginette's story	p. 126
Shahnaz's story	p. 128
Marsha's story	p. 131
Conclusion	p. 134
Inclusion and Exclusion in the Workplace	p. 137
Segregation and marginalisation in the workplace	p. 138
The bad old days: imperialist racism and patriarchal sexism	p. 140
The not-so-good new days: an array of racisms	p. 145
Practices of racism: condoning discrimination and victimisation	p. 150
Inclusion and the trade union	p. 152
Struggles within the union: men, power and exclusion	p. 155
Changing the union: networks, training and intersectionality	p. 157
Conclusion	p. 159
Career and Career Development	p. 161
Introduction	p. 161
The context of work	p. 163
Moving on up	p. 166
Adapting work to circumstances	p. 174
Future career strategies	p. 175
Conclusions	p. 177
Shaping Careers from a Trade Union Perspective	p. 178
Routes into collectivism and union activism	p. 179
The social justice route	p. 183
Experience in the union	p. 187
The career indeterminacy of union women	p. 192
Rejecting the union career	p. 194
Conclusions	p. 196
Unions, Communities and Families in Women's Lives	p. 198
Bella's story	p. 199
Working for the community	p. 202
Contested communities	p. 205
Family influences and values	p. 207
Children and the future	p. 210
Changing the union	p. 212
Conclusion	p. 214
Conclusions	p. 216
Gender and ethnic employment gaps	p. 216
The role of the key actors in equality and diversity	p. 219
An intersectional analysis of BME women's disadvantage	p. 220
The indeterminacy of career	p. 223
Inequality regimes	p. 225
Moving forward or standing still?	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 229
Index	p. 241
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