Equity in the Workplace Gendering Workplace Policy Analysis

by Gottfried, Heidi; Reese, Laura; Berggren, Heidi; Bird, Katherine; Gottschall, Karin; Haas, Linda; Hassett, Wendy; Lenz, Ilse; Liebert, Ulrike; Lindenberg, Karen; O'Reilly, Jacqueline; Roberts, Glenda; Trzcinski, Eileen; Walby, Sylvia; Wisensale, Steven K.

• ISBN13: 9780739106884
• ISBN10: 0739106880
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-27
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

This edited collection assembles cutting-edge comparative policy research on contemporary policy research on contemporary policies relevant to gender and workplace issues. Contributors analyze gender-related employment policies, including parental leave, maternity programs, sexual harassment, work/life balance, and gender mainstreaming. Equity in the Workplace thoroughly illustrates how the juxtaposition of a variety of research methodologies focused on a common theme can lead to a richer, multilayered understanding of a complex issue.

Table of Contents

Foreword Gender and Civil Society	ix
Paul Rich
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction Gendering Workplace Policy Analysis	1	(28)
Heidi Gottfried and Laura Reese
Part I Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Workplace Policy
1 Globalization, Gender, and Work: Perspectives on Global Regulation	29	(24)
Ilse Lenz
2 Policy Strategies in a Global Era for Gendered Workplace Equity	53	(24)
Sylvia Walby
3 European Gender Mainstreaming: Promises and Pitfalls of Transformative Policy	77	(26)
Alison Woodward
Part II Implications of Gender in the Workplace
4 Institutionally Embedded Gender Models: Re-regulating Breadwinner Models in Germany and Japan	103	(28)
Heidi Gottfried and Jacqueline O Reilly
5 Career Advancement Choices of Female Managers in U.S. Local Governments	131	(20)
Wendy L. Hassett
6 An Assessment of Women's Acceptance as Breadwinners in the United States	151	(32)
Heidi M. Berggren
Part III Reconciliation of Work and Family Life: Maternity, Parental, and Family Leave
7 Parental Leave and Gender Equality: What Can the United States Learn from the European Union?	183	(32)
Linda Haas
8 Solving a Problem or Tinkering at the Margins? Work, Family, and Caregiving	215	(28)
Steven K. Wisensale
9 The Employment Insurance Model: Maternity, Parental, and Sickness Benefits in Canada	243	(38)
Eileen Zrzcinski
10 Erosion of the Male-Breadwinner Model? Female Labor-Market Participation and Family-Leave Policies in Germany	281	(24)
Katherine Bird and Karin Gottschall
11 Globalization and Work/Life Balance: Gendered Implications of New Initiatives at a U.S. Multinational in Japan	305	(20)
Glenda S. Roberts
Part IV Specific Applications of Workplace Policies: Gender Equity in the Workplace
12 Europeanizing the Military: The ECJ and the Transformation of the Bundeswehr	325	(16)
Ulrike Liebert
13 Implementing Sexual Harassment Law in the United States and Germany	341	(24)
Kathrin Zippel
14 Sexual Harassment Policies and Employee Preferences in Local U.S. Government	365	(30)
Laura Reese and Karen E. Lindenberg
Index	395	(6)
About the Contributors	401