Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century: New Barriers and Continuing Constraints

by Clare Lyonette and Rosemary Crompton

Both women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading international authorities document how gender inequalities are changing and how many inequalities of earlier eras are being eradicated. However, this book shows there are new barriers and constraints that are slowing progress...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849800790
• ISBN13: 9781849800792
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages