{"product_id":"academic-careers-and-the-gender-gap-paperback-softback-9780774823975","title":"Academic Careers and the Gender Gap (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774823975","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAcademic Careers and the Gender Gap\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaureen Baker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774823975\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages, 8 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcademic Careers and the Gender Gap\u003c\/em\u003e is an original study that offers valuable new insights on the gendering of academic work, especially with respect to the changing nature of the university context and the academic profession. A particular strength lies in the rich qualitative data that sheds valuable light on ongoing debates in the sociology of gender, work, and family. - Karen D. Hughes, Professor of Sociology and Business (Strategic Management and Organization), University of Alberta\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen earn nearly half of all new PhDs in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Why, then, do they occupy a disproportionate number of the junior-level positions at universities while their male counterparts continue to snap up 80 percent of the more prestigious jobs? In \u003cem\u003eAcademic Careers and the Gender Gap,\u003c\/em\u003e Maureen Baker explains the reasons behind this inequality, drawing on interviews with male and female scholars, previous research, and her own thirty-eight-year academic career. Using a feminist political economy and interpretive theoretical framework, she argues that current university priorities and collegial relations often magnify the impact of gendered families and identities and perpetuate the academic gender gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaker sets academia in the wider context of restructuring labour markets and gendered earning patterns within families. The result is a revealing portrait of significant and persistent differences in job security, institutional affiliation, working hours, rank, salary, job satisfaction, collegial networks, and career length between male and female scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Setting the Scene\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Gendered Patterns of Education, Work, and Family Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 University Restructuring and Global Markets\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Social Capital and Gendered Responses to University Practices\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Gendered Families and the Motherhood Penalty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Subjectivities and the Gender Gap\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Explaining the Academic Gender Gap\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMethodological Appendix\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531054805272,"sku":"9780774823975","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/academic-careers-and-the-gender-gap-paperback-softback-9780774823975","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}