Gendered divisions in the new economy: Risks and opportunities |
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Authors: | Diane Perrons |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London, WC2A2AE, U.K |
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Abstract: | The concept 'new economy' is widely used to characterise the outcomes of contemporary restructuring processes – but in contrasting
ways: by globalisation and the increasing use of communication and information technologies as well as by deregulation, polarisation,
feminisation of employment and new, more flexible patterns and hours of work. These tendencies are interlinked and partly
account for growing social and gender divisions. They pose problems for social sustainability but also develop differently
in different economic and social formations. This paper develops a theoretical understanding of widening social divisions
and their gendered form, indicates how these tendencies have developed to different degrees within the European Union and
illustrates how the divisions are experienced by people in a local labour market in the neo liberal UK, where social and gender
divisions are particularly wide.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | care flexibility gender new media unions work-life |
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