Handbook on Gender and Public Sector Employment

This Handbook provides a timely and critical analysis of the gendered nature of public sector employment, exploring how female public sector workers experience intersectional discrimination in the workplace. It covers key sites of employment for women across the globe and considers a comprehensive range of gendered public sector occupations. The Handbook highlights that while change is possible, it will require a radical rethinking of how public services are valued and funded in society.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 26 May 2023
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

This comprehensive Handbook provides a timely and critical analysis of the gendered nature of public sector employment. Drawing upon key theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research from across the globe, Hazel Conley and Paula Koskinen Sandberg examine the ways in which female public sector workers experience intersectional discrimination in the workplace. Spanning key sites of employment for women worldwide, the Handbook explores a wide range of gendered public sector occupations. Chapters delve into how women's employment in public services is influenced by complex political and economic tensions, examining core issues such as the relationship between gender, ethnicity, occupational segregation, work-life balance, flexible working, and workplace bullying; gendered pay and pension inequality; the sources of feminist activism in public sector employment; and the impact of the pandemic on feminized public sector occupations. Ultimately, the Handbook underscores that while change is possible, it will necessitate a radical rethinking of how public services are valued and funded in society.

Providing cutting-edge analysis and empirical data on gender and public sector employment, this Handbook serves as an indispensable resource for academics and researchers interested in the role of the State as Employer. Its thought-provoking yet accessible insights into gendered employment will greatly benefit students of social policy, gender politics, employment relations, and the sociology of work.

Dimension: 244 x 169 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800378223