Sex Difference in Education: A Comparative Study of Ireland and Switzerland: v. 116 (European University Studies) - Softcover

Murray, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3261035188 ISBN 13: 9783261035189

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, 1985

Synopsis

Gender-based inequalities continue to persist in western societies, despite measures taken to promote the participation of women in education, employment and politics on an equal basis with men. This is puzzling, from a theoretical viewpoint, because of the expectation, deriving from modernization theory, that modernity would bring with it a major decline in sex-differentiation and sex-typing of roles, attitudes and identities.
This topic is taken up in the context of a comparative study of the educational systems of Ireland and Switzerland, which focuses on the role of the school in the reproduction of the sex-role systems.

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-The book is clearly written and well presented. ... it will be a useful read.- (Kathleen Lynch, S.A.I. Bulletin)
-Das Buch bildet fur denjenigen, der selbst im Bereich der Geschlechtsdifferenzen, sei es in klinischer oder padagogischer Hinsicht, forscht, und fur all jene, die die soziologischen Veranderungen bzw. Stgnationen des Geschlechterverhaltnisses beobachten, methodologisch, konstrukt- und ergebnisbezogen eine inspirierende Fundgrube.- (Lothar Schattenburg, Zeitschrift fur klinische Psychologie, Psychopathologie und Psychtherapie)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3261035188
• ISBN 13: 9783261035189
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314