Gendering the Knowledge Economy: Comparative Perspectives

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Comparing the UK, US, Germany and Japan, this book draws on innovative concepts of varieties of gender regime as well as varieties of capitalism. The volume re-thinks the processes of de-gendering and re-gendering of working practices in the context of both de-regulation and re-regulation of employment. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Theorizing the Gendering of the Knowledge Economy: Comparative Approaches (Sylvia Walby)....Pages 3-50 Gender and the Conceptualization of the Knowledge Economy in Comparison (Karen Shire)....Pages 51-77 Front Matter ....Pages 79-79 Comparative Livelihood Security Systems from a Gender Perspective, with a Focus on Japan (Mari Osawa)....Pages 81-108 Varieties of Gender Regimes and Regulating Gender Equality at Work in the Global Context (Ilse Lenz)....Pages 109-139 Similar Outcomes, Different Paths: the Cross-national Transfer of Gendered Regulations of Employment (Glenda S. Roberts)....Pages 140-160 Front Matter ....Pages 161-161 Self-Employment in Comparative Perspective: General Trends and the Case of New Media (Karin Gottschall, Daniela Kroos)....Pages 163-187 Living and Working Patterns in the New Knowledge Economy: New Opportunities and Old Social Divisions in the Case of New Media and Care-Work (Diane Perrons)....Pages 188-206 Are Care-Workers Knowledge Workers? (Makiko Nishikawa, Kazuko Tanaka)....Pages 207-227 Who Gets to be a Knowledge Worker? The Case of UK Call Centres (Susan Durbin)....Pages 228-247 Restructuring Gendered Flexibility in Organizations: a Comparative Analysis of Call Centres in Germany (Ursula Holtgrewe)....Pages 248-270 Back Matter ....Pages 271-322