Gender, Class and Power

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   • Tricia Dawson

   Pages 1-17

3. Theories of Discrimination

   • Tricia Dawson

   Pages 19-54

4. The Development of the Printing Industry: Workers’ and Employers’ Organisation

   • Tricia Dawson

   Pages 55-80

5. Missed Opportunities: The Failure of Union Solidarity in the Struggle for Control of the Labour Process

   • Tricia Dawson

   Pages 81-114

6. Gender or Skill? The Continuation of Segregated Work

   • Tricia Dawson

   Pages 115-149

7. Challenging Inequality: Employers and Unions

   • Tricia Dawson

   Pages 151-184

8. Wage Leadership: The Continuation of Unequal Pay

   • Tricia Dawson

   Pages 185-221

9. ‘Paid Class 3, Treated Class 3, Act Class 3[?]’: Overcoming the Barriers

   • Tricia Dawson

   Pages 223-246

10. Back Matter

    Pages 247-267

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With a particular focus on the British printing industry, this book tackles the ongoing issue of pay inequality and examines the challenges facing many women today. By analysing organisation processes within the workplace, the author considers the unequal allocation of power resources that generate and sustain women’s invisibility and argues that women’s power is often outflanked by that of their male colleagues. Written by a skilled academic with direct industry experience, this new book is an insightful read for those researching human resource management (HRM), women’s studies and diversity, as well as trade union officials and policy-makers.

• human resource management
• women in business
• gender
• gender equality
• workplace inequality
• gender pay gap
• discrimination

• Keele Management School, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

  Tricia Dawson

Tricia Dawson is a Lecturer in HRM at Keele University, UK and was previously Senior Lecturer in HRM at the University of Westminster. She was also employed by the Graphical, Paper and Media Union as Equality Policy Adviser for over 20 years from 1979.

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