Technological Change and Women's Work Experience - by Barbara S Burnell (Paperback)
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Highlights
- This book integrates and critically evaluates the diverse literature on the impact of technological change on women's work.
- About the Author: BARBARA S. BURNELL is a professor of economics at the College of Wooster in Ohio.
- 224 Pages
- Political Science, Labor & Industrial Relations
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About the Book
This book integrates and critically evaluates the diverse literature on the impact of technological change on women's work. It also develops a new conceptual paradigm and presents evidence of the impact of technological change on occupational sex segregation. The analysis is based on the premise that the choice of a particular methodological and epistemological paradigm has important implications for the study of women and technology. This premise leads to a careful consideration of the philosophical foundations of three methodological perspectives that have been used to examine technological change--neoclassical economics, institutional economics, and feminist methodology. Burnell's study assesses the contributions and limitations of each approach.
Book Synopsis
This book integrates and critically evaluates the diverse literature on the impact of technological change on women's work. It also develops a new conceptual paradigm and presents evidence of the impact of technological change on occupational sex segregation. The analysis is based on the premise that the choice of a particular methodological and epistemological paradigm has important implications for the study of women and technology. This premise leads to a careful consideration of the philosophical foundations of three methodological perspectives that have been used to examine technological change--neoclassical economics, institutional economics, and feminist methodology. Burnell's study assesses the contributions and limitations of each approach.About the Author
BARBARA S. BURNELL is a professor of economics at the College of Wooster in Ohio. She has published in urban studies and economic journals and has contributed to Frese and Coggeshall, eds., Transcending Boundaries (Bergin & Garvey, 1991).