Academic careers and the gender gap / Maureen Baker.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Maureen
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Women college teachers.
Women in higher education.
Work and family.
Sex role in the work environment.
Universities and colleges > Social aspects.
Physical Description:viii, 208 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Setting the scene
  • Gendered patterns of education, work, and family life
  • University restructuring and global markets
  • Social capital and gendered responses to university practices
  • Gendered families and the motherhood penalty
  • Subjectivities and the gender gap
  • Explaining the academic gender gap.