ABSTRACT
Drawing on sociology and social policy, this intriguing volume considers various aspects of gender and professional identity. Contributors explore the inter-relationship between managerialism, professionalism and gender identity in Britain, and examine the processes and impacts of change on those working in public sector organizations in other countries as they come under varying managerial pressures. The subject is viewed from a variety of perspectives, including feminism and post-modernism.
With an international range of contributors, this important book brings together an array of ideas about gender and professionals and provides an important contribution to the growing debates on gender and the workplace. A significant volume for both postgraduates and professionals in the fields of management and business studies, Gender and the Public Sector provides a more sophisticated analysis of international public sector change than is currently available elsewhere.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Contexts and networks
chapter 4|18 pages
Gender, welfare regimes and the medical profession in France and Greece
part |2 pages
Part II Managing professional work
chapter 5|19 pages
Identifying the professional ‘man’ager
chapter 6|16 pages
Women’s positioning in a bureaucratic environment
chapter 9|16 pages
Hard nosed or pink and fl uffy? An examination of how middle managers in health care use the competing metaphors of business and care to achieve desired outcomes
chapter 10|17 pages
Ministering angels and the virtuous profession: Service and professional indemnity
part |2 pages
Part III Identity and biography