Challenging Knowledge, Sex and Power: Gender, Work and Engineering (Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics)

Women in the developed world expect to work in the labour force over the course of their lives. On finishing school more girls are entering universities and undertaking professional training for careers than ever before. Males and females enter many high status professions in roughly equal numbers. However, engineering stands out as a profession that remains obstinately male dominated. Despite efforts to change, little progress has been made in attracting and retaining women in engineering.  This book analyses the outcomes of a decade-long investigation into this phenomenon, framed by two questions: Why are there so few women in engineering? And why is this so difficult to change? The study includes data from two major surveys, accounts from female engineers in a range of locations and engineering fields, and case studies of three large engineering corporations. The authors explore the history and politics of several organisations related to women in engineering, and conclude with an analysis of a range of campaigns that have been waged to address the issue of women’s minority status in engineering.  Challenging Knowledge, Sex and Power will be of great interest to students of feminist economics, and is also relevant to researchers in women’s studies and engineering education.

Business & Money

Mills, Julie

Franzway, Suzanne

Gill, Judith

Sharp, Rhonda

Economics

Routledge

Women in the developed world expect to work in the labour force over the course of their lives. On finishing school more girls are entering universities and undertaking professional training for careers than ever before. Males and females enter many high status professions in roughly equal numbers. However, engineering stands out as a profession that remains obstinately male dominated. Despite efforts to change, little progress has been made in attracting and retaining women in engineering. This book analyses the outcomes of a decade-long investigation into this phenomenon, framed by two questions: Why are there so few women in engineering? And why is this so difficult to change? The study includes data from two major surveys, accounts from female engineers in a range of locations and engineering fields, and case studies of three large engineering corporations. The authors explore the history and politics of several organisations related to women in engineering, and conclude with an analysis of a range of campaigns that have been waged to address the issue of women’s minority status in engineering. Challenging Knowledge, Sex and Power will be of great interest to students of feminist economics, and is also relevant to researchers in women’s studies and engineering education.

Women continue to comprise a small minority of students in engineering education and subsequent employment, despite the numerous initiatives over the past 25 years to attract and retain more women in engineering. This book demonstrates the ways in which traditional engineering education has not attracted, supported or retained female students and identifies the issues needing to be addressed in changing engineering education to become more gender inclusive. This innovative and much-needed work also addresses how faculty can incorporate inclusive curriculum within their courses and programs, and provides a range of exemplars of good practice in gender inclusive engineering education that will be immediately useful to faculty who teach engineering students.

Gender Inclusive Engineering Education (Routledge Research in Education)

Politics & Social Sciences

Ayre, Mary Elizabeth

Social Sciences

Here's the Deal is a book that offers straightforward advice regarding the confusing world of cancer. If you have been diagnosed with this terrible disease, you too, are now faced with having to make life or death decisions with little background or expertise. This book is a reflection of my personal journals when my husband, Tommy, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. We chose to integrate both conventional and alternative therapies which greatly improved his quality of life. These were not easy decisions to make. Being a mother of three small children, and having no medical background, this journey was incredibly scary for me. In writing this book, I wanted to help those who are also searching for answers so they did not have to reinvent the wheel or have to figure everything out on their own. Tom and I discovered that you can help your body and have a much better quality of life by making lifestyle changes. This book is not intended to "bash" the medical community or promote alternative therapies. It is written, however, to show you how a normal, busy family dealt with life after the rug had been pulled out from under them with a diagnosis of aggressive cancer. Never forget that you are not alone in this fight. I hope this book provides you with insight as to what the human body - your body - can do if you just take the time to understand it, ask the right questions, and be proactive in your healing.

Here's the Deal about Cancer

Parenting & Relationships

Body of Health and Life

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