Tertiarization and Feminization at the Periphery: The Case of Wales

Winckler, Victoria

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The Industrial and Employment Legacy1

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“…5 But, it is significant that, up until the 1970s, these industries were aimed at drawing women into the labour market-often on a part time basis-rather than re-employing the existing (and predominantly male) workforce in standardized permanent forms of employment that developed in other areas (Glucksman 1990). 6 This also reflected the low level of female participation in the labour market in the older industrial regions, compared to other regions in the UK with modern forms of industry and service related employment (Winckler 1985).…”

Section: The Industrial and Employment Legacymentioning

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Continuity or Change in Employment Relations? Evidence from the UK's Old Industrial Regions

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1996

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Recent years have seen a considerable degree of change in the nature of employment relations, nowhere more so than in the UK's older industrial regions where new forms of work have partially replaced traditional activities. The author argues that such changes cannot automatically be read off as part of a wider transformation, but need to be firmly embedded within particular local social relations. Recognition of such complexities is necessary if suitable socialist strategies are to be developed.

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Section: The Industrial and Employment Legacymentioning

confidence: 99%