Skill and gender: navigating the theoretical terrain
Skill and gender: navigating the theoretical terrain
Chapter 1 defends the need for new indicators of ‘gender awareness’ within skilled immigration policy. It draws upon research from feminist industrial relations, sociology, economics and intersectional feminist studies, to this end. The chapter focuses upon three key areas of the scholarship: Gender mainstreaming processes and institutions, life course differences between men and women and gendered definitions of ‘skill’, bringing in feminist critiques of human capital theory that predominates within skilled immigration debates.
Keywords: Skill, Gender, Feminist studies, Life course, Gender mainstream, Labour Market
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