The Future of Women and Work: Ending the Twentieth Century

1 March 1992

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Sociological Perspectives

Vol. 35 (1) , 53-68
https://doi.org/10.2307/1389368

Abstract

Global capitalist economic restructuring is affecting the working lives of American women. This article examines the growth of women's employment opportunities and the quality of their jobs as a consequence of the restructuring of employment, increasing flexibility of work, changing skill demands, and attempts to reduce hierarchy and increase workers' participation in the work process. The outlook for the 1990s is negative for many women, yet positive for a few if trends continue in their present direction.

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