Unequal work / Veronica Beechey.

London : Verso, 1987.

viii, 240 pages ; 23 cm.

Series statement from front cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index.

Women and production: a critical analysis of some sociological theories of women's work -- Some notes on female wage labour in the capitalist mode of production -- The sexual division of labour and the labour process: a critical assessment of Braverman -- On patriarchy -- What's so special about women's employment? A review of some recent studies of women's paid work -- Conceptualizing part-time work -- Recent approaches to women's employment in Great Britain -- What does unemployment mean? -- The shape of the workforce to come.