COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING AND WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT: THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY IN FOUR EC COUNTRIES by Swasti Mitter (Editor), A. Van Luijken ( 9783540196563 )

Item Details

Title:

COMPUTER-AIDED MANUFACTURING AND WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT: THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY IN FOUR EC COUNTRIES
FOR THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND EDUCATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, JUNE 1990

Volume:

1990

By:

Swasti Mitter (Editor), A. Van Luijken

Format:

Paperback

List price:	£76.50
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for further information.

ISBN 10:

3540196560

ISBN 13:

9783540196563

Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN AND HEIDELBERG GMBH & CO. KG

Pub. date:

11 November, 1991

Edition:

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992

Series:

Human-Centred Systems

Pages:

236

Description:

Drawing on the experience of four major EC countries, this book documents the way computer technology has changed the pattern of women's work in the manufacturing sector. The contributors assess the aspects of computerization that particularly affect women's employment opportunities.

Synopsis:

Drawing on the experiences of four major EC countries, this book documents the way computer technology has changed the pattern of women's work in the manufacturing sector. The sixteen contributors are leading authorities on the subject and analyse how technology has transformed employment in the clothing industry, which is still the major employer of female blue-collar workers in the EC. The contributors assess the aspects of computerisation that particularly affect women's employment opportuni- ties: flexible hours, flexible work locations and flexible specialisation. The book also contains evaluations of post-Fordism and human-centred technology, two leading issues in the debate about the applications of artificial intelligence and computer-aided technology. These essays highlight a growing polarisation in the job market and suggest training schemes which can equip women for technical and managerial employment. This is a pioneering work; so far, most of the literature on women and computerisation has focussed on office automation and data processing.Computer-aided Manufacturing and Women's Employment makes an important contribution to the fields of technology, employment, women's work, business management and trade union studies.

Illustrations:

50 black & white tables

Publication:

Germany

Imprint:

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

COMMON FATE, COMMON BOND (PB)

CORE APPROACHES IN COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

CURRENT THINKING AND RESEARCH IN BRIEF THERAPY