August 25, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Economy, Gender, Labor, Patriarchy, Sexism, Social Inequalities, Sociology
Over at Larvatus Prodeo, Mark Bahnisch cites a Crikey article by Eva Cox that summarizes the state of gender inequality and wage differentials in Australia. Unsurprisingly, the inequalities persist and along with signs of structural and systemic discrimination that Cox lists: Unequal pay for work of equal value at Larvatus Prodeo via kwout Sadly, it [...]
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August 25, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Consumerism, Corporatism, Global Governance, Globalization, Networks, Politics, Public Policy, Social Institutions, Sociology, Transnational State
I am reading this as an extension of privatization: the state as a nexus-of-contractors « orgtheory.net via kwout Todd Krohn provides further examples of this trend: The Power Elite: The Bravery of Being Out of Range* via kwout In addition to privatization, I would also associate this as an additional layer of the network society [...]
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