Feminism : a key idea for business and society /: a key idea for business and society. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Celia V. Harquail.
• Authors: Harquail, Celia V
• Contents: Cover; Endorsement Page; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to feminist interventions in management and business; Why don't business people seem interested in feminism?; Protecting business's magic circle; Feminism in three interventions; Overview of this book; Tips to help you manage the contradictions of this book; Two caveats; Chapter 1 A primer on feminism for business; Introduction; Defining feminism; Unfolding a working definition of feminism; Feminism starts with "equality for women." Feminism also means "equality among women"Combining these two standards of equality; Flourishing: the goal of feminism; Feminism leads with a critique of sexism and patriarchy; Feminism addresses all systems of oppression; The transitive property of oppression; Feminism is protective and constructive; Protective feminism; Constructive feminism; Transforming the system; Constructive feminism's core values for business; Understanding the core values; How feminists see the world: truth, knowledge, and objectivity; Feminist perspectives on objectivity and truth Feminism challenges meta epistemologyKnowledge from a standpoint; Local, authentic truths from an acknowledged standpoint; Critical consciousness; How feminism understands oppression, privilege, and domination; From bodies to domination: the "story" of sexism and patriarchy; Step 1: biology and binary thinking; Step 2: gendering; Gender as a performance; Gendering is culturally specific and historically contingent; Gendering is oppositional and hierarchical; Step 3: essentializing: bodies cause differences; Step 4: male dominance: patriarchy; Patriarchy as a structure of male privilege Sexism as foundation and model for all other oppressionsSexism is a single axis of oppression; Multiple oppressions contribute to women's inequality; Kyriarchy, the matrix of domination; Moving forward; Questions; Mini Box: privilege, defined; References; Chapter 2 Obstacles and approaches to gender equality in business; Introduction; Obstacles to gender equality: neoliberalism, postfeminism, and gender structure; Neoliberalism; More market; Less government, less community; Celebrating Homo economicus; "Business" "logic" everywhere; Postfeminism; Why "post" feminism? Postfeminism focuses on individual women's agencySilencing conversation about actual sexism; Contradictory logic of organizational efforts to ease gender inequality; The fatigue of conflicting realities; Feminism-lite; Contradictions of postfeminism in business point to deeper issues; Gender structure in organizations; The framework of gender structure; Common approaches to achieving gender equality in organizations; Organizational approaches for gender equality; Why aren't these change approaches more effective?; Individual approaches for gender equality in organizations
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 331.4; Sex discrimination in employment; Sex role in the work environment; Feminism; Equality; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Leadership; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior; Equality; Feminism; Sex discrimination in employment; Sex role in the work environment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429851933; 0429851936; 9780429456503; 0429456506; 9780429851926; 0429851928; 9780429851919
• Related ISBNs: 042985191X; 9781138315099; 1138315095; 9781138315181; 1138315184
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 03, 2020).
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