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- Gender Equality and American Jews
- Book
- 1996
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in American Jewish Society in the 1990s (discontinued)
summary
Based on the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, this book analyzes gender equality in education, labor force participation, and occupational achievement among American Jews, and offers a comparison with the wider American population and Israeli Jews. Gender Equality and American Jews studies gender equality in education, labor force participation, and occupational achievement among American Jews, based on the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey. It first focuses on education and training as key “gatekeepers” to roles in the economy, and then on the gender differences in labor force behavior and occupational attainment. To place American Jews in perspective, they are compared to the wider American population, and to Israeli Jews, presenting a multi-dimensional analysis of American Jewishness in the 1990s. The difficulties of comparing Israel and American Jews are discussed, lending insights into the similarities and differences between the two cultures. The authors draw on a solid base of sociological literature, placing American Jews in the wider American context with comparative data. The book discusses the conclusions that can be drawn from the analysis along with some policy implications.
Table of Contents
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- List of Tables
- pp. vii-xiii
- List of Figures
- pp. xv-xvi
- Acknowledgments
- p. xix
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- pp. 1-20
- PART 1. Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement Among American Jews
- PART 2. Are We One? The Jewishness of the Gendered Patterns of Secular Achievement
- Chapter 8. Conclusions
- pp. 289-298
- Appendix II. Jjewishness Factors
- pp. 323-326
- Appendix IV. Profile of Israeli Society
- pp. 329-335
- Bibliography
- pp. 351-363
- Name Index
- pp. 365-368
- Subject Index
- pp. 369-374
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438405988
MARC Record
OCLC
42854749
Pages
374
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No