Book Reviews : Planning for our cultural heritage. Edited by H. Coccossis and P. Nijkamp. Aldershot, Avebury. 1995. xvi + 218 pp. £35.00, cloth. ISBN 1 85972 178 8

Abstract

many assumptions about labour market segmentation. For example, domestic responsibilities and ’component wage’ jobs are shown to be more precise predictors of work in lower-waged jobs close to home than gender alone. Employer practices which foster extremely local labour markets by active recruitment through employee networks are uncovered. Moreover, employers who deem certain areas of the city unsafe for women at night reinforce male domination of late shifts. All these findings highlight the social underpinnings of segmentation. What appears at first sight to be an analysis of gender and work turns