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Youth, Gender and Part-Time Work-Students in the Labour Process

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  • Rosemary Lucas

    (Manchester Metropolitan University)

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In the UK increasing proportions of male and female students in filfltime education are working in marginal, flexible, part-time service jobs. This contemporary labour process centres on age being used to control labour, a process that is interwoven with a repertory of other control strategies concerned with minimising costs and maximising flexibility. Contrary to the assertions of some, this labour process is also gendered. Coupled with the fact that such `stop-gap' jobs do not predict future patterns of labour force involvement, this labour process is unlikely to contribute to a more general erosion of gender segregation in employment. Resistance strategies also take on a variety of forms, with low paid work providing legitimation for `leisure' activities and for the advancement of students' own interests.

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  • Rosemary Lucas, 1997. "Youth, Gender and Part-Time Work-Students in the Labour Process," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 11(4), pages 595-614, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:11:y:1997:i:4:p:595-614
    DOI: 10.1177/0950017097114001
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    1. John Micklewright & Najma Rajah & Stephen Smith, 1994. "Labouring and Learning: Part-Time Work and Full-Time Education," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 148(1), pages 73-97, May.
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