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One aspect of post-war change in the UK economy which is increasingly attracting the attention of social scientists is the contraction of employment opportunities in the traditionally masculine occupations associated with heavy industry, coinciding with the expansion of the service sector and consumer-based light industries employing a large proportion of women.
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Morris, L.D. (1985). Renegotiation of the Domestic Division of Labour in the Context of Male Redundancy. In: Newby, H., Bujra, J., Littlewood, P., Rees, G., Rees, T.L. (eds) Restructuring Capital. Explorations in Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18088-2_10
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