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In remembrance of Professor Joan Acker: A legendary figure in the field of Gender, Work and Organization
Author(s) -
Knights David
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/gwao.12223
Subject(s) - gender studies , politics , relation (database) , field (mathematics) , race (biology) , sociology , class (philosophy) , work (physics) , political science , law , epistemology , philosophy , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , mathematics , database , pure mathematics
This article celebrates Joan Acker's academic life and her enormous contribution to the field of gender, work and organization. It acknowledges not just what she contributed to gender studies and politics but how she combined her analysis and her activism with a concern for equality more generally, especially in relation to social class and race.