Over the past few years there had been a dramatic increase in the number of women entering the surveying profession. Fewer than five per cent of practising surveyors were women, but women comprised twenty per cent of students. Originally published in 1991, Surveying Sisters explores the question of whether ‘more’ would mean ‘better’, either for women surveyors themselves, or for women as consumers of the built environment.
Clara Greed investigates the experiences of individual women surveyors, as well as studying the nature of the male majority. Taking a broadly feminist perspective and using an ethnographic approach, she develops a strong theoretical basis, incorporating the gender, class, and spatial dimensions of the situation, centring round the concept that surveying has its own distinct professional subculture. She traces the historical roots of the profession, and its attitudes to women, and makes constructive suggestions for improving the position of women surveying today.
This was a highly topical study, at a time when the surveying profession was eager to attract more women in order to allay the effects of declining numbers of school leavers and potential ‘manpower’ shortages. It will be of interest to people concerned about issues of gender in disciplines such as sociology, management studies, higher education, urban geography, and women’s studies, and to the women and men who work in the surveying and other built environment professions.
By:
Clara Greed
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 7
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Weight: 630g
ISBN: 9781032284767
ISBN 10: 1032284765
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Work
Pages: 242
Publication Date: 24 August 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface, Part 1: Surveying Sisters? A Study of the Position and Perceptions of Women Chartered Surveyors, 1. Is More Better?, 2. Conceptual Perspectives, Part 2: The Historical Perspective, 3. The Background to Surveying up to 1900, 4. Twentieth Century Development of Surveying, 5. Women’s Presence 1945 Onwards, Part 3: Education and Practice Today, 6. The Educational Context, 7. Fitting into Surveying Education, 8. The Position of Women in Surveying Practice, 9. Getting by in the World of Surveying, Part 4: Implications for the Built Environment and the Profession, 10. The Influence of the Subculture on What is Built, 11. Conclusion, Appendix 1: RICS Membership Figures, 1989, Appendix 2: Comparisons with Other Professions in 1989, Appendix 3: A Summary of the Range of Courses Within Surveying, Bibliography, Name Index, Subject Index.
