Women's Work : Gender Equality Vs. Hierarchy in the Life Sciences

List of Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(8) 1 Explaining Sexual Apartheid in Science 9(24) 2 A Brief Life Story of the Life Sciences 33(18) 3 Life in the Commercial Laboratory: Institutionalizing the Network Form 51(28) 4 Coming In on Queue? Women's and Men's Entry into Biotech 79(20) 5 Networks vs. Hierarchies in Promoting Women Scientists 99(18) 6 Flexibility, Flexibility, Flexibility: Narratives of Gender Equality in Biotech 117(18) 7 Conclusion: The Knowledge Economy, Innovation, and Equality 135(20) Appendix: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Study Scientists 155(24) References 179(20) Index 199(6) About the Book 205