Smelter Jobs? Societal changes and employment opportunities for women in East Iceland
The period from 2003-2008 was one of upheaval and change in East Iceland with the single largest construction project in Iceland to date; the building of Kárahnjúkar dam and the Fjarðaál Alcoa aluminium smelter. These gave way to various societal changes in the area, such as population increase, new...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:040ee2e3c13149748dd138c790cfaa9d 2023-05-15T16:46:02+02:00 Smelter Jobs? Societal changes and employment opportunities for women in East Iceland Tinna Kristbjörg Halldórsdóttir Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.2.13 https://doaj.org/article/040ee2e3c13149748dd138c790cfaa9d EN IS eng ice University of Iceland http://www.irpa.is/article/view/1188 https://doaj.org/toc/1670-6803 https://doaj.org/toc/1670-679X 1670-6803 1670-679X doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.2.13 https://doaj.org/article/040ee2e3c13149748dd138c790cfaa9d Stjórnmál og Stjórnsýsla, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 451-468 (2012) Vinnumarkaður álver konur landsbyggð samfélag Political institutions and public administration (General) JF20-2112 Political science (General) JA1-92 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2012.8.2.13 2022-12-30T23:52:14Z The period from 2003-2008 was one of upheaval and change in East Iceland with the single largest construction project in Iceland to date; the building of Kárahnjúkar dam and the Fjarðaál Alcoa aluminium smelter. These gave way to various societal changes in the area, such as population increase, new jobs and rise in housing prices, in addition to a range of side effects on the service factor. The aim of this article is to explore if women in the area describe new employment opportunities accompanying these changes. The results are derived from in-depth interviews with 34 women in East Iceland. The interviews unfold the view that a certain ‘modernization’ of the east Icelandic society can be attributed to the smelter construction. However, the women interviewed have difficulty defining whether and how they themselves had profited from the constructions and none of those interviewed in this research named working in the smelter as one of their employment opportunities. Among the reasons discussed were the twelve-hour shifts, lack of flexibilities, long distances and the binding to the workplace during work-hours. Results indicate that an unequal gender balance still remainsin the area. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Kárahnjúkar ENVELOPE(-15.768,-15.768,64.946,64.946) Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 8 2 451 |
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The period from 2003-2008 was one of upheaval and change in East Iceland with the single largest construction project in Iceland to date; the building of Kárahnjúkar dam and the Fjarðaál Alcoa aluminium smelter. These gave way to various societal changes in the area, such as population increase, new jobs and rise in housing prices, in addition to a range of side effects on the service factor. The aim of this article is to explore if women in the area describe new employment opportunities accompanying these changes. The results are derived from in-depth interviews with 34 women in East Iceland. The interviews unfold the view that a certain ‘modernization’ of the east Icelandic society can be attributed to the smelter construction. However, the women interviewed have difficulty defining whether and how they themselves had profited from the constructions and none of those interviewed in this research named working in the smelter as one of their employment opportunities. Among the reasons discussed were the twelve-hour shifts, lack of flexibilities, long distances and the binding to the workplace during work-hours. Results indicate that an unequal gender balance still remainsin the area. |
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Smelter Jobs? Societal changes and employment opportunities for women in East Iceland |
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Smelter Jobs? Societal changes and employment opportunities for women in East Iceland |
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