Gender work and social theory : the critical consequences of the cultural turn A key new addition to the Themes in Social Theory series that examines social theorys contribution to our understanding of the significant and ongoing problem of gendered work inequalities. This book pays particular close attention to the relationship between theory and empirical research. Targeted towards upper level undergraduates and postgraduates across a range of different disciplines the text is a valuable resource for students in being the only textbook to comprehensively draw together social theory gender and work research in this way