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Book SynopsisThis volume demonstrates the ways in which a gender perspective has been incorporated into existing themes and methods of migration research and has also led to the development of new areas of interest. It draws together the most important published articles on gender and migration in North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia in order to highlight major theoretical developments relating to employment, gender relations, household organisation, identity, citizenship, transnationalism and migration policy. In the introduction the editors provide an overview of these key developments in gender and migration research, as well as suggesting topics for future research.Gender and Migration will be a valuable resource for demographers, geographers and gender studies researchers.Trade Review'. . . introduces the reader to a range of informative, interesting, persuasive and well-argued papers on gender and migration. As such, it represents an important and overdue acknowledgement of the centrality of gender to explanations and accounts of international migration.' -- Allen White, Progress in Human Geography'This collection belongs on migration researchers' shelves, and should be adopted as the primary text in seminars on gender and migration. But it should also be read more widely than its title implies, because the work collected suggests future directions for a range of various subfields within the discipline. The editors have done the discipline a service by bringing together such a powerful collection of writings, and by organizing this research under the rubric of gender and migration studies.' -- Rachel Silvey, Annals of the Association of American GeographersTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Introduction Part I: Gender and Migration Theory 1. Caroline Wright (1995), ‘Gender Awareness in Migration Theory: Synthesizing Actor and Structure in Southern Africa’ Part II: Households and Reproduction 2. Hania Zlotnik (1995), ‘Migration and the Family: The Female Perspective’ 3. Sylvia Chant (1991), ‘Gender, Migration and Urban Development in Costa Rica: The Case of Guanacaste’ Part III: Gender and International Labour Migration 4. Thanh-Dam Truong (1996), ‘Gender, International Migration and Social Reproduction: Implications for Theory, Policy, Research and Networking’ 5. Mirjana Morokvasic (1993), ‘“In and Out” of the Labour Market: Immigrant Women in Europe’ Part IV: Circular Migration 6. Mark Ellis, Dennis Conway and Adrian J. Bailey (1996), ‘The Circular Migration of Puerto Rican Women: Towards a Gendered Explanation’ Part V: Migration as Gendered Work 7. Janet W. Salaff (1997), ‘The Gendered Social Organization of Migration as Work’ Part VI: Migration and Gender Relations 8. Nazli Kibria (1990), ‘Power, Patriarchy, and Gender Conflict in the Vietnamese Immigrant Community’ 9. Patricia R. Pessar (1994), ‘Sweatshop Workers and Domestic Ideologies: Dominican Women in New York’s Apparel Industry’ Part VII: Social Constructions of Female Migrants 10. Lesley Gill (1993), ‘“Proper Women” and City Pleasures: Gender, Class, and Contested Meanings in La Paz’ 11. Richa Nagar (1998), ‘Communal Discourses, Marriage, and the Politics of Gendered Social Boundaries among South Asian Immigrants in Tanzania’ 12. Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Shirlena Huang (1998), ‘Negotiating Public Space: Strategies and Styles of Migrant Female Domestic Workers in Singapore’ Part VIII: Gender, Migration and Constructions of National Identity 13. Julia Bush (1994), ‘“The Right Sort of Woman”: Female Emigrators and Emigration to the British Empire, 1890–1910’ Part IX: Gender and Transnationalism 14. Marixsa Alicea (1997), ‘“A Chambered Nautilus”: The Contradictory Nature of Puerto Rican Women’s Role in the Social Construction of a Transnational Community’ 15. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Ernestine Avila (1997), ‘“I’m Here, But I’m There”: The Meanings of Latina Transnational Motherhood’ Part X: Gendered Participation in Immigrant Politics 16. Michael Jones-Correa (1998), ‘Different Paths: Gender, Immigration and Political Participation’ Part XI: Gender, Migration and Citizenship 17. Daiva Stasiulis and Abigail B. Bakan (1997), ‘Negotiating Citizenship: The Case of Foreign Domestic Workers in Canada’ Part XII: Accompanying Spouses 18. Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Louise-May Khoo (1998), ‘Home, Work and Community: Skilled International Migration and Expatriate Women in Singapore’ 19. Arpita Chattopadhyay (1997), ‘Family Migration and the Economic Status of Women in Malaysia’ Part XIII: Women ‘Left Behind’ 20. Bridget O'Laughlin (1998), ‘Missing Men? The Debate Over Rural Poverty and Women-headed Households in Southern Africa’ Part XIV: Gender and Refugees 21. Eve Hall (1990), ‘Vocational Training for Women Refugees in Africa’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis two-volume set brings together a selection of the most significant contributions to the field of gender and development. The key emphasis is on economic analysis, with some articles informed by an interdisciplinary approach. The volumes cover a variety of topics, including conceptual and methodological questions, statistical accounting of women's work, issues related to the family, households and caring labour, poverty, employment and labour markets, structural adjustment policies and social change. The collection will be useful for economists as well as for other social scientists interested in the field of development, women's work, labor markets, and feminist economics.Although the volumes are addressed to an academic audience interested in development issues in general and gender and development in particular, they will also be of interest to government agencies, international organizations, NGOs and other institutions and individuals working on development, policy-making and action from a gender perspective.Trade Review'. . . a tremendously thorough, carefully considered and organized work, with 54 articles published between 1977 and 2000 presented chronologically by field. . . BenerIa's introductory overview immeasurably helps what may at first seem like the daunting task of taking all this work. In it, we are given a succinct narrative of conceptual developments in the field, as well as a brief summary of each of the volumes' ten parts. . . It is an invaluable and impressive resource for anyone working in or thinking about gender and development; I recommend it highly.' -- Elissa Braunstein, Feminist Economics'This massive, two-volume collection of key articles on the economics of gender and development fills a need for a major reference work in this growing field of research and practice . . . the collection will surely serve its intended function as an essential reference work for students and practitioners of gender relations in developing economies.' -- Susan Greenhalgh, Population and Development ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements • Introduction Lourdes Benería PART I ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GENDER 1. Ingrid Palmer (1977), ‘Rural Women and the Basic-Needs Approach to Development’ 2. Lourdes Benería and Gita Sen (1982), ‘Class and Gender Inequalities and Women’s Role in Economic Development – Theoretical and Practical Implications’ 3. Nancy Folbre (1986), ‘Cleaning House: New Perspectives on Households and Economic Development’ 4. Irene Tinker (1990), ‘The Making of a Field: Advocates, Practitioners and Scholars’ 5. Lourdes Benería (1995), ‘Toward a Greater Integration of Gender in Economics’ 6. Diane Elson (1999), ‘Theories of Development’ PART II METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES 7. Caroline O.N. Moser (1989), ‘Gender Planning in the Third World: Meeting Practical and Strategic Gender Needs’ 8. Naila Kabeer (1992), ‘Evaluating Cost–Benefit Analysis as a Tool for Gender Planning’ 9. Diane Elson (1993), ‘Gender-Aware Analysis and Development Economics’ 10. Kalpana Bardhan and Stephan Klasen (1999), ‘UNDP’s Gender-Related Indices: A Critical Review’ PART III ACCOUNTING FOR WOMEN’S WORK 11. Ruth B. Dixon (1982), ‘Women in Agriculture: Counting the Labour Force in Developing Countries’ 12. Lourdes Benería (1999), ‘The Enduring Debate over Unpaid Labour’ 13. Maria Sagrario Floro (1995), ‘Women’s Well-Being, Poverty and Work Intensity’ 14. Duncan Ironmonger (1996), ‘Counting Outputs, Capital Inputs and Caring Labour: Estimating Gross Household Product’ PART IV FAMILIES AND HOUSEHOLDS 15. Amartya Sen (1983), ‘Economics and the Family’ 16. Nancy Folbre (1988), ‘The Black Four of Hearts: Toward a New Paradigm of Household Economics’ 17. Nahid Aslanbeigui and Gale Summerfield (1989), ‘Impact of the Responsibility System on Women in Rural China: An Application of Sen’s Theory of Entitlements’ 18. Diane Wolf (1990), ‘Daughters, Decisions and Domination: An Empirical and Conceptual Critique of Household Strategies’ 19. Elizabeth Katz (1991), ‘Breaking the Myth of Harmony: Theoretical and Methodological Guidelines to the Study of Rural Third World Households’ 20. Jeanne Koopman (1991), ‘Neoclassical Household Models and Modes of Household Production: Problems in the Analysis of African Agricultural Households’ 21. Bina Agarwal (1997), ‘"Bargaining" and Gender Relations: Within and Beyond the Household’ PART V PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND EMPOWERMENT STRATEGIES 22. Mayra Buvinic (1986), ‘Projects for Women in the Third World: Explaining Their Misbehaviour’ 23. Ela Bhatt (1989), ‘Toward Empowerment’ 24. Sally Baden and Anne Marie Goetz (1998), ‘Who Needs [Sex] When You Can Have [Gender]?: Conflicting Discourses on Gender at Beijing’ 25. Naila Kabeer (1999), ‘Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women’s Empowerment’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I WOMEN’S ACCESS TO RESOURCES, GENDER AND POVERTY 1. Bina Agarwal (1986), ‘Women, Poverty and Agricultural Growth in India’ 2. Gillian Hart (1992), ‘Household Production Reconsidered: Gender, Labor Conflict, and Technological Change in Malaysia’s Muda Region’ 3. Carmen Diana Deere (1995), ‘What Difference Does Gender Make?: Rethinking Peasant Studies’ 4. Anne Marie Goetz and Rina Sen Gupta (1996), ‘Who Takes the Credit? Gender, Power, and Control over Loan Use in Rural Credit Programs in Bangladesh’ 5. Cecile Jackson (1998), ‘Rescuing Gender from the Poverty Trap’ PART II GENDER, EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR MARKETS 6. Aline K. Wong (1981), ‘Planned Development, Social Stratification, and the Sexual Division of Labor in Singapore’ 7. Linda Y.C. Lim (1983), ‘Capitalism, Imperialism, and Patriarchy: The Dilemma of Third-World Women Workers in Multinational Factories’ 8. Catherine Hein (1986), ‘The Feminisation of Industrial Employment in Mauritius: A Case of Sex Segregation’ 9. Nilüfer Çagatay and Günseli Berik (1990), ‘Transition to Export-Led Growth in Turkey: Is There a Feminization of Employment?’ 10. Jean Larson Pyle and Leslie Dawson (1990), ‘The Impact of Multinational Technological Transfer on Female Workforces in Asia’ 11. Ruth Pearson (1991), ‘Male Bias and Women’s Work in Mexico’s Border Industries’ 12. Adrian Wood (1991), ‘North–South Trade and Female Labour in Manufacturing: An Asymmetry’ 13. Irma Arriagada (1994), ‘Changes in the Urban Female Labour Market’ 14. Guy Standing (1999), ‘Global Feminization Through Flexible Labor: A Theme Revisited,’ PART III STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING 15. Lawrence Haddad, Lynn R. Brown, Andrea Richter and Lisa Smith (1995), ‘The Gender Dimensions of Economic Adjustment Policies: Potential Interactions and Evidence to Date’ 16. Diane Elson (1995), ‘Gender Awareness in Modeling Structural Adjustment’ 17. Nilüfer Çagatay and Sule Ozler (1995), ‘Feminization of the Labor Force: The Effects of Long-Term Development and Structural Adjustment’ 18. William Darity, Jr. (1995), ‘The Formal Structure of a Gender-Segregated Low-Income Economy’ 19. Maria Sagrario Floro and Kendall Schaefer (1998), ‘Restructuring of Labor Markets in the Philippines and Zambia: The Gender Dimension’ 20. Lourdes Benería (1999), ‘Structural Adjustment Policies’ PART IV GENDER AND MARKETS 21. Gita Sen (1996), ‘Gender, Markets and States: A Selective Review and Research Agenda’ 22. Nilüfer Çagatay (1996), ‘Gender and International Labor Standards in the World Economy’ 23. Barbara Harriss-White (1998), ‘Female and Male Grain Marketing Systems: Analytical and Policy Issues for West Africa and India’ PART V INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE 24. Carmen Diana Deere (1985), ‘Rural Women and State Policy: The Latin American Agrarian Reform Experience’ 25. Nan Wiegersma (1991), ‘Peasant Patriarchy and the Subversion of the Collective in Vietnam’ 26. Bina Agarwal (1994), ‘Gender and Command Over Property: A Critical Gap in Economic Analysis and Policy in South Asia’ 27. Amy Lind (1997), ‘Gender, Development and Urban Social Change: Women’s Community Action in Global Cities’ 28. Mieke Meurs (1998), ‘Imagined and Imagining Equality in East Central Europe: Gender and Ethnic Differences in the Economic Transformation of Bulgaria’ 29. Valentine M. Moghadam (2000), ‘Gender and Economic Reforms: A Framework for Analysis and Evidence from Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Turkey’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisAn important contribution to the current literature on gender and social politics, this book challenges mainstream thinking on welfare states, citizenship, family, work, and social policy. Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics analyses the corresponding shifts in political discourse, and the changes in socio-political configurations that mirror changing gender relations.The discussion is both international and interdisciplinary, and focuses on topics that include citizenship, social exclusion and inclusion, care, social capital and representation, amongst others. The contributors examine these issues in relation to current policy debates and consider how they are embedded in particular European intellectual traditions. They also explore how feminist scholarship has engaged with these issues, and assess how these contested concepts can improve understanding both of the position of women and of gender relations more broadly.This is the first major transnational attempt to address the conceptual basis for current work in the field of social policy and social politics from both a feminist and genuinely comparative viewpoint. As such it will be invaluable to undergraduate and graduate students of social policy, politics and sociology.Trade Review'Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics is a significant new book. The authors take seven key concepts - care, citizenship, social exclusion, contractualism, de-commodification, representation, social capital - and explore these through a gendered lens. They examine how these concepts have developed over time and locate them within different national contexts and policy debates. This is a major contribution to the theoretical and comparative literature on welfare states, written by some of the most original and challenging feminist theorists of social policy.' -- Jane Millar, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics Barbara Hobson, Jane Lewis and Birte Siim 2. Citizenship Barbara Hobson and Ruth Lister 3. Care: Actors, Relationships and Contexts Arnlaug Leira and Chiara Saraceno 4. Social Exclusion and Gender Relations Mary Daly and Chiara Saraceno 5. Contractualization Ute Gerhard, Trudie Knijn and Jane Lewis 6. Commodification and De-commodification Trudie Knijn and Ilona Ostner 7. Representation, Agency and Empowerment Bérengére Marques-Pereira and Birte Siim 8. Social Capital – An Emerging Concept Dietland Stolle with Jane Lewis Index

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Book SynopsisDespite continuing equal opportunity approaches, women are still significantly under-represented at senior management levels and earn less than male colleagues. The author questions whether competence systems - developed and implemented in the workplace to provide objective measurement of management performance - contribute to, rather than improve, women's disadvantaged position in the workplace.Drawing together the threads of critical theory, feminism and post-modernism into a new conceptual framework, the book provides an exciting departure from existing methods of analysis and points a new and challenging way forward for future researchers in management.The Construction of Management is a rich and lively work, providing innovative theoretical and methodological approaches as well as practical solutions. In this way, the book will appeal to scholars of business and management, industrial relations and gender studies as well as business managers and consultants.Trade Review‘The Construction of Management explores the competence approaches from the perspective of women managers, providing a new understanding of contemporary management and women's career prospects in business. It has features in common with Terry Apter's vision of the socially constituted barriers faced by professional women, offering new insight into future possibilities.' -- Elizabeth Garnsey, The Judge Institute for Management Studies, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction 1. Ways of Thinking About Women at Work: Building a Theoretical Perspective 2. A Gendered Sense of Self 3. Interpreting Organisational Life 4. The Birth of the Competent Manager 5. Competent Organisations 6. Competence as Discipline 7. Writing Out Gender 8. Competence: Empowerment Rather Than Control 9. Finding a Way Forward: Competence as Organisational Learning 10. Embodying the Subject: Integrating Separation and Connection Afterword Appendices References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book combines a theoretical and empirical cross-national perspective to examine how societal transformations in European welfare states affect patterns of solidarity between men and women, and across generations. The authors' research has highlighted substantial discrepancies in various countries between the assumptions made at the macro-level of social policy on family issues and the reality of women's and men's contributions at home. In countries where social policy relies on family solidarity as the main source of support, this may result in growing social inequality. Finally, the chapters reveal the crucial role of women in the transformation of family life and welfare state policy. These conclusions could have important ramifications for European welfare policy. The cross-national perspective allows for a detailed understanding of the similarities and differences between the various European countries and their policies. Solidarity Between the Sexes and the Generations will appeal to scholars and researchers of social policy, sociology and welfare as well as women and gender studies. Because of its comparative perspective the book is also of interest to those involved in developing social policy in European countries.Trade Review'The strength of the book lies in the comprehensive coverage of the expanded Europe and its diverse welfare perspectives, taking gender and intergenerational solidarity as the core of the discourse. The volume includes theoretical, empirical and comparative material, which is written in an accessible and refreshingly jargon-free style. I consider it is eminently suitable for courses in social policy, gender studies and sociology.' -- Kate Davidson, Journal of Social PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Transformations in the Relationship between the Public and the Private 1. The Rediscovery of Family Solidarity 2. Family Solidarity and Social Solidarity: Substitutes or Complements? 3. Shifting Patterns of Solidarity and Responsibility: In Search of a Micro Perspective 4. Individualization and the Need for New Forms of Family Solidarity 5. De-Familialization or Re-Familialization? Trends in Income-Tested Family Benefits Part II: Cross-National Comparisons of Demographic Trends 6. Changes in Family Patterns and People’s Lives: Western European Trends 7. Fertility and Nuptiality in the CEE Countries in the Context of Weakening Families and a Weakening State Part III: Shifting Patterns of Family Solidarity 8. Some Darker Sides of Family Solidarity 9. Kinship Support, Gender and Social Policy in France and Spain 10. ‘What are Children for? Reciprocity and Solidarity between Parents and Children 11. Post-Industrial Families: New Forms of Bonding? 12. Trends in Women’s Employment, Domestic Service, and Female Migration: Changing and Competing Patterns of Solidarity Index

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Book SynopsisAn important contribution to the current literature on gender and social politics, this book challenges mainstream thinking on welfare states, citizenship, family, work, and social policy. Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics analyses the corresponding shifts in political discourse, and the changes in socio-political configurations that mirror changing gender relations.The discussion is both international and interdisciplinary, and focuses on topics that include citizenship, social exclusion and inclusion, care, social capital and representation, amongst others. The contributors examine these issues in relation to current policy debates and consider how they are embedded in particular European intellectual traditions. They also explore how feminist scholarship has engaged with these issues, and assess how these contested concepts can improve understanding both of the position of women and of gender relations more broadly.This is the first major transnational attempt to address the conceptual basis for current work in the field of social policy and social politics from both a feminist and genuinely comparative viewpoint. As such it will be invaluable to undergraduate and graduate students of social policy, politics and sociology.Trade Review'Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics is a significant new book. The authors take seven key concepts - care, citizenship, social exclusion, contractualism, de-commodification, representation, social capital - and explore these through a gendered lens. They examine how these concepts have developed over time and locate them within different national contexts and policy debates. This is a major contribution to the theoretical and comparative literature on welfare states, written by some of the most original and challenging feminist theorists of social policy.' -- Jane Millar, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics Barbara Hobson, Jane Lewis and Birte Siim 2. Citizenship Barbara Hobson and Ruth Lister 3. Care: Actors, Relationships and Contexts Arnlaug Leira and Chiara Saraceno 4. Social Exclusion and Gender Relations Mary Daly and Chiara Saraceno 5. Contractualization Ute Gerhard, Trudie Knijn and Jane Lewis 6. Commodification and De-commodification Trudie Knijn and Ilona Ostner 7. Representation, Agency and Empowerment Bérengére Marques-Pereira and Birte Siim 8. Social Capital – An Emerging Concept Dietland Stolle with Jane Lewis Index

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Book SynopsisThe 'feminisation of poverty' is widely viewed as a global trend, and of particular concern in developing regions. Yet although popularisation of the term may have raised women's visibility in development discourses and gone some way to 'en-gender' policies for poverty reduction, the construct is only weakly substantiated. Its over-emphasis on income and on female household headship also conveys little of the contemporary complexities of gendered disadvantage. In Gender, Generation and Poverty Sylvia Chant challenges the 'feminisation of poverty' on the basis of recent fieldwork in The Gambia, Philippines and Costa Rica. Interviews with over 220 women and men of different ages at the grassroots, as well as with 40 professionals in international agencies, government departments and NGOs, highlight the difficulties of establishing any general tendency towards a widening of gender disparities in income poverty, or for female household heads to be the 'poorest of the poor'. While not denying a 'female bias' in material privation, a more important and consistent pattern is that women are bearing an ever-greater burden of responsibility for household survival, and under especially exploitative conditions in male-headed units. These findings lead Chant to propose a more elaborate and nuanced construction of the 'feminisation of poverty' which incorporates inputs as well as incomes and takes greater account of gender relations within the home. This not only stands to enrich gendered poverty analysis, but to provide a more appropriate basis for policy interventions. This volume will not only be an important resource for scholars of development, gender and area studies in Africa, Asia and Latin America, but also for professionals and activists working towards the elimination of poverty and gender inequality at national and international levels.Trade Review'For practitioners and students of development, and library collections on women in development or comparative development. Highly recommended.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Analysing Poverty from a Gender Perspective 3. The ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ in the Global South: Assertions, Agendas and Evidence 4. Gender, Generation and Poverty in The Gambia 5. Gender, Generation and Poverty in the Philippines 6. Gender, Generation and Poverty in Costa Rica 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe 'feminisation of poverty' is widely viewed as a global trend, and of particular concern in developing regions. Yet although popularisation of the term may have raised women's visibility in development discourses and gone some way to 'en-gender' policies for poverty reduction, the construct is only weakly substantiated. Its over-emphasis on income and on female household headship also conveys little of the contemporary complexities of gendered disadvantage. In Gender, Generation and Poverty Sylvia Chant challenges the 'feminisation of poverty' on the basis of recent fieldwork in The Gambia, Philippines and Costa Rica. Interviews with over 220 women and men of different ages at the grassroots, as well as with 40 professionals in international agencies, government departments and NGOs, highlight the difficulties of establishing any general tendency towards a widening of gender disparities in income poverty, or for female household heads to be the 'poorest of the poor'. While not denying a 'female bias' in material privation, a more important and consistent pattern is that women are bearing an ever-greater burden of responsibility for household survival, and under especially exploitative conditions in male-headed units. These findings lead Chant to propose a more elaborate and nuanced construction of the 'feminisation of poverty' which incorporates inputs as well as incomes and takes greater account of gender relations within the home. This not only stands to enrich gendered poverty analysis, but to provide a more appropriate basis for policy interventions. This volume will not only be an important resource for scholars of development, gender and area studies in Africa, Asia and Latin America, but also for professionals and activists working towards the elimination of poverty and gender inequality at national and international levels.Trade Review'For practitioners and students of development, and library collections on women in development or comparative development. Highly recommended.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Analysing Poverty from a Gender Perspective 3. The ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ in the Global South: Assertions, Agendas and Evidence 4. Gender, Generation and Poverty in The Gambia 5. Gender, Generation and Poverty in the Philippines 6. Gender, Generation and Poverty in Costa Rica 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn investigation of the motif of the unspeakable as manifested in a wide range of medieval texts, from the Exeter Book to Chaucer. Amid saints and sinners, open secrets and queer codes, the mechanisms of confession and the infliction of torture, what is unspeakable in the Middle Ages - and who decides? Aspiring to the ineffable glories of heaven or plunging down to the murky depths of "unmentionable sin", this very functional concept becomes attached to the very good and the very bad in medieval literature and culture. This book investigates the concept and use of the trope of unspeakability from pre-Conquest to late medieval literature in England, and the relationship between that which cannot be said and cultural and social understandings of gender and sexuality. The question of how the unspeakable returns to the realm of discourse drives the exploration of texts, including the Exeter Book, Old English hagiography, Ancrene Wisse, Old French romance, Gower's Confessio Amantis and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Legend of Good Women. Theorising the work this concept performs, asking who the unspeakable works for and who it works on, this study takes in the compulsive confessions of penitent whores and anchorites, the tales of could-be sodomites and crypto-lesbians, the howls of wolf-men (and wolf-women), and the rebellion and rhetoric of the tongueless. These texts show how in representations of gender and sexuality in medieval literature, the unspeakablechallenges the voiceless to overcome silence, showing the limits of language, the workings of power and the desire to be heard. Victoria Blud gained her PhD from King's College London and is currently a Research Associate at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York.Trade Review[R]ich and provocative, weaving together texts across period boundaries in unexpected ways. * JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY *It opens up a range of possibilities, connections, and methods for seeking elusive traces in medieval texts. It will be of use to scholars of gender and sexuality, and is likely generative for many others as well. * PARERGON *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Words and Other Fragments Speaking Up and Shutting Up: Expression and Suppression in the Old English Mary of Egypt and Ancrene Wisse What Comes Unnaturally: Unspeakable Acts Crying Wolf: Gender and Exile in Bisclavret and Wulf and Eadwacer Taking the Words Out of Her Mouth: Glossing Glossectomy in Tales of Philomela Conclusion: After Words Bibliography

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Book SynopsisHierarchies and disparities based on sex and gender have characterized nearly all hominid societies over almost the entire world of cultures since time immemorial. Nearly without exception, those disparities have created a hierarchy of male over female. Languages reflect that. For example, in the English language, the word for the fe/male sex is based on the word male; man is the root for wo/man; and indeed man is generally considered the generic for all members of the species. Spanish, on the other hand, does differentiate hombre from mujer, but the masculine is still considered the root and the generic. For the purposes of S/HE: Sex & Gender in Hispanic Worlds, sex refers to biological differences, i.e., reproductive organs and secondary sexual characteristics, which are perceived as oppositional yet collaborative, in the propagation of the species. Gender, on the other hand, refers to culturally-specific expectations and/or stereotypes in terms of an individuals or groups self (re)presentation and/or behaviors. The main title, S/HE, is a nod to the arguably-gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun from the 1960s inclusive English-language movement in the United States, which was concurrent with equal rights movements in terms of race, ethnicity, sex and gender. This book focuses on sex and gender issues in the Hispanic worlds, paying homage to all who do not fit within the strict parameters of previous definitions by including broadened descriptions of identity, both biological and social, and by highlighting aspects of traditional and non-traditional lifestyles as portrayed in art and literature.

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Book SynopsisAre secular aims, politics, and sensibilities impossible, undesirable and impracticable for Muslims and Islamic states? Should Muslim women be exempted from feminist attempts at liberation from patriarchy and its various expressions under Islamic laws and customs? Considerable literature on the entanglements of Islam and secularism has been produced in the post-9/11 decade and a large proportion of it deals with the Woman Question. Many commentators critique the secular and Western feminism, and the racialising backlash that accompanied the occupation of Muslim countries during the War on Terror military campaign launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in 2001. Implicit in many of these critical works is the suggestion that it is Western secular feminism that is the motivating driver and permanent collaborator -- along with other feminists, secularists and human rights activists in Muslim countries -- that sustains the Wests actual and metaphorical war on Islam and Muslims. The book addresses this post-9/11 critical trope and its implications for womens movements in Muslim contexts. The relevance of secular feminist activism is illustrated with reference to some of the nation-wide, working-class womens movements that have surged throughout Pakistan under religious militancy: polio vaccinators, health workers, politicians, peasants and artists have been directly targeted, even assassinated, for their service and commitment to liberal ideals. Afiya Zia contends that Muslim womens piety is no threat against the dominant political patriarchy, but their secular autonomy promises transformative changes for the population at large, and thereby effectively challenges Muslim male dominance. This book is essential reading for those interested in understanding the limits of Muslim womens piety and the potential in their pursuit for secular autonomy and liberal freedoms.Trade ReviewThis sophisticated, sharp analysis of womens activism in Pakistan, brings home the crucial relevance of secular womens movement and working-class womens activism, under religious militancy. An essential read for those interested in better understanding the many dimensions of the sensitive subject, womens political actions in Muslim contexts. - Haideh Moghissi, York University, Toronto, author of the award-winning Feminism and Islamic FundamentalismThrough a critical feminist theorization of the relationship between Islam and feminism in Pakistan, Afiya Zia takes on the provocative questions of Are secular politics, aims and sensibilities impossible, undesirable and impracticable for Muslims and Islamic states? Should Muslim women be exempted from feminist attempts at liberation from patriarchy and its various expressions, which include Islamic laws and customs as they are practiced in the present time? Her compelling response to these questions incites us brilliantly to read the religious challenges facing feminist studies and womens movements beyond Pakistan. This book is a layered analysis of the retreat of secular and liberal feminist spaces while it also critiques the limits of liberal secularism. - Shahrzad Mojab, University of Toronto, co-author of Revolutionary Learning: Marxism, Feminism and KnowledgeEvery once in a while there comes a book that is guaranteed to make its readers sit up and take note of the power of its argument, the clarity of its expression and the sheer audacity of its claims. This is that book. Indispensable for any understanding of the pernicious effects of an Islamically informed faith-based politics on women in Pakistan, it puts paid to the idea that such politics could ever serve as the engine of feminine agency. This is a rare and much-needed corrective against the present sweep of insidious currents hostile to the promise of a secular future for Pakistan and its women. - Farzana Shaikh, author of Making Sense of PakistanIn this book Afiya Zia brings into play all her skills in incisive analysis and her ability to go to the heart of the matter without fear or reservations, for which she has built a solid reputation over the many years of advocacy of womens rights. Faith and Feminism in Pakistan should not fail to shorten the journey to salvation of not only Pakistans Muslim women but also of women in all Muslim majority countries. - I. A. Rehman, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan; recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the Nuremberg International Human Rights AwardThis is a superb and much overdue study of the history of feminism in Pakistan and its involvement in the question of Islam in state and society. Afiya Zia brings a keen analytic eye to the task, without sentimentalizing any of the actors or ideas concerned. But her own lifelong involvement in the feminist movement in the country adds a richness of texture to her discussion. This is a brave new contribution to the extensive discussion of Islam and gender across the disciplines, insisting that we view the womens rights movement as a legitimate part of contemporary Muslim societies. It will make waves in the academic world and in politics, and rightly so. - Aamir R. Mufti is Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles and author of Forget English! Orientalisms and World Literatures (Harvard University Press)Pakistani women have been at the forefront of struggles for democracy and secular human rights. From her vantage point as member of the women's movement, Afiya has documented the multiple challenges that we have faced as women activists during the "War on Terror". Those who want to understand the tensions between faith and feminism in Pakistan should read her account in this book. - Asma Jahangir, Lawyer, co-founder and chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan; United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion; recipient of the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, Right Livelihood Award; Ramon Magsaysay Award

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Book SynopsisCicatrices provides an understanding of the mood in Central American fiction over the last five years. Many recent novels and short stories are aesthetic responses to a difficult social, political and economic landscape dominated by neoliberal adjustment, drug trafficking, corruption and the struggle to establish fully democratic societies. Herein is a mix of male and female authors spread across five Central American countries: Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Honduras. Thematic unity is provided by nomadism, migration and the inability to leave behind a violent past of armed conflict that bleeds into the present scars that wont heal. An atmosphere of survival, exhaustion, dissipation and decay (in both the physical and moral sense) dominates, but also rays of hope: the writers testify to the triumph of the spirit as much as to its destruction. This vibrant literature speaks of existential crisis in a context of social precarity and lack of opportunity as people dis-embedded by civil war and its aftermath seek release and fulfillment through migration across borders into neighbouring countries or north to the United States or Europe. Whether external or internal, self-imposed or forced, migration brings in train the problem of mal-adaptation to new worlds and struggles with memory an aesthetics of loss and solitude. Various narrative strategies are adopted to try to account for this contemporary social reality, including crime fiction as critical realism, as well as auto-fiction.

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Book SynopsisCicatrices provides an understanding of the mood in Central American fiction over the last five years. Many recent novels and short stories are aesthetic responses to a difficult social, political and economic landscape dominated by neoliberal adjustment, drug trafficking, corruption and the struggle to establish fully democratic societies. Herein is a mix of male and female authors spread across five Central American countries: Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Honduras. Thematic unity is provided by nomadism, migration and the inability to leave behind a violent past of armed conflict that bleeds into the present scars that wont heal. An atmosphere of survival, exhaustion, dissipation and decay (in both the physical and moral sense) dominates, but also rays of hope: the writers testify to the triumph of the spirit as much as to its destruction. This vibrant literature speaks of existential crisis in a context of social precarity and lack of opportunity as people dis-embedded by civil war and its aftermath seek release and fulfillment through migration across borders into neighbouring countries or north to the United States or Europe. Whether external or internal, self-imposed or forced, migration brings in train the problem of mal-adaptation to new worlds and struggles with memory an aesthetics of loss and solitude. Various narrative strategies are adopted to try to account for this contemporary social reality, including crime fiction as critical realism, as well as auto-fiction.

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Book SynopsisBringing together contributors from both the university sector and business-centered research institutions, this comprehensive volume offers diverse perspectives on the impacts and consequences of globalization in different parts of the Asian region. Each chapter offers a substantial account of globalization within a particular nation-state or area in the region. Different understandings underpin the chapters. Some contributors perceive globalization as progress in the form of economically driven processes that have made nations mutually dependent in unprecedented and complex ways. Others emphasize the uneven outcomes of globalization, as well as the stakes for economic growth and social order in the global climate of deepening political and religious divisions since September 2001. General and specialist readers alike will gain an appreciation of the myriad emphases placed on globalization within different nations and from various vantage points. The book showcases diverse styles of discourse and serves to greatly broaden the scope of what can be discussed under the rubric of 'globalization' within a single volume.Trade Review'For anyone seeking a diverse range of perspectives on globalisation in the Asia-Pacific region, this collection of highly readable essays is a good place to start. Focusing on individual countries, the chapters examine the specific modalities of global integration and the responses of different sections of society in each country. The authors address questions of major importance for democratic societies, such as: the connection between globalisation and the rise of religious extremism; whether globalisation is in reality a new form of imperial preference; who the winners and losers are. These are complemented by three short case studies dealing with Indonesia's unrealised potential, foreign investment in China and patterns in the movement of people between Hong Kong and the mainland. The essays provide a rich source of thought-provoking analysis of the complex cultural and political responses arising from both opportunities provided by globalisation and its more negative impacts.' -- Melanie Beresford, Macquarie University, Australia'Globalization in the Asian Region draws confident ragged lines across disciplines, themes and the conventional boundaries of scholarship. The range of material in the anthology is astounding. The diversity and admixture of political positions and approaches is confronting. Contemporary Asia is thus mapped without overgeneralizing a homogenous whole.' -- Paul James, RMIT University, Australia'This collection of thoughtful essays provides a reliable picture of the dynamic and often ironic operation of globalization in Asia today and challenges individuals to believe that as communities we have a choice in how we respond and contribute to globalization. The editors highlight the multifaceted nature of globalization and bring to the fore its supraterritoriality. A dozen detailed studies make good on these claims from analyses of American militancy since 9-11, terrorism, and poverty, to case studies on Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and China. These essays make clear the interactive nature of globalization as various economic, cultural, and political forces pour into Asian societies while the impact of their responses from exports to currency fluctuations to migration flows to transnational religious movements in turn reshape the selfsame globalization process.' -- Timothy Cheek, University of British Columbia, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Views of Globalization, Empire and Asia: An Introduction 1. ‘Globalization’ After 9/11 and the Iraq War: Implications for Asia and the Pacific 2. Terrorism as a Global Phenomenon: The Southeast Asian Experience 3. Globalization and Poverty 4. The Impact of Globalization on Malaysia 5. (Case Study 1) Globalization and the Indonesian Economy: Unrealized Potential 6. Globalization and Hindutva: India’s Experience with Global Economic and Political Integration 7. Australian Roadmaps to Globalism: Explaining the Shift from Multilateralism to Imperial Preference 8. Globalization: A New Zealand Perspective 9. Globalization and Japan after the Bubble 10. Globalization, Late Industrialization and China’s Accession to the WTO: A Critical Perspective on Close Integration 11. (Case Study 2) A Glimpse of FDI in China and Related Issues 12. (Case Study 3) The Movement of People: Interflows between Hong Kong and Mainland China Index

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Book SynopsisWorking Mothers in Europe combines comparative perspectives on social policies with analyses of mothers' practices as evidenced in macro data and as explored in country based case studies. Social policy research has emphasised the impact of particular welfare systems and their policies on women's integration into the labour market and the organisation of care and work. However, the authors argue that policies are not the only factor, and, hitherto, we have very little knowledge of the precise interactions between social policies and social practices of individuals and families. In order to accurately grasp the cross-country variation of mothers' work and care arrangements in Europe, this book assembles a comparative approach towards welfare systems and social policies with an analysis of mothers' social practices in several European countries.Exploring the ways in which working mothers manage to combine care responsibilities and paid work on the basis of diverse public and private resources, this book will be invaluable to academics, researchers and students interested in the social sciences. More generally, the book will greatly appeal to those with an interest in women's employment, gender relations and the needs of children as matters that are tackled in the interaction between social policy and individuals.Trade Review‘Working Mothers in Europe will appeal to readers with an interest in public policy development and mothers' experiences of work-family balance (or imbalance). I envisage that Australian readers will be most interested in the sections exploring how mothers' combine paid employment with child care when state assistance is limited, given that Australia too offers only limited support for employed mothers.' -- Amanda Hosking, Labour & IndustryTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Social Practices and Social Policies 2. Mothers between Individualisation and Institution: Cultural Images of Welfare Policy 3. Caring for Children: The Logics of Public Action 4. Strategies, Everyday Practices and Social Change 5. Kinship and Informal Support: Care Resources for the First Generation of Working Mothers in Norway, Italy and Spain 6. Care Packages: The Organisation of Work and Care by Working Mothers 7. Women’s Participation in European Labour Markets References Index

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Book SynopsisGlobalization, Uncertainty and Women's Careers assesses the effects of globalization on the life courses of women in thirteen countries across Europe and America in the second half of the 20th century.The book represents the first-ever longitudinal analysis of micro-level data from these OECD countries focusing exclusively on women's relationship to the labor market in a globalizing world. The contributors thoroughly examine women's employment entries, exits and job mobility and present evidence of women's increased labor market attachment and reduced employment quality in most of the countries studied. They also systematically consider the life course changes influenced by larger transformations in society and, in doing so, explicitly link the phenomena of globalization to individual women's lives in Europe and North America.Highlighting the consequences of specific national policies on women's lives, women's labor market participation, and demographic phenomena such as low fertility, this book will prove invaluable to academics, students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers seeking to understand the effects of international social change on national contexts and individual lives.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Mid-Career Life Courses: A Theoretical Framework Heather Hofmeister, Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Melinda Mills 2. Women’s Employment in Times of Globalization: A Comparative Overview Dirk Hofäcker PART II: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON CONSERVATIVE WELFARE REGIMES 3. Women’s Employment in West Germany Sandra Buchholz and Daniela Grunow 4. Changes in Women’s Employment and Occupational Mobility in the Netherlands: 1995 to 2000 Matthijs Kalmijn and Ruud Luijkx PART III: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC WELFARE REGIMES 5. Globalization, Deindustrialization and the Labor Market Experiences of Swedish Women, 1950 to 2000 Tomas Korpi and Charlotta Stern 6. Danish Women’s Unemployment, Job Mobility and Non-Employment, 1980s and 1990s: Marked by Globalization? Daniela Grunow and Søren Leth-Sørensen PART IV: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON POST-SOCIALIST WELFARE REGIMES 7. Women’s Career Mobility in Hungary Erzsébet Bukodi and Péter Róbert 8. Women’s Employment in Estonia Jelena Helemäe and Ellu Saar 9. Women and the Labor Market in the Czech Republic: Transition from a Socialist to a Social-Democratic Regime? Dana Hamplová 10. Women and the Labor Market in Poland: From Socialism to Capitalism Ania Plomien PART V: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON LIBERAL WELFARE REGIMES 11. Women’s Employment in Britain Katrin Golsch 12. Women’s Employment Transitions and Mobility in the United States: 1968 to 1991 Heather Hofmeister PART VI: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON FAMILY-ORIENTED WELFARE REGIMES 13. Labor Force Dynamics and Occupational Attainment Across Three Cohorts of Women in Urban Mexico Emilio A. Parrado 14. Mid-Career Women in Contemporary Italy: Economic and Institutional Changes Maurizio Pisati and Antonio Schizzerotto 15. Hard Choices: Can Spanish Women Reconcile Job and Family? Carles Simó Noguera PART VII: CONCLUSIONS 16. The Impact of Gender Role Attitudes on Women’s Life Courses Detlev Lück 17. Women’s Careers in an Era of Uncertainty: Conclusions from a 13-Country International Comparison Heather Hofmeister and Hans-Peter Blossfeld Index

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates shortcomings in Western feminist conceptualizations, and shows how insights from African feminist thinking may enhance understandings of gender, both in and beyond Africa. Winner of the 2012 gender research award KRAKA-prisen. This book is about gender politics in Mozambique over three decades from 1975 to 2005. The book is also about different ways of understanding gender and sexuality. Gender policies from Portuguese colonialism, through Frelimo socialism to later neo-liberal economic regimes share certain basic assumptions about men, women and gender relations. But to what extent do such assumptions fit the ways in which rural Mozambican men and women see themselves? A major line of argument in the book is that gender relations should be investigated, not assumed, and that policies not matching people's lives are not likely to succeed. The empirical data, on which the argument is based, are first a unique body of data material collected 1982-1984 by the national women's organization, the OMM [when the author was employed as a sociologist in the organization] and secondly data resulting from more recent fieldwork in northern Mozambique. Importantly inspired by African post-colonial feminist lines of thinking, the book engages in a project of re-mapping and re-interpreting 'cultureand tradition'. In this context, the book investigates in particular matriliny [c. 40% of Mozambique's population live under conditions of matriliny] and female initiation. The findings open new avenues for gender politics, and for re-thinking sexuality and gender - in Africa and beyond. Signe Arnfred is Associate Professor, Dept of Society & Globalization, and Centre for Gender, Power & Diversity, Roskilde UniversityTrade ReviewA fascinating and important book [and] a powerful and moving contribution to the debates around how to improve African women's lives and, hence, men's as well. It would make an effective teaching tool, and, for its sometimes combative turn of phrase among its other writing strengths, is plain enjoyable to read. * AFRICAN AFFAIRS *A unique and immensely valuable anthropological and historical study [that] should be considered vital to discussions both of the modern history of Mozambique and of gender politics in southern Africa and beyond. * LUCAS BULLETIN *The book is impressive on many fronts. To name two: as a narrative tracing changes in her thinking on gender in Africa over the years, it is a stellar example of a working scholar's self-reflexivity; and instructors seeking to introduce students to the complex, ongoing and productive debate concerning the efficacy of feminist theory in the African context will find the book very useful. * CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES *Makes a welcome contribution to Mozambican studies and will also interest feminists, especially those unfamiliar with the works of African feminist scholars. * MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I Conceptions of Gender and Gender Politics in Mozambique Women in Mozambique: Gender Struggle and Gender Politics, 1988 Notes on Gender and Modernization. Examples from Mozambique, 1990 Family Forms and Gender Policy in Mozambique, 1990 Simone de Beauvoir in Africa: Woman - The Second Sex?: Issues of African Feminist Thought, 2001 Conceptions of Gender in Colonial and Post-colonial Discourses, 2004 Part II Night of the Women, Day of the Men: Meanings and Interpretations of Female Initiation Feminism and Gendered Bodies: On Female Inititation in Northern Mozambique, 2008 Moonlight and Mato: Initiation Rituals in Ribáuè, 2000 Wineliwa - the Creation of Women: Initiation Rituals during Frelimo's Abaixo Politics, 1990 Female Initiation and the Coloniality of Gender, 2010 Situational Gender and Subversive Sex? African Contributions to Feminist Theorizing, 2008 Part III Implications of Matriliny in Northern Mozambique Male Mythologies: An Inquiry into Assumptions of Feminism and Anthropology, 2006-2007 Ancestral Spirits, Land and Food: Gendered Power and Land Tenure in Ribáuè, 2001 Sex, Food and Female Power: On Women's Lives in Ribáuè, 2006-2007 Tufo Dancing: Muslim Women's Culture in Ilha de Moçambique, 2004 Epilogue

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates shortcomings in Western feminist conceptualizations, and shows how insights from African feminist thinking may enhance understandings of gender, both in and beyond Africa. Winner of the 2012 gender research award KRAKA-prisen. This book is about gender politics in Mozambique over three decades from 1975 to 2005. The book is also about different ways of understanding gender and sexuality. Gender policies from Portuguese colonialism, through Frelimo socialism to later neo-liberal economic regimes share certain basic assumptions about men, women and gender relations. But to what extent do such assumptions fit the ways in which rural Mozambican men and women see themselves? A major line of argument in the book is that gender relations should be investigated, not assumed, and that policies not matching people's lives are not likely to succeed. The empirical data, on which the argument is based, are first a unique body of data material collected 1982-1984 by the national women's organization, the OMM [when the author was employed as a sociologist in the organization] andsecondly data resulting from more recent fieldwork in northern Mozambique. Importantly inspired by African post-colonial feminist lines of thinking, the book engages in a project of re-mapping and re-interpreting 'culture andtradition'. In this context, the book investigates in particular matriliny [c. 40 per cent of Mozambique's population live under conditions of matriliny] and female initiation. The findings open new avenues for gender politics, and for rethinking sexuality and gender - in Africa and beyond. Signe Arnfred is Associate Professor, Dept of Society & Globalization, and Centre for Gender, Power & Diversity, Roskilde UniversityTrade ReviewA fascinating and important book [and] a powerful and moving contribution to the debates around how to improve African women's lives and, hence, men's as well. It would make an effective teaching tool, and, for its sometimes combative turn of phrase among its other writing strengths, is plain enjoyable to read. * AFRICAN AFFAIRS *A unique and immensely valuable anthropological and historical study [that] should be considered vital to discussions both of the modern history of Mozambique and of gender politics in southern Africa and beyond. * LEEDS AFRICAN STUDIES BULLETIN *The book is impressive on many fronts. To name two: as a narrative tracing changes in her thinking on gender in Africa over the years, it is a stellar example of a working scholar's self-reflexivity; and instructors seeking to introduce students to the complex, ongoing and productive debate concerning the efficacy of feminist theory in the African context will find the book very useful. * CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES *Makes a welcome contribution to Mozambican studies and will also interest feminists, especially those unfamiliar with the works of African feminist scholars. * MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I Conceptions of Gender and Gender Politics in Mozambique Women in Mozambique: Gender Struggle and Gender Politics, 1988 Notes on Gender and Modernization. Examples from Mozambique, 1990 Family Forms and Gender Policy in Mozambique, 1990 Simone de Beauvoir in Africa: Woman - The Second Sex?: Issues of African Feminist Thought, 2001 Conceptions of Gender in Colonial and Post-colonial Discourses, 2004 Part II Night of the Women, Day of the Men: Meanings and Interpretations of Female Initiation Feminism and Gendered Bodies: On Female Inititation in Northern Mozambique, 2008 Moonlight and Mato: Initiation Rituals in Ribáuè, 2000 Wineliwa - the Creation of Women: Initiation Rituals during Frelimo's Abaixo Politics, 1990 Female Initiation and the Coloniality of Gender, 2010 Situational Gender and Subversive Sex? African Contributions to Feminist Theorizing, 2008 Part III Implications of Matriliny in Northern Mozambique Male Mythologies: An Inquiry into Assumptions of Feminism and Anthropology, 2006-2007 Ancestral Spirits, Land and Food: Gendered Power and Land Tenure in Ribáuè, 2001 Sex, Food and Female Power: On Women's Lives in Ribáuè, 2006-2007 Tufo Dancing: Muslim Women's Culture in Ilha de Moçambique, 2004 Epilogue

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Book SynopsisExamines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today. There has been an extraordinary growth in Pentecostalism in Africa, with Brazilian Pentecostals establishing new transnational Christian connections, initiating widespread changes not only in religious practice but in society. This book describes its rise in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, and the sometimes dramatic impact of Pentecostalism on women. Here large numbers of urban women are taking advantage of the opportunities Pentecostalism offers to overcome restrictions at home, pioneer new life spaces and change their lives through the power of the Holy Spirit. Yet, conversion can also mean a violent rupturing with tradition, with family and with social networks. As the pastors encourage women to cut their ties with the past, including ancestral spirits, they come to see their kin and husbands as imbued with evil powers, and many leave their families. Conquering spheres that used to be forbidden to them, they often live alone as unmarried women, sometimes earning more than men of a similar age. They are also expected to donate huge sums to the churches, often money that they can ill afford, bringing new hardships. Linda van de Kamp is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Trade ReviewVan de Kamp's book provides a valuable insight into the multifaceted nature of religion, economics, and social relations in Mozambique. . . . [H]er text is not only an indispensable resource for scholars studying religion in Africa, but also for those researching global Christianity and Pentecostalism. * READING RELIGION *One always stands to gain from studies that foreground the often overlooked lives of women and, moreover, women in the often overlooked Lusophone world. Violent Conversion deserves to be read by all interested in global Pentecostalism, religion and gender, religion and globalization, African studies, and Brazilian studies. * PENTECO STUDIES *A vital contribution to discussions about Pentecostalism and the anthropology of Christianity, kinship and gender roles under neoliberalism, and urban studies in Mozambique. * AMERICAN ETHNOLOGIST *Violent Conversions is, without doubt, mandatory reading for scholars of Christianity . [it] highlights the urgency of researching 'religion' as a domain [that is a] central part of social life. The author shows how Pentecostalism is an agent - and not the result - of globalization. * MANÁ *This publication provides valuable knowledge on the possible consequences of south-south Pentecostal mission. * SOCIAL SCIENCES & MISSION *Table of ContentsIntroduction Gender, Family and Social Transformations in Maputo Transnational Spaces of Conquest Moving Frontiers: the Generational Trajectories of Pentecostal Women Converting the Spirit Spouse Terapia do amor: Confrontational Public Love 'Holy Bonfires' and Campaigns Conclusion: Violent Conversion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFinalist for the 2019 Albert J. Raboteau Prize for Best Book in Africana Religions An innovative study of Christianity and society in Cameroon that illuminates the history of faith and cultural transformation among societies living under French rule 1914 to 1939. Between the two World Wars, the radical innovations of African Catholic and Protestant evangelists repurposed Christianity to challenge local and foreign governments operating in the French-administered League of Nations Mandate of Cameroon. Walker-Said explores how African believers transformed foreign missionary societies into profoundly local religious institutions with indigenous ecclesiastical hierarchies and devotional social and charitable networks,devising novel authority structures to control resources and govern cultural and social life. She analyses how African Christian religious leaders transformed social and labour relations, contesting forced labour and authoritarian decentralized governance as threats to family stability and community integrity. Inspired by Catholic and Protestant doctrines on conjugal complementarity and social equilibrium, as well as by local spiritual and charismatic movements, African Christians re-evaluated and renovated family and community authority structures to address the devastating changes colonialism wrought in the private sphere. The history of these reform-minded believers reveals howfamily intimacies and kinship ties constituted the force of community resistance to oppression and also demonstrates the relevance of faith in the midst of a tumultuous series of forces arising out of the colonial situation peculiar to Cameroon.Trade ReviewThis book sheds light on the springs of the profound and irreversible upheavals brought about by Christianization at the heart of family life among the peoples of southern Cameroon. * CAHIERS D'ETUDES AFRICAINES *This is a carefully researched study that offers readers a wide range of theoretical and empirical insights into the intersection of social change, African agency and ecclesiastical history. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *Faith, Power, and Family makes a splendid contribution to the historiography on French Cameroon, African Christianity, relations between church and state, masculinity, and marriage in colonial Africa. * IJAHS *Faith, Power, and Family is a very valuable contribution to the rich literature examining the intersections of gender, religion, and state policy in colonial Africa. [...]Faith, Power and Family is a valuable and convincing work. * H-AFRICA *Faith, Power and Family is a genuinely significant contribution to the historiography of French Cameroon and adds to the research on Christianity, family, masculinity and intimacy, power and the state, as well as colonialism. * Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute *The book is tightly organized [...] -- Reading ReligionTable of ContentsIntroduction: Marriage at the Nexus of Faith, Power and Family PART I: French Rule, Social Politics and New Religious Communities, 1914-1925 Christian Transmission and Colonial Imposition African Catechists and Charismatic Activities Evaluating Marriage and Forming a Virtuous Household Faith, Family and the Endurance of the Lineage PART II: Labour, Economic Transformation and Family Life, 1925-1939 African Church Institutions in Action African Agents of the Church and State: Male Violence and Productivity Ethical Masculinity: The Church and the Patriarchal Order The Significance of African Christian Communities Beyond Cameroon Bibliography

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Book SynopsisGlobalization, Uncertainty and Women's Careers assesses the effects of globalization on the life courses of women in thirteen countries across Europe and America in the second half of the 20th century.The book represents the first-ever longitudinal analysis of micro-level data from these OECD countries focusing exclusively on women's relationship to the labor market in a globalizing world. The contributors thoroughly examine women's employment entries, exits and job mobility and present evidence of women's increased labor market attachment and reduced employment quality in most of the countries studied. They also systematically consider the life course changes influenced by larger transformations in society and, in doing so, explicitly link the phenomena of globalization to individual women's lives in Europe and North America.Highlighting the consequences of specific national policies on women's lives, women's labor market participation, and demographic phenomena such as low fertility, this book will prove invaluable to academics, students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers seeking to understand the effects of international social change on national contexts and individual lives.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Globalization, Uncertainty and Women’s Mid-Career Life Courses: A Theoretical Framework Heather Hofmeister, Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Melinda Mills 2. Women’s Employment in Times of Globalization: A Comparative Overview Dirk Hofäcker PART II: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON CONSERVATIVE WELFARE REGIMES 3. Women’s Employment in West Germany Sandra Buchholz and Daniela Grunow 4. Changes in Women’s Employment and Occupational Mobility in the Netherlands: 1995 to 2000 Matthijs Kalmijn and Ruud Luijkx PART III: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC WELFARE REGIMES 5. Globalization, Deindustrialization and the Labor Market Experiences of Swedish Women, 1950 to 2000 Tomas Korpi and Charlotta Stern 6. Danish Women’s Unemployment, Job Mobility and Non-Employment, 1980s and 1990s: Marked by Globalization? Daniela Grunow and Søren Leth-Sørensen PART IV: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON POST-SOCIALIST WELFARE REGIMES 7. Women’s Career Mobility in Hungary Erzsébet Bukodi and Péter Róbert 8. Women’s Employment in Estonia Jelena Helemäe and Ellu Saar 9. Women and the Labor Market in the Czech Republic: Transition from a Socialist to a Social-Democratic Regime? Dana Hamplová 10. Women and the Labor Market in Poland: From Socialism to Capitalism Ania Plomien PART V: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON LIBERAL WELFARE REGIMES 11. Women’s Employment in Britain Katrin Golsch 12. Women’s Employment Transitions and Mobility in the United States: 1968 to 1991 Heather Hofmeister PART VI: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON FAMILY-ORIENTED WELFARE REGIMES 13. Labor Force Dynamics and Occupational Attainment Across Three Cohorts of Women in Urban Mexico Emilio A. Parrado 14. Mid-Career Women in Contemporary Italy: Economic and Institutional Changes Maurizio Pisati and Antonio Schizzerotto 15. Hard Choices: Can Spanish Women Reconcile Job and Family? Carles Simó Noguera PART VII: CONCLUSIONS 16. The Impact of Gender Role Attitudes on Women’s Life Courses Detlev Lück 17. Women’s Careers in an Era of Uncertainty: Conclusions from a 13-Country International Comparison Heather Hofmeister and Hans-Peter Blossfeld Index

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Book SynopsisGlobalization, argue the contributors to this book, has remarkably accelerated social and economic change in modern societies. One such change is manifested in the world of work and careers. This book explores whether the forces of globalization affect the erosion of standard career patterns of mid-career men in twelve OECD countries. Overwhelming evidence against the 'individualization of inequality' thesis is provided - it is argued that equality remains largely stratified by factors such as occupational class and educational level, and in some countries has even grown over time.The contributors illustrate that globalization appears to have influenced the rise of 'patchwork' careers in countries where workers have been increasingly less protected by institutional configurations. These countries include Denmark, Mexico, The Netherlands, the UK and the US, as well as post-socialistic countries such as Hungary, Estonia and the Czech Republic. Interestingly, there is no evidence that men's careers have become more erratic in Italy, Spain, Sweden or Germany. Nation-specific institutions, such as welfare regimes, education and training systems and employment relations remain key factors impacting on job mobility patterns. Using empirical evidence to demonstrate how different policy approaches impact on the employment careers of individuals, this book will be invaluable to academics, students, researchers, practitioners and policymakers seeking to understand the effects of international social change on national contexts.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Globalization, Uncertainty and Men’s Employment Careers: A Theoretical Framework Melinda Mills, Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Fabrizio Bernardi 2. Globalization and Male Job Mobility in European Welfare States Ruud J.A. Muffels and Ruud Luijkx PART II: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON CONSERVATIVE WELFARE REGIMES 3. Increasing Instability in Employment Careers of West German Men? A Comparison of the Birth Cohorts 1940, 1955 and 1964 Karin Kurz, Steffen Hillmert and Daniela Grunow PART III: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON SOCIAL-DEMOCRATIC WELFARE REGIMES 4. The Impact of Globalization on Job and Career Mobility of Dutch Men: Life-History Data from the Mid-1950s to the Year 2000 Ruud Luijkx, Matthijs Kalmijn and Ruud J.A. Muffels 5. The Impact of Globalization on Men’s Labor Market Mobility in Sweden Tomas Korpi and Michael Tåhlin 6. Mobility of Men in the Danish Labor Market Daniela Grunow and Søren Leth-Sørensen PART IV: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON POST-SOCIALIST WELFARE REGIMES 7. Men’s Career Mobility in Hungary During the 1990s Erzsébet Bukodi and Péter Róbert 8. Employment Careers of Men in Estonia Ellu Saar and Jelena Helemäe 9. The Winners in a Globalizing World: Mid-Career Men in the Czech Republic Dana Hamplová and Martin Kreidl PART V: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON LIBERAL WELFARE REGIMES 10. Men’s Labor Market Mobility in Britain: Globalization, Labor Market Flexibility and Job Insecurity Katrin Golsch 11. Globalization and Men’s Job Mobility in the United States Melinda Mills, Aaron Douglas Johnston and Thomas A. DiPrete PART VI: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ON FAMILISTIC WELFARE REGIMES 12. Globalization and Labor Market Mobility Over the Life Course of Men: The Case of Mexico Emilio A. Parrado 13. Globalization and Men’s Employment Careers in Italy Fabrizio Bernardi 14. Globalization and Men’s Mid-Career Occupational Mobility in Spain Carles Simó Noguera, Katrin Golsch and Asunción Soro Bonmatí PART VII: CONCLUSIONS 15. Globalization, Patchwork Careers and the Individualization of Inequality? A 12-Country Comparison of Men’s Mid-Career Job Mobility Melinda Mills and Hans-Peter Blossfeld Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Companion examines the unique codes and processes of managing gender diversity, equality and inclusion in Asia. Managing Gender Diversity in Asia covers the whole geography of Asia through chapters authored by eminent scholars in the field and thus provides an authoritative tool for a critical and evidence based understanding of gender diversity management in Asia. The distinctive nature of Asian institutional structures, approaches and processes are examined in order to account for variations in representation and inclusion at work for women and men. This comprehensive Companion will make ideal reading for researchers, postgraduate students and practitioners who wish to understand the methodological and thematic idiosyncrasies of researching gender diversity management in organisational settings.Trade Review‘This volume is a valuable addition to the field of equal opportunities and diversity management with a focus on gender which intersects with national culture, religious beliefs, labour market environment and state of economic development of a large number of Asian countries, many of which have remained under-studied. The volume will be useful as supplementary readings and case study materials for undergraduate and postgraduate learning, as well as for researchers and practitioners who may be interested in the topic and the region.’ -- Fang Lee Cooke, Personnel Review‘Managing Gender Diversity in Asia is as timely as it is important. Mustafa F. Özbilgin and Jawad Syed raise the set of issues that all of us, managers and scholars, need to ponder and address if we are to have a 21st century defined by equity.’ -- Nancy J. Adler, McGill University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Theorising and Managing Gender Diversity in the Asian Context Mustafa F. Özbilgin and Jawad Syed 2. Diversity and Inequality Among Women in Employment in the Arab Middle East Region: A New Research Agenda Haya Al-Dajani 3. A Comparative Study of EEO In Pakistan, India and Bangladesh Faiza Ali 4. Employee Involvement in Malaysia: Gender Differences and Similarities Norsiah Aminudin 5. Participation in the Workplace in Bangladesh: Gender Integration Issues for Organizational Leaders Syed Saad Andaleeb 6. Gender Differences in Work Experiences, Satisfactions and Well-being Among Manufacturing Managers in Turkey Ronald J. Burke, Mustafa Koyuncu and Lisa Fiksenbaum 7. Japanese Equal Employment Opportunity Law: Implications for Diversity Management in Japan Nadine Courmadias, Yuka Fujimoto and Charmine E.J. Härtel 8. Diversity Management Rhetoric versus Reality: Insights from the Lebanese Context Dima Jamali and Hanin Abdallah 9. Reflections on Difference: Women, Islamic Feminism and Development in the Middle East Beverly Dawn Metcalfe 10. Gender and Equality of Opportunity in China’s Labour Market Jane Nolan 11. Managing Diversity: Women Managers in Asia Chris Rowley, Vimolwan Yukongdi and Jean Qi Wei 12. From Gender Empowerment to Gender Diversity: Measuring the Gender Gap in Muslim Majority Countries Jawad Syed 13. Gender Equity in a Male-dominated Industry: The Case of the Steel Industry in Vietnam Anne Vo and Glenda Strachan 14. State Management of the Sex Industry in China’s Past and Present Tiantian Zheng Index

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Book SynopsisAmanda Elam proposes and tests an alternative view of entrepreneurship based on contemporary sociological theory. The resulting cross-national theory of gender and entrepreneurship specifies the context from which individuals initiate the creation of new businesses.This book examines three distinct contributions to the study of entrepreneurship. Firstly, it contributes to both sociological and institutional theories of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneur. Secondly, it presents a cross-national comparative framework for the multilevel analysis of entrepreneurship. Finally, this book produces a key multilevel finding with regard to the importance of national gender beliefs for the likelihood of business creation among both men and women. Gender and Entrepreneurship will be an invaluable tool for researchers and policymakers interested in testing assumptions about the importance and influence of key national factors on rates of entrepreneurial activity.Trade Review'This book is a clear and succinct documentation of what seems to me to be the first leg in a journey to search for superior theoretical explanation for inter-country gender differences in entrepreneurship, by a researcher with a "passion for social theory". The journey has been a fruitful one with firm steps in the right direction. Elam has highlighted important signposts for those interested in embarking on similar journeys by demonstrating that neo-institutional sociological insights coupled with multilevel analysis has much to offer. It appears also that Amanda Brickman Elam is already planning a second leg of the journey with future research ideas outlined in the preface of the book. I will watch the space!' -- Anne de Bruin, International Small Business Journal'. . . Amanda Elam's masterly cross-national study from which she develops her multi-level theory of gender and entrepreneurship is an important contribution. . . She provides some fascinating findings about the macro- and micro-level factors that cause cross-national (and hence cross-cultural) differences - and specific variations by gender - in business start up rates. . . The book is aimed at both an academic and policy audience, although I would go further than the publishers and advocate its use with students - and not just research active staff at universities - because it shows not only the relationship between entrepreneurship and gender, but also the cross-national differences and the sorts of macro- and micro-level factors that influence these variations. Since I write in this research area, I have certainly learnt much from this concise little gem of a book. . . The main strength about this book is that, despite its ambitious and far-reaching theme, Dr Elam has managed to articulate, support, methodise, and test her theory in such a short volume and this is achieved without losing any of the key messages or elements. In fact, she has precised the book exceptionally well in the preface, too, and the supreme organisation of the book means that it is coherent and flows well. Similarly, the quantitative analysis is complex, but is presented in clear language that does not confuse the reader. . . this is a timely and important book. While bearing in mind the limitations of a large-scale empirical study, it is nonetheless one that is grounded in an exemplary manner on a vast body of literature from sociological, anthropological, management and other fields. . . it is certainly value for money given the quality of its findings and the relevance of this work for the gendered entrepreneurship field, but also more generally for those academics and other stakeholders who are interested in this particular issue.' -- J.M. Scott, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Practice Theory View of Social Difference 3. A Multilevel Theory of Gender and Entrepreneurship 4. Some Cross-National Findings 5. Conclusion and Implications Appendix: Data and Methodology References Index

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Book SynopsisWhy is it so difficult to turn girls' success at school into success in the labour market? How does detailed evidence about women's engagement with local labour markets affect the 'preference theory' debate? Why is part-time employment such a popular but economically damaging choice for women? What barriers still limit women's horizons and narrow their aspirations? Using a new and original approach, this illuminating book explores women's employment at the start of the 21st century, in particular identifying aspects of women's labour market situation which remain poorly understood and challenging much 'received wisdom' about women and work. The contributors examine pervasive myths about women in employment which have influenced policy and explore a number of theoretical puzzles and problems which persist despite attempts to tackle them. "Policy for a change" will be essential reading for professionals, employers and trade unions working in human resources, regeneration, equalities and diversity, anti-poverty, skills and training, as well as for researchers, teachers and students in sociology, social and public policy, labour market economics, urban studies and management.Trade Review"This is a significant and absorbing book, reporting on an important research programme about women's position in the labour market in England." Goretti Horgan, Journal of Social Policy"This fascinating and scholarly book reports on an amazing achievement. Rich material illuminates the diversity of women's situations and offers a wealth of insights into the factors that prevent women realising their full potential in their working lives." Harriet Bradley, Professor of Sociology, University of BristolTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Sue Yeandle; Local labour markets in public policy context ~ Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Karen Escott and Linda Grant; Women's labour market situation: myths, puzzles and problems ~ Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Karen Escott and Linda Grant; Segregation and clustering in the labour market: men, women and local level analysis ~ Lisa Buckner; Discrimination and disadvantage in local labour markets: issues affecting Black and minority ethnic women ~ Sue Yeandle and Lisa Buckner; Accessing the labour market ~ Karen Escott; Job design and working hours: key sources of gender inequality ~ Linda Grant; Tough at the top: women's career progression, an example in the local government sector ~ Cinnamon Bennett and Ning Tang; Policy for a change ~ Sue Yeandle.

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Book SynopsisGender equality is often seen as a hallmark of the Nordic countries. This book explores this notion by examining the meanings of gender that underpin policies in the Scandinavian welfare states, historically and today. The book focuses on three Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - and explores the policy reforms that have occurred relating to family and care. Beginning with the radical marriage reform carried through in all the three countries in the early decades of the 20th century, the book progresses to explore contemporary challenges to the traditional model of equality, including equal rights for fathers, multiculturalism and a critical young generation. The book focuses on differences as well as similarities between the countries and discusses the relevance of talking about a Nordic model. Stressing the importance of viewing the concept of equality in its historical context, the book critically investigates and discusses the Scandinavian 'success story' portrayed in normative political theory and presents an historical analysis of the development of gendered citizenship rights. It will be a valuable collection for researchers, lecturers and graduate students who work with historical and contemporary studies on welfare state and gender models from different disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspectives.Trade Review"Overall, this collection provides a welcome addition to existing literature within the genre. Its depth of analysis is obvious, whilst still maintaining a style that is easy to read, even for the novice within this area. ......an interesting and informative book, which adds to the debate on gender equality in modern society." Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Vol 30:3, 2008"This is essential reading for anyone concerned about achieving gender equality and the obstacles to it. This book is the best analysis yet of how, historically, the present strengths, weaknesses, differences and similarities emerged in Scandinavian countries, and of the continuous change over time, up to the contemporary challenges to further progress." Pat Thane, Professor of Contemporary British History, Institute of Historical Research, University of London"In this timely collection, leading feminist scholars take a fresh look at Scandinavia's 'woman-friendly' welfare state regimes. This is essential reading for all scholars of gender and welfare politics." Professor Sonya Michel, University of Maryland, USA and founding Co-Editor, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and SocietyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: A Nordic model of gender equality? ~ Kari Melby, Christina Wetterberg and Anna-Birte Ravn; Part one: Meanings of gender equality in Scandinavian welfare policy: Woman-friendly policy paradoxes? Childcare policies and gender equality visions in Scandinavia ~ Anette Borchorst; The claim of economic citizenship: the concept of equality in a historical context ~ Christina Carlsson Wetterberg and Kari Melby; Married women's right to pay taxes: debates on gender, economic citizenship, and tax law reform in Denmark, 1945-83 ~ Anna-Birte Ravn; Family policy between science and politics ~ Åsa Lundqvist; Academic discourse, social policy and the construction of new families ~ Christine Roman; Part two: Current challenges: competing discourses on gender equality: The 'new father': gender equality as discursive resource for family policies ~ Trine Annfelt; From powerful to powerless fathers: gender equality in family policies on parenthood ~ Charlotte Andersen and Anna-Birte Ravn; Dilemmas of citizenship: tensions between gender equality and respect for diversity in the Danish welfare state ~ Birte Siim; Women friendly?: Understanding gendered racism in Sweden ~ Diana Mulinari; Young women's attitudes towards feminism and gender equality ~ Ann-Dorte Christensen; A Scandinavian feminist public sphere: discourses on feminism and gender equality ~ Christina Fiig; Postscript: Gender, citizenship and social justice in the Nordic welfare states: a view from the outside ~ Ruth Lister; Postscript: Future research on gender equality in the Scandinavian countries ~ Keith Pringle

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding of welfare states has been much enriched by comparative work on welfare regimes and gender. This book uses these debates to illuminate the changing gender regimes in countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It has particular significance as countries in the region make the transition from communism and into a European Union that has issues of women's employment, work-life balance, and gender equality at the heart of its social policy. The analysis draws on quantitative comparative data, and on rich qualitative data from a new study of mothers in Polish households, illuminating the effects of changing welfare and gender relations from the perspective of those most directly affected - mothers of young children. This book is an important addition to the literature and is recommended to academics and students interested in the study of gender relations, welfare states, and international and comparative European social policy. The insights gained will also be of value to those engaged in welfare policy and practice.Trade Review"The authors skillfully combine quantitative and qualitative data and the book successfully shows that gender-based typologies of welfare regimes can be used to compare Central, Eastern and Western European countries." Journal of Social Policy"An innovative yet undogmatic book that summarises the emergent gender regimes of two regions with unprecedented changes. Written by leading experts in the field, it is a highly authoritative account." Andrea Peto, Department of Gender Studies, Central European University, HungaryTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: gender and the family under communism and after; Gender regimes in Central and Eastern Europe; Policy and parents in Poland; Mothers and the state; Mothers and their households; Mothers and social policy; Gender equality in the wider Europe; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisFamily policy paradoxes examines the political regulation of the family in Sweden between 1930 and today. It draws attention to the political attempts to create a 'modern family' and the aspiration to regulate the family and establish gender equality, thereby shedding light on ongoing policy processes within Europe and how these can be understood in the light of a particular political experience. The book is valuable for researchers, lecturers, undergraduate and graduate students who study gender, gender equality and welfare state development in gender studies, sociology, social and public policy, social work, politics and social/contemporary historyTrade Review"This is a well-researched and thought-provoking book." Citizen's Income Trust NewsletterTable of ContentsIntroduction: understanding the political regulation of the family; Mapping, evaluating and formulating modern family life; The family in the Swedish model; Towards gender-neutral ideals and gender equality politics; Family policy in the age of neoliberalism; Family policy and gender equality in the new millennium; Conclusion: family policy paradoxes.

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Book SynopsisGender equality is often seen as a hallmark of the Nordic countries. This book explores this notion by examining the meanings of gender that underpin policies in the Scandinavian welfare states, historically and today. The book focuses on three Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Norway and Sweden - and explores the policy reforms that have occurred relating to family and care. Beginning with the radical marriage reform carried through in all the three countries in the early decades of the 20th century, the book progresses to explore contemporary challenges to the traditional model of equality, including equal rights for fathers, multiculturalism and a critical young generation. The book focuses on differences as well as similarities between the countries and discusses the relevance of talking about a Nordic model. Stressing the importance of viewing the concept of equality in its historical context, the book critically investigates and discusses the Scandinavian 'success story' portrayed in normative political theory and presents an historical analysis of the development of gendered citizenship rights. It will be a valuable collection for researchers, lecturers and graduate students who work with historical and contemporary studies on welfare state and gender models from different disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspectives.Trade Review"Overall, this collection provides a welcome addition to existing literature within the genre. Its depth of analysis is obvious, whilst still maintaining a style that is easy to read, even for the novice within this area. ......an interesting and informative book, which adds to the debate on gender equality in modern society." Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, Vol 30:3, 2008"This is essential reading for anyone concerned about achieving gender equality and the obstacles to it. This book is the best analysis yet of how, historically, the present strengths, weaknesses, differences and similarities emerged in Scandinavian countries, and of the continuous change over time, up to the contemporary challenges to further progress." Pat Thane, Professor of Contemporary British History, Institute of Historical Research, University of London"In this timely collection, leading feminist scholars take a fresh look at Scandinavia's 'woman-friendly' welfare state regimes. This is essential reading for all scholars of gender and welfare politics." Professor Sonya Michel, University of Maryland, USA and founding Co-Editor, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and SocietyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: A Nordic model of gender equality? ~ Kari Melby, Christina Wetterberg and Anna-Birte Ravn; Part one: Meanings of gender equality in Scandinavian welfare policy: Woman-friendly policy paradoxes? Childcare policies and gender equality visions in Scandinavia ~ Anette Borchorst; The claim of economic citizenship: the concept of equality in a historical context ~ Christina Carlsson Wetterberg and Kari Melby; Married women's right to pay taxes: debates on gender, economic citizenship, and tax law reform in Denmark, 1945-83 ~ Anna-Birte Ravn; Family policy between science and politics ~ Åsa Lundqvist; Academic discourse, social policy and the construction of new families ~ Christine Roman; Part two: Current challenges: competing discourses on gender equality: The 'new father': gender equality as discursive resource for family policies ~ Trine Annfelt; From powerful to powerless fathers: gender equality in family policies on parenthood ~ Charlotte Andersen and Anna-Birte Ravn; Dilemmas of citizenship: tensions between gender equality and respect for diversity in the Danish welfare state ~ Birte Siim; Women friendly?: Understanding gendered racism in Sweden ~ Diana Mulinari; Young women's attitudes towards feminism and gender equality ~ Ann-Dorte Christensen; A Scandinavian feminist public sphere: discourses on feminism and gender equality ~ Christina Fiig; Postscript: Gender, citizenship and social justice in the Nordic welfare states: a view from the outside ~ Ruth Lister; Postscript: Future research on gender equality in the Scandinavian countries ~ Keith Pringle

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Book SynopsisThe relationship between gender and welfare states is of key importance in understanding welfare states and gender equality and inequality. Western welfare states of the post-war era were built on assumptions about gender difference: they treated men as breadwinners and women as carers. Now governments are committed in principle to gender equality. But how far have they come from male breadwinner assumptions to gender equality assumptions? How much do gender differences continue in UK social policy and social practice? The book analyses the male breadwinner model in terms of power, employment, care, time and income, providing a framework for chapters which ask about policies and practices for gender equality in each of these. This new approach to analysis of gender equality in social welfare contextualises national policies and debates within comparative theoretical analysis and data, making the volume interesting to a wide audience.Trade Review'Pascall’s book offers an accessible, valuable guide to gender equality in welfare systems' it 'comes at a critical point when recession threatens hard-won gains on socio-economic welfare and gender equality.' International Journal of Social Welfare."It makes a valuable and timely contribution to scholarship in this area." Kirstein Rummery, University of Stirling,"There is a crying need for this publication. Anyone who teaches in the area of gender and social policy will want this book." Professor the Baroness (Ruth) Lister of Burtersett, Loughborough University"No doubting the relevance and value of Pascall’s timely contribution... the analysis is exceptionally detailed yet accessible to all audiences with an interest in social policy. ... a valuable guide to gender equality in European welfare systems." People, Place and PolicyTable of ContentsIntroduction; Understanding Gender in welfare states; Gendered power; Gender in employment; Gender care; Gendered income; Gendered time; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe relationship between gender and welfare states is of key importance in understanding welfare states and gender equality and inequality. Western welfare states of the post-war era were built on assumptions about gender difference: they treated men as breadwinners and women as carers. Now governments are committed in principle to gender equality. But how far have they come from male breadwinner assumptions to gender equality assumptions? How much do gender differences continue in UK social policy and social practice? The book analyses the male breadwinner model in terms of power, employment, care, time and income, providing a framework for chapters which ask about policies and practices for gender equality in each of these. This new approach to analysis of gender equality in social welfare contextualises national policies and debates within comparative theoretical analysis and data, making the volume interesting to a wide audience.Trade Review'Pascall’s book offers an accessible, valuable guide to gender equality in welfare systems' it 'comes at a critical point when recession threatens hard-won gains on socio-economic welfare and gender equality.' International Journal of Social Welfare."It makes a valuable and timely contribution to scholarship in this area." Kirstein Rummery, University of Stirling,"There is a crying need for this publication. Anyone who teaches in the area of gender and social policy will want this book." Professor the Baroness (Ruth) Lister of Burtersett, Loughborough University"No doubting the relevance and value of Pascall’s timely contribution... the analysis is exceptionally detailed yet accessible to all audiences with an interest in social policy. ... a valuable guide to gender equality in European welfare systems." People, Place and PolicyTable of ContentsIntroduction; Understanding Gender in welfare states; Gendered power; Gender in employment; Gender care; Gendered income; Gendered time; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisCombining paid work with caring for children has become more difficult for families as women's working hours have increased. Over the past decade the issue of work-family balance has reached a more prominent place on the policy agenda of many Western European countries. However the preoccupations of governments have been largely instrumental, focusing particularly on the goal of increasing female employment rates in order to achieve greater competitiveness and economic growth, and also in many countries on raising fertility rates and promoting children's early learning. This important book looks at the three main components of work-family policy packages - childcare services, flexible working patterns and entitlements to leave from work in order to care - across EU15 Member States, with comparative reference to the US. It also provides an in-depth examination of developments in the UK. Variations in national priorities, policy instruments, established policy orientations and the context for policy making in terms of employment patterns, fertility behaviour and attitudes towards work and care are highlighted. Gender inequalities in the division of paid and unpaid work underpin the whole issue of work-family balance. But what constitutes gender equality in this crucial policy field? Jane Lewis argues that in spite of growing political emphasis on the importance of 'choice', a 'real' choice to engage in either or both the socially necessary activities of paid and unpaid work has remained elusive. Work-Family Balance, Gender and Policy is essential reading for students and scholars who wish to understand the complex challenges facing families and family policy and the opportunities for the future.Trade Review'In this authoritative and beautifully written book, Jane Lewis addresses the vexed question of how societies can ensure that individuals and families are able to both support themselves and to care for their dependants without material disadvantage. . . Lewis combines theoretical and conceptual sophistication with fine-grained empirical description and analysis to compare work and family policies, the way they have evolved and their underlying logic, in the European Union (EU) and the USA. . . This is a nuanced, compassionate and absorbing book. . . It is a unique synthesis of the literature and presents a compelling argument in a new way. It is theoretically sophisticated and full of detailed empirical analysis, yet is highly readable, clear and accessible. It would be very useful in teaching courses on women's studies, public policy and sociology of the family. It would have broad appeal to anyone concerned with work and family issues, and should be essential reading to those with an academic interest in welfare state analysis, social policy and gender.' -- Lyn Craig, Sex Roles'Based on multiple comparative as well as UK sources, this new book by one of the most well-known European social scientists unravels the multiple dimensions and relationships involved in balancing family and paid work demands. Jane Lewis documents persisting, and even increasing cross-country differences. Notwithstanding these, work-family reconciliation policies are more concerned with allowing women to combine paid work and family care than with redistributing care between men and women. This important book should be required reading for everyone interested in social policy and welfare state analysis.' -- Chiara Saraceno, Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB), Germany and University of Turin, Italy'This book provides a brilliant synthesis of comparative research on work-family policies with particular relevance to the emerging policy agenda in the UK. Jane Lewis is a profound thinker and graceful writer who leavens her theoretical sophistication with comprehensive attention to practical details.' -- Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US'Jane Lewis is a brilliant conceptual innovator and gifted empirical analyst in the field of social policy. This book expertly illuminates the dramatically changing terrain of social policy with reference to employment, family and gender relations.' -- Ann Orloff, Northwestern University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I 2. The Policymaking Context: Behaviour and Attitudes with Mary Campbell 3. Work–Family Balance Policies: Comparisons and Issues 4. Patterns of Development in Work–Family Balance Policies for Parents in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK During the 2000s with Trudie Knijn, Claude Martin and Ilona Ostner Part II 5. Policy Development in the UK, 1997–2007 6. Concluding Reflections on Gender Equality and Work–Family Balance Policies Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis'With its breadth and depth, The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty certainly deserves a place on the bookshelves of university libraries and of every academic and development professional with a specific interest in gender and development.' Gender in Management: An International Journal 'I recommend this book to be a staple of reference libraries.' British Politics and Policy 'These diverse, thoughtful essays go far beyond a mere summary of international scholarship. They outline a fascinating and provocative agenda for future policy-relevant research. This book will help redefine and revitalise the field of gender and development.'- Professor Nancy Folbre, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, AmherstIn the interests of contextualizing (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives, achieving extensive thematic as well as geographical coverage. This benchmark volume presents women's and men's experiences of gendered poverty with respect to a vast spectrum of intersecting issues including local to global economic transformations, family, age, 'race', migration, assets, paid and unpaid work, health, sexuality, human rights, and conflict and violence.The handbook also provides up-to-the-minute reflections on how to theorize, measure and represent the connections between gender and poverty, and to contemplate how gendered poverty is affected - and potentially redressed - by policy and grassroots interventions. An unprecedented and ambitious blend of conceptual, methodological, empirical and practical offerings from a host of established as well as upcoming scholars and professionals from across the globe lends the volume a distinctive and critical edge. Notwithstanding the broad scope of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty, one theme in common to most of its 100-plus chapters is the need to 'en-gender' analysis and initiatives to combat poverty and inequality at local, national and international levels. As such, the volume will inspire its readers not only to reflect deeply on poverty and gender injustice, but also to consider what to do about it.This book will be essential reading for all with academic, professional or personal interests in gender, poverty, inequality, development, and social, political and economic change in the contemporary world.Trade ReviewPossibly the most comprehensive contribution to a detailed and thorough analysis of gendered dimensions of international poverty contexts, causes, and consequences ever brought together into one volume. --Suzanne Clisby Gender and DevelopmentWith international attention focused on halving poverty by 2015, the appearance of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty is both timely and essential. Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for producing a state-of-the-art compendium of everything you need to know about the often hidden, gendered, dimensions of poverty. Edited and written by leading scholars and policy advisers, the Handbook comprehensively covers the key themes that are vital to understanding poverty as a gendered process, combining policy lessons with theoretical insight. Richly illustrated with examples from across the world, this book will not only be welcomed by all those dedicated to the study of poverty, but, by casting new light on its causes, will also help to develop appropriate measures to tackle it. --Professor Maxine Molyneux, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UK While each of the articles in this impressive collection makes an original contribution to the conceptual, empirical and policy analysis of gender and poverty, together they provide a comprehensive overview of the field and an essential resource for all sections of the development community. Professor Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for bringing together some of the leading thinkers in the field from across the world. This is not only an unprecedented feat of international co-operation but feminist collaboration at its best. --Professor Naila Kabeer, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKWith international attention focused on halving poverty by 2015, the appearance of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty is both timely and essential. Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for producing a state-of-the-art compendium of everything you need to know about the often hidden, gendered, dimensions of poverty. Edited and written by leading scholars and policy advisers, the Handbook comprehensively covers the key themes that are vital to understanding poverty as a gendered process, combining policy lessons with theoretical insight. Richly illustrated with examples from across the world, this book will not only be welcomed by all those dedicated to the study of poverty, but, by casting new light on its causes, will also help to develop appropriate measures to tackle it. --Professor Maxine Molyneux, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UKWhile each of the articles in this impressive collection makes an original contribution to the conceptual, empirical and policy analysis of gender and poverty, together they provide a comprehensive overview of the field and an essential resource for all sections of the development community. Professor Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for bringing together some of the leading thinkers in the field from across the world. This is not only an unprecedented feat of international co-operation but feminist collaboration at its best. --Professor Naila Kabeer, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Gendered Poverty Across Space and Time: Introduction and Overview Sylvia Chant PART I: CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR GENDERED POVERTY 2. Strategic Gendering: One Factor in the Constituting of Novel Political Economies Saskia Sassen 3. Subjectivity, Sexuality and Social Inequalities Henrietta L. Moore 4. Power, Privilege and Gender as Reflected in Poverty Analysis and Development Goals Gerd Johnsson-Latham 5. Gender Into Poverty Won’t Go: Reflections on Economic Growth, Gender Inequality and Poverty with Particular Reference to India Cecile Jackson 6. Advancing the Scope of Gender and Poverty Indices: An Agenda and Work in Progress Thomas Pogge 7. Methodologies for Gender-sensitive and Pro-poor Poverty Measures Sharon Bessell 8. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement in Mexico and Central America: Incorporating Rights and Equality Anna Coates 9. Gender, Time Poverty and Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach: Evidence From Guatemala Sarah Gammage 10. Why is Progress in Gender Equality So Slow? An Introduction to the ‘Social Institutions and Gender’ Index Dennis Drechsler and Johannes Jütting 11. Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend? Experiences with the Gender Action Learning System Linda Mayoux PART II: DEBATES ON THE ‘FEMINISATION OF POVERTY’, AND FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS 12. The ‘Feminisation of Poverty’: A Widespread Phenomenon? Marcelo Medeiros and Joana Costa 13. Poor Households or Poor Women: Is There a Difference? Gita Sen 14. Globalisation and the Need for a ‘Gender Lens’: A Discussion of Dichotomies and Orthodoxies with Particular Reference to the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ Tine Davids and Francien van Driel 15. Towards a (Re)Conceptualisation of the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’: Reflections on Gender-differentiated Poverty from The Gambia, Philippines and Costa Rica Sylvia Chant 16. Post-adjustment, Post-mitigation, 'Post-poverty’? The Feminisation of Family Responsibility in Contemporary Ghana Lynne Brydon 17. Female-headed Households and Poverty in Latin America: State Policy in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic Helen I. Safa 18. Gender, Households and Poverty in the Caribbean: Shadows Over Islands in the Sun Janet Momsen 19. Poverty and Female-headed Households in Post-genocide Rwanda Marian Koster 20. Between Stigmatisation and Survival: Poverty Among Migrant and Non-migrant Lone Mothers in the Netherlands Annelou Ypeij 21. Lone Mothers, Poverty and Paid Work in the United Kingdom Jane Millar 22. Urban Poverty and Gender in Advanced Economies: The Persistence of Feminised Disadvantage Fran Tonkiss PART III: GENDER, FAMILY AND LIFECOURSE 23. Gender and Household Decision-making in Developing Countries: A Review of Evidence Agnes R. Quisumbing 24. Linking Women’s and Children’s Poverty Ruth Lister 25. Reducing the Gender Gap in Education: The Role of Wage Labour for Rural Women in Mozambique John Sender 26. Understanding the Gender Dynamics of Russia’s Economic Transformation: Women’s and Men’s Experiences of Employment, Domestic Labour and Poverty Sarah Ashwin 27. Gender, Poverty and Transition in Central Asia Jane Falkingham and Angela Baschieri 28. Urban Poverty, Heteronormativity and Women’s Agency in Lima, Peru: Family Life on the Margins Carolyn H. Williams 29. Youth, Gender and Work on the Streets of Mexico Gareth A. Jones and Sarah Thomas de Benítez 30. Sexuality, Poverty and Gender Among Gambian Youth Alice Evans 31. Ghettoisation, Migration or Sexual Connection? Negotiating Survival Among Gambian Male Youths Stella Nyanzi 32. Poverty and Old Age in Sub-Saharan Africa: Examining the Impacts of Gender with Particular Reference to Ghana Isabella Aboderin 33. Gender, Urban Poverty and Ageing in India: Conceptual and Policy Issues Penny Vera-Sanso 34. Poverty, Gender and Old Age: Pension Models in Costa Rica and Chile Monica Budowski 35. Gender, Poverty and Pensions in the United Kingdom Jane Falkingham, Maria Evandrou and Athina Vlachantoni PART IV: GENDER, ‘RACE’ AND MIGRATION 36. Assessing Poverty, Gender and Well-being in ‘Northern’ Indigenous Communities Janet Hunt 37. Gender and Ethnicity in the Shaping of Differentiated Outcomes of Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades Conditional Cash Transfer Programme Mercedes González de la Rocha 38. Gender, Poverty, and National Identity in Afrodescendent and Indigenous Movements Helen I. Safa 39. The Gendered Exclusions of International Migration: Perspectives from Latin American Migrants in London Cathy McIlwaine 40. Latino Immigrants, Gender and Poverty in the United States Cecilia Menjívar 41. Culturing Poverty? Ethnicity, Religion, Gender and Social Disadvantage Among South Asian Muslim Communities in the United Kingdom Claire Alexander 42. Gender, Occupation, Loss and Dislocation: A Latvian Perspective Linda McDowell 43. Gender, Poverty and Migration in Mexico Haydea Izazola 44. Migration, Gender and Sexual Economies: Young Female Rural–Urban Migrants in Nigeria Daniel Jordan Smith 45. Internal Mobility, Migration and Changing Gender Relations: Case Study Perspectives from Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania and Vietnam Cecilia Tacoli 46. Picturing Gender and Poverty: From ‘Victimhood’ to ‘Agency’? Kalpana Wilson PART V: GENDER, HEALTH AND POVERTY 47. Poverty Gender and the Right to Health: Reflections with Particular Reference to Chile Jasmine Gideon 48. Maternal Mortality in Latin America: A Matter of Gender and Ethnic Equality Anna Coates 49. New Labyrinths of Solitude: Lonesome Mexican Migrant Men and AIDS Matthew Gutmann 50. Gender, Poverty and AIDS: Perspectives with Particular Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa Catherine Campbell and Andrew Gibbs 51. Gender, HIV/AIDS and Carework in India: A Need for Gender-sensitive Policy Keerty Nakray 52. Women’s Smoking and Social Disadvantage Hilary Graham PART VI: GENDER, POVERTY AND ASSETS 53. Household Wealth and Women’s Poverty: Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Assessing Gender Inequality in Asset Ownership Carmen Diana Deere 54. Gender, Poverty and Access to Land in Cities of the South Carole Rakodi 55. Power, Patriarchy and Land: Examining Women’s Land Rights in Uganda and Rwanda Kate Bird and Jessica Espey 56. Gender, Livelihoods and Rental Housing Markets in the Global South: The Urban Poor as Landlords and Tenants Sunil Kumar 57. Renegotiating the Household: Successfully Leveraging Women’s Access to Housing Microfinance in South Africa Sophie Mills 58. Gender Issues and Shack/Slum Dweller Federations Sheela Patel and Diana Mitlin 59. Gender, Poverty and Social Capital: The Case of Oaxaca City, Mexico Katie Willis 60. Moving Beyond Gender and Poverty to Asset Accumulation: Evidence from Low-income Households in Guayaquil, Ecuador Caroline Moser 61. Conceptual and Practical Issues for Gender and Social Protection: Lessons from Lesotho Rachel Slater, Rebecca Holmes, Nicola Jones and Matšeliso Mphale PART VII: GENDER, POVERTY AND WORK 62. Gender, Work and Poverty in High-income Countries Diane Perrons 63. The Extent and Origin of the Gender Pay Gap in Europe Janneke Plantenga and Eva Fransen 64. Women’s Work, Nimble Fingers and Women’s Mobility in the Global Economy Ruth Pearson 65. Gender, Poverty and Inequality: The Role of Markets, States and Households Shahra Razavi and Silke Staab 66. Women’s Employment, Economic Risk and Poverty James Heintz 67. Gender and Ethical Trade: Can Vulnerable Women Workers Benefit? Stephanie Barrientos 68. Fraternal Capital and the Feminisation of Labour in South India Sharad Chari 69. Economic Transition and the Gender Wage Gap in Vietnam: 1992–2002 Amy Y.C. Liu 70. Gender, Poverty and Work in Cambodia Katherine Brickell 71. Informality, Poverty, and Gender: Evidence from the Global South Marty Chen 72. The Empowerment Trap: Gender, Poverty and the Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa Kate Meagher 73. A Gendered Analysis of Decent Work Deficits in India’s Urban Informal Economy: Case Study Perspectives from Surat Paula Kantor 74. Gender and Quality of Work in Latin America Javier Pineda 75. Gender Inequalities and Poverty: A Simulation of the Likely Impacts of Reducing Labour Market Inequalities on Poverty Incidence in Latin America Joana Costa and Elydia Silva PART VIII: GENDERED POVERTY AND POLICY INTERVENTIONS 76. Gender, Poverty and Aid Architecture Gwendolyn Beetham 77. Brand Aid? How Shopping Has Become ‘Saving African Women and Children with AIDS’ Lisa Ann Richey 78. Sweden to the Rescue? Fitting Brown Women into a Poverty Framework Katja Jassey 79. Poverty Alleviation in a Changing Policy and Political Context: The Case of PRSPs with Particular Reference to Nicaragua Sarah Bradshaw and Brian Linneker 80. Gender-responsive Budgeting and Women’s Poverty Diane Elson and Rhonda Sharp 81. Reducing Gender Inequalities in Poverty: Considering Gender-sensitive Social Programmes in Costa Rica Monica Budowski and Laura Guzmán Stein 82. Is Gender Inequality a Form of Poverty? Shifting Semantics in Oxfam GB’s Thinking and Practice Nicholas Piálek 83. Tackling Poverty: Learning Together to Improve Women’s Rights Through Partnership – The Case of WOMANKIND Worldwide Tina Wallace and Ceri Hayes 84. Millennial Woman: The Gender Order of Development Ananya Roy PART IX: MICROFINANCE AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT 85. The Housewife and the Marketplace: Practices of Credit and Savings from the Early Modern to Modern Era Beverly Lemire 86. Money as Means or Money as End? Gendered Poverty, Microcredit and Women's Empowerment in Tanzania Fauzia Mohamed 87. Capitalising on Women’s Social Capital: Gender and Microfinance in Bolivia Kate Maclean 88. ‘A Woman and an Empty House are Never Alone For Long’: Autonomy, Control, Marriage and Microfinance in Women’s Livelihoods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Caroline Sweetman 89. Gender and Poverty in Egypt: Do Credit Projects Empower the Marginalised and the Destitute? Iman Bibars 90. Women’s Empowerment: A Critical Re-evaluation of a GAD Poverty-alleviation Project in Egypt Joanne Sharp, John Briggs, Hoda Yacoub and Nabila Hamed 91. Impacting Women through Financial Services: The Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme in India and its Effects on Women’s Empowerment Ranjula Bali Swain 92. Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment: Understanding the ‘Impact Paradox’ with Particular Reference to South India Supriya Garikipati 93. Gender and Poverty in Microfinance: Illustrations from Zambia Irene Banda Mutalima 94. The Impact of Microcredit Programmes on Survivalist Women Entrepreneurs in The Gambia and Senegal Bart Casier 95. Methodologies for Evaluating Women’s Empowerment in Poverty Alleviation Programmes: Illustrations from Paraguay and Honduras Yoko Fujikake PART X: NEW FRONTIERS IN GENDERED POVERTY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 96. Women, Poverty and Disasters: Exploring the Links through Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua Sarah Bradshaw 97. Decentralisation, Women’s Rights and Poverty: Learning from India and South Africa Jo Beall 98. Poverty, Entitlement and Citizenship: Vernacular Rights Cultures in Southern Asia Sumi Madhok 99. Contradictions in the Gender–Poverty Nexus: Reflections on the Privatisation of Social Reproduction and Urban Informality in South African Townships Faranak Miraftab 100. Gender, Neoliberalism and Post-neoliberalism: Re-assessing the Institutionalisation of Women’s Struggles for Survival in Ecuador and Venezuela Amy Lind 101. Who Does the Counting? Gender Mainstreaming, Grassroots Initiatives and Linking Women Across Space and ‘Race’ in Guyana D. Alissa Trotz 102. Poverty, Religion and Gender: Perspectives from Albania Claire Brickell 103. Sexuality, Gender and Poverty Susie Jolly and Andrea Cornwall 104. Masculinity, Poverty and the ‘New Wars’ Jane L. Parpart Index

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Book SynopsisThe introduction and 10 essays in this volume address questions about how feminist scholars conceptualize gender and view it in relationship to other attributes of individuals and of social systems. The authors strive for intersectional analyses broadening that approach beyond the gender, race and class paradigm to include sexuality, employing a variety of methodologies, and arguing that intersectionality is, or should be, not just theory, but praxis as well. The topics include the empowerment of women globally; the relationship of gender to international migration; gender differences in organizational participation; heteronormativity in organizations and in the media; the ways that the global affects the local in legislation, the workplace and the academy; the relationship between positive stereotypes of women and support for women's rights; and essentialist themes in men's movements. The discussions of globalization and empowerment and of migration are explicitly transnational in perspective. The remaining essays analyze data gathered in particular locations, but all have broader implications. Three nation-specific essays focus on organizational participation in Brazil, feminism in the Canadian academy, and sexual harassment legislation in Japan. Those on the media, social movements and voluntary organizations, and on modern prejudice are based on data from the United States. All of the authors and co-authors, whether professors emerita or graduate students, are trained in the social sciences. Nevertheless, the essays reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary approach to data and methods that characterizes contemporary feminist writing and research.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Information for Authors. Introduction: Perceiving gender locally, globally, and intersectionally. Toward an intersectionality just out of reach: Confronting challenges to intersectional practice. Commonsense, gender, and the politics of queer visibility. “Do you like girls yet?” Heterosexual presumption, homophobia, and pubescence. Grappling with the relationship between men's endorsement of positive stereotypes of women and support for women's rights. Racialized masculinity and discourses of victimization: A comparison of the mythopoetic men's movement and the Militia of Montana. Globalization and gender equality: A critical analysis of women's empowerment in the global economy. Gender in motion: How gender precipitates international migration. The private motivations of public action: Women's associational lives and political activism in Brazil. Feminism in the Canadian Academy. How did sexual harassment become a social problem in japan? The equal employment opportunity law and globalization. About the Authors. Advances In Gender Research. Perceiving gender locally, globally, and intersectionally. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisBoth women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading international authorities document how gender inequalities are changing and how many inequalities of earlier eras are being eradicated. However, this book shows there are new barriers and constraints that are slowing progress in attaining a more egalitarian society. Taking the new global economy into account, the expert contributors to this book examine the conflicts between different types of feminisms, revise old debates about ?equality? and ?difference? in the gendered nature of work and care, and propose new and innovative policy solutions.This path-breaking book makes essential reading for all those interested in the intersections of class, family and employment in the 21st century. Students and researchers of sociology, gender studies and social policy, as well as practitioners and policy-makers interested in work?family balance, will find this book invaluable.Trade Review‘This authoritative book, which brings together chapters by many of the leading experts on the topic, documents the new barriers and continuing constraints that still stand in the way of gender equality. It is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the persisting inequalities of gender and class in work and family life.’ -- Jan Pahl, University of Kent, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: What’s New About Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century? Jacqueline Scott, Rosemary Crompton and Clare Lyonette PART I: FAMILY AND LABOUR MARKET CHANGE 1. Becoming Adult: The Persisting Importance of Class and Gender Ingrid Schoon 2. Class Reproduction, Occupational Inheritance and Occupational Choices Fiona Devine 3. Ethnic Differences in Women’s Economic Activity: A Focus on Pakistani and Bangladeshi Women Angela Dale and Sameera Ahmed PART II: OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURES AND WELFARE REGIMES 4. Gender and the Post-industrial Shift Janette Webb 5. Penalties of Part-time Work Across Europe Tracey Warren 6. Feminising Professions in Britain and France: How Countries Differ Nicky Le Feuvre PART III: THE CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING FAMILY AND WORK 7. Gender Segregation and Bargaining in Domestic Labour: Evidence from Longitudinal Time-use Data Man Yee Kan and Jonathan Gershuny 8. Family, Class and Gender ‘Strategies’ in Mothers’ Employment and Childcare Rosemary Crompton and Clare Lyonette 9. Perceptions of Quality of Life: Gender Differences Across the Life Course Jacqueline Scott, Anke C. Plagnol and Jane Nolan PART IV: UNDERSTANDING INEQUALITIES 10. Within-Household Inequalities Across Classes? Management and Control of Money Fran Bennett, Jerome De Henau and Sirin Sung 11. Restructuring Gender Relations: Women’s Labour Market Participation and Earnings Inequality Among Households Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund and Arne Mastekaasa PART V: CONFRONTING COMPLEXITY 12. Feminist Policies and Feminist Conflicts: Daddy’s Care or Mother’s Milk? Anne Lise Ellingsæter 13. A Mysterious Commodity: Capitalism and Femininity Mary Evans Index

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Book Synopsis'With its breadth and depth, The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty certainly deserves a place on the bookshelves of university libraries and of every academic and development professional with a specific interest in gender and development.' Gender in Management: An International Journal 'I recommend this book to be a staple of reference libraries.' British Politics and Policy 'These diverse, thoughtful essays go far beyond a mere summary of international scholarship. They outline a fascinating and provocative agenda for future policy-relevant research. This book will help redefine and revitalise the field of gender and development.'- Professor Nancy Folbre, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, AmherstIn the interests of contextualizing (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives, achieving extensive thematic as well as geographical coverage. This benchmark volume presents women's and men's experiences of gendered poverty with respect to a vast spectrum of intersecting issues including local to global economic transformations, family, age, 'race', migration, assets, paid and unpaid work, health, sexuality, human rights, and conflict and violence.The handbook also provides up-to-the-minute reflections on how to theorize, measure and represent the connections between gender and poverty, and to contemplate how gendered poverty is affected - and potentially redressed - by policy and grassroots interventions. An unprecedented and ambitious blend of conceptual, methodological, empirical and practical offerings from a host of established as well as upcoming scholars and professionals from across the globe lends the volume a distinctive and critical edge. Notwithstanding the broad scope of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty, one theme in common to most of its 100-plus chapters is the need to 'en-gender' analysis and initiatives to combat poverty and inequality at local, national and international levels. As such, the volume will inspire its readers not only to reflect deeply on poverty and gender injustice, but also to consider what to do about it.This book will be essential reading for all with academic, professional or personal interests in gender, poverty, inequality, development, and social, political and economic change in the contemporary world.Trade ReviewPossibly the most comprehensive contribution to a detailed and thorough analysis of gendered dimensions of international poverty contexts, causes, and consequences ever brought together into one volume. --Suzanne Clisby Gender and DevelopmentWith international attention focused on halving poverty by 2015, the appearance of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty is both timely and essential. Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for producing a state-of-the-art compendium of everything you need to know about the often hidden, gendered, dimensions of poverty. Edited and written by leading scholars and policy advisers, the Handbook comprehensively covers the key themes that are vital to understanding poverty as a gendered process, combining policy lessons with theoretical insight. Richly illustrated with examples from across the world, this book will not only be welcomed by all those dedicated to the study of poverty, but, by casting new light on its causes, will also help to develop appropriate measures to tackle it. --Professor Maxine Molyneux, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UK While each of the articles in this impressive collection makes an original contribution to the conceptual, empirical and policy analysis of gender and poverty, together they provide a comprehensive overview of the field and an essential resource for all sections of the development community. Professor Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for bringing together some of the leading thinkers in the field from across the world. This is not only an unprecedented feat of international co-operation but feminist collaboration at its best. --Professor Naila Kabeer, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKWith international attention focused on halving poverty by 2015, the appearance of The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty is both timely and essential. Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for producing a state-of-the-art compendium of everything you need to know about the often hidden, gendered, dimensions of poverty. Edited and written by leading scholars and policy advisers, the Handbook comprehensively covers the key themes that are vital to understanding poverty as a gendered process, combining policy lessons with theoretical insight. Richly illustrated with examples from across the world, this book will not only be welcomed by all those dedicated to the study of poverty, but, by casting new light on its causes, will also help to develop appropriate measures to tackle it. --Professor Maxine Molyneux, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, UKWhile each of the articles in this impressive collection makes an original contribution to the conceptual, empirical and policy analysis of gender and poverty, together they provide a comprehensive overview of the field and an essential resource for all sections of the development community. Professor Sylvia Chant is to be congratulated for bringing together some of the leading thinkers in the field from across the world. This is not only an unprecedented feat of international co-operation but feminist collaboration at its best. --Professor Naila Kabeer, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Gendered Poverty Across Space and Time: Introduction and Overview Sylvia Chant PART I: CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGIES FOR GENDERED POVERTY 2. Strategic Gendering: One Factor in the Constituting of Novel Political Economies Saskia Sassen 3. Subjectivity, Sexuality and Social Inequalities Henrietta L. Moore 4. Power, Privilege and Gender as Reflected in Poverty Analysis and Development Goals Gerd Johnsson-Latham 5. Gender Into Poverty Won’t Go: Reflections on Economic Growth, Gender Inequality and Poverty with Particular Reference to India Cecile Jackson 6. Advancing the Scope of Gender and Poverty Indices: An Agenda and Work in Progress Thomas Pogge 7. Methodologies for Gender-sensitive and Pro-poor Poverty Measures Sharon Bessell 8. Multidimensional Poverty Measurement in Mexico and Central America: Incorporating Rights and Equality Anna Coates 9. Gender, Time Poverty and Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach: Evidence From Guatemala Sarah Gammage 10. Why is Progress in Gender Equality So Slow? An Introduction to the ‘Social Institutions and Gender’ Index Dennis Drechsler and Johannes Jütting 11. Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend? Experiences with the Gender Action Learning System Linda Mayoux PART II: DEBATES ON THE ‘FEMINISATION OF POVERTY’, AND FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS 12. The ‘Feminisation of Poverty’: A Widespread Phenomenon? Marcelo Medeiros and Joana Costa 13. Poor Households or Poor Women: Is There a Difference? Gita Sen 14. Globalisation and the Need for a ‘Gender Lens’: A Discussion of Dichotomies and Orthodoxies with Particular Reference to the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’ Tine Davids and Francien van Driel 15. Towards a (Re)Conceptualisation of the ‘Feminisation of Poverty’: Reflections on Gender-differentiated Poverty from The Gambia, Philippines and Costa Rica Sylvia Chant 16. Post-adjustment, Post-mitigation, 'Post-poverty’? The Feminisation of Family Responsibility in Contemporary Ghana Lynne Brydon 17. Female-headed Households and Poverty in Latin America: State Policy in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic Helen I. Safa 18. Gender, Households and Poverty in the Caribbean: Shadows Over Islands in the Sun Janet Momsen 19. Poverty and Female-headed Households in Post-genocide Rwanda Marian Koster 20. Between Stigmatisation and Survival: Poverty Among Migrant and Non-migrant Lone Mothers in the Netherlands Annelou Ypeij 21. Lone Mothers, Poverty and Paid Work in the United Kingdom Jane Millar 22. Urban Poverty and Gender in Advanced Economies: The Persistence of Feminised Disadvantage Fran Tonkiss PART III: GENDER, FAMILY AND LIFECOURSE 23. Gender and Household Decision-making in Developing Countries: A Review of Evidence Agnes R. Quisumbing 24. Linking Women’s and Children’s Poverty Ruth Lister 25. Reducing the Gender Gap in Education: The Role of Wage Labour for Rural Women in Mozambique John Sender 26. Understanding the Gender Dynamics of Russia’s Economic Transformation: Women’s and Men’s Experiences of Employment, Domestic Labour and Poverty Sarah Ashwin 27. Gender, Poverty and Transition in Central Asia Jane Falkingham and Angela Baschieri 28. Urban Poverty, Heteronormativity and Women’s Agency in Lima, Peru: Family Life on the Margins Carolyn H. Williams 29. Youth, Gender and Work on the Streets of Mexico Gareth A. Jones and Sarah Thomas de Benítez 30. Sexuality, Poverty and Gender Among Gambian Youth Alice Evans 31. Ghettoisation, Migration or Sexual Connection? Negotiating Survival Among Gambian Male Youths Stella Nyanzi 32. Poverty and Old Age in Sub-Saharan Africa: Examining the Impacts of Gender with Particular Reference to Ghana Isabella Aboderin 33. Gender, Urban Poverty and Ageing in India: Conceptual and Policy Issues Penny Vera-Sanso 34. Poverty, Gender and Old Age: Pension Models in Costa Rica and Chile Monica Budowski 35. Gender, Poverty and Pensions in the United Kingdom Jane Falkingham, Maria Evandrou and Athina Vlachantoni PART IV: GENDER, ‘RACE’ AND MIGRATION 36. Assessing Poverty, Gender and Well-being in ‘Northern’ Indigenous Communities Janet Hunt 37. Gender and Ethnicity in the Shaping of Differentiated Outcomes of Mexico’s Progresa-Oportunidades Conditional Cash Transfer Programme Mercedes González de la Rocha 38. Gender, Poverty, and National Identity in Afrodescendent and Indigenous Movements Helen I. Safa 39. The Gendered Exclusions of International Migration: Perspectives from Latin American Migrants in London Cathy McIlwaine 40. Latino Immigrants, Gender and Poverty in the United States Cecilia Menjívar 41. Culturing Poverty? Ethnicity, Religion, Gender and Social Disadvantage Among South Asian Muslim Communities in the United Kingdom Claire Alexander 42. Gender, Occupation, Loss and Dislocation: A Latvian Perspective Linda McDowell 43. Gender, Poverty and Migration in Mexico Haydea Izazola 44. Migration, Gender and Sexual Economies: Young Female Rural–Urban Migrants in Nigeria Daniel Jordan Smith 45. Internal Mobility, Migration and Changing Gender Relations: Case Study Perspectives from Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania and Vietnam Cecilia Tacoli 46. Picturing Gender and Poverty: From ‘Victimhood’ to ‘Agency’? Kalpana Wilson PART V: GENDER, HEALTH AND POVERTY 47. Poverty Gender and the Right to Health: Reflections with Particular Reference to Chile Jasmine Gideon 48. Maternal Mortality in Latin America: A Matter of Gender and Ethnic Equality Anna Coates 49. New Labyrinths of Solitude: Lonesome Mexican Migrant Men and AIDS Matthew Gutmann 50. Gender, Poverty and AIDS: Perspectives with Particular Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa Catherine Campbell and Andrew Gibbs 51. Gender, HIV/AIDS and Carework in India: A Need for Gender-sensitive Policy Keerty Nakray 52. Women’s Smoking and Social Disadvantage Hilary Graham PART VI: GENDER, POVERTY AND ASSETS 53. Household Wealth and Women’s Poverty: Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Assessing Gender Inequality in Asset Ownership Carmen Diana Deere 54. Gender, Poverty and Access to Land in Cities of the South Carole Rakodi 55. Power, Patriarchy and Land: Examining Women’s Land Rights in Uganda and Rwanda Kate Bird and Jessica Espey 56. Gender, Livelihoods and Rental Housing Markets in the Global South: The Urban Poor as Landlords and Tenants Sunil Kumar 57. Renegotiating the Household: Successfully Leveraging Women’s Access to Housing Microfinance in South Africa Sophie Mills 58. Gender Issues and Shack/Slum Dweller Federations Sheela Patel and Diana Mitlin 59. Gender, Poverty and Social Capital: The Case of Oaxaca City, Mexico Katie Willis 60. Moving Beyond Gender and Poverty to Asset Accumulation: Evidence from Low-income Households in Guayaquil, Ecuador Caroline Moser 61. Conceptual and Practical Issues for Gender and Social Protection: Lessons from Lesotho Rachel Slater, Rebecca Holmes, Nicola Jones and Matšeliso Mphale PART VII: GENDER, POVERTY AND WORK 62. Gender, Work and Poverty in High-income Countries Diane Perrons 63. The Extent and Origin of the Gender Pay Gap in Europe Janneke Plantenga and Eva Fransen 64. Women’s Work, Nimble Fingers and Women’s Mobility in the Global Economy Ruth Pearson 65. Gender, Poverty and Inequality: The Role of Markets, States and Households Shahra Razavi and Silke Staab 66. Women’s Employment, Economic Risk and Poverty James Heintz 67. Gender and Ethical Trade: Can Vulnerable Women Workers Benefit? Stephanie Barrientos 68. Fraternal Capital and the Feminisation of Labour in South India Sharad Chari 69. Economic Transition and the Gender Wage Gap in Vietnam: 1992–2002 Amy Y.C. Liu 70. Gender, Poverty and Work in Cambodia Katherine Brickell 71. Informality, Poverty, and Gender: Evidence from the Global South Marty Chen 72. The Empowerment Trap: Gender, Poverty and the Informal Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa Kate Meagher 73. A Gendered Analysis of Decent Work Deficits in India’s Urban Informal Economy: Case Study Perspectives from Surat Paula Kantor 74. Gender and Quality of Work in Latin America Javier Pineda 75. Gender Inequalities and Poverty: A Simulation of the Likely Impacts of Reducing Labour Market Inequalities on Poverty Incidence in Latin America Joana Costa and Elydia Silva PART VIII: GENDERED POVERTY AND POLICY INTERVENTIONS 76. Gender, Poverty and Aid Architecture Gwendolyn Beetham 77. Brand Aid? How Shopping Has Become ‘Saving African Women and Children with AIDS’ Lisa Ann Richey 78. Sweden to the Rescue? Fitting Brown Women into a Poverty Framework Katja Jassey 79. Poverty Alleviation in a Changing Policy and Political Context: The Case of PRSPs with Particular Reference to Nicaragua Sarah Bradshaw and Brian Linneker 80. Gender-responsive Budgeting and Women’s Poverty Diane Elson and Rhonda Sharp 81. Reducing Gender Inequalities in Poverty: Considering Gender-sensitive Social Programmes in Costa Rica Monica Budowski and Laura Guzmán Stein 82. Is Gender Inequality a Form of Poverty? Shifting Semantics in Oxfam GB’s Thinking and Practice Nicholas Piálek 83. Tackling Poverty: Learning Together to Improve Women’s Rights Through Partnership – The Case of WOMANKIND Worldwide Tina Wallace and Ceri Hayes 84. Millennial Woman: The Gender Order of Development Ananya Roy PART IX: MICROFINANCE AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT 85. The Housewife and the Marketplace: Practices of Credit and Savings from the Early Modern to Modern Era Beverly Lemire 86. Money as Means or Money as End? Gendered Poverty, Microcredit and Women's Empowerment in Tanzania Fauzia Mohamed 87. Capitalising on Women’s Social Capital: Gender and Microfinance in Bolivia Kate Maclean 88. ‘A Woman and an Empty House are Never Alone For Long’: Autonomy, Control, Marriage and Microfinance in Women’s Livelihoods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Caroline Sweetman 89. Gender and Poverty in Egypt: Do Credit Projects Empower the Marginalised and the Destitute? Iman Bibars 90. Women’s Empowerment: A Critical Re-evaluation of a GAD Poverty-alleviation Project in Egypt Joanne Sharp, John Briggs, Hoda Yacoub and Nabila Hamed 91. Impacting Women through Financial Services: The Self Help Group Bank Linkage Programme in India and its Effects on Women’s Empowerment Ranjula Bali Swain 92. Microcredit and Women’s Empowerment: Understanding the ‘Impact Paradox’ with Particular Reference to South India Supriya Garikipati 93. Gender and Poverty in Microfinance: Illustrations from Zambia Irene Banda Mutalima 94. The Impact of Microcredit Programmes on Survivalist Women Entrepreneurs in The Gambia and Senegal Bart Casier 95. Methodologies for Evaluating Women’s Empowerment in Poverty Alleviation Programmes: Illustrations from Paraguay and Honduras Yoko Fujikake PART X: NEW FRONTIERS IN GENDERED POVERTY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS 96. Women, Poverty and Disasters: Exploring the Links through Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua Sarah Bradshaw 97. Decentralisation, Women’s Rights and Poverty: Learning from India and South Africa Jo Beall 98. Poverty, Entitlement and Citizenship: Vernacular Rights Cultures in Southern Asia Sumi Madhok 99. Contradictions in the Gender–Poverty Nexus: Reflections on the Privatisation of Social Reproduction and Urban Informality in South African Townships Faranak Miraftab 100. Gender, Neoliberalism and Post-neoliberalism: Re-assessing the Institutionalisation of Women’s Struggles for Survival in Ecuador and Venezuela Amy Lind 101. Who Does the Counting? Gender Mainstreaming, Grassroots Initiatives and Linking Women Across Space and ‘Race’ in Guyana D. Alissa Trotz 102. Poverty, Religion and Gender: Perspectives from Albania Claire Brickell 103. Sexuality, Gender and Poverty Susie Jolly and Andrea Cornwall 104. Masculinity, Poverty and the ‘New Wars’ Jane L. Parpart Index

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Book SynopsisThis illuminating monograph introduces a status-equilibrating, social capital explanation for the persistent gender stratification in the field of information technology. The authors analyze why the workforce has become increasingly male-dominated over time by looking at how pre-employment conditions provide different experiences and opportunities for women and men. Employing a large-scale, longitudinal data set, this book forays further into the field than other contemporary studies, where all too often the debate focuses on broad and potentially too-far-reaching differences between men and women that are difficult to prove, making for spirited conversation but little else. The authors collect, analyze and present data on social interactions, sex-role attitudes and behavior, leadership, demographics, program retention, job placement, and career attitudes for five cohorts of undergraduate students spanning their last two years in a management information science program and through the job search process. By testing novel theory against their data, the authors demonstrate how structural factors interact with individual characteristics to determine not only who enters the field, but also how they enter it and whether they are likely to stay. These and other analyses ultimately lead to concrete suggestions for addressing gender stratification in the IT industry. Raising - and answering - stimulating questions that will invariably enrich the field, this discerning volume will appeal to IT professionals and those in management roles in the discipline, as well as students and scholars of sociology, management, women's studies, and social and organizational psychology.Trade Review‘This extensive workplace balance study is one of the few that examines gender stratification in the IT industry both between men and women and also within women groups by using longitudinal cohort data about the predictive variables of gender, status and social capital.’ -- Virginia Franke Kleist, Sex RolesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Gender Stratification in the IT Industry 2. Social Capital and Status Equilibration 3. Data and Methods 4. Results 5. Stratified Social Capital 6. Gender Stratification in the Information Technology Industry Revisited Appendix: Detailed Statistical Inference Tables References Index

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Book SynopsisCombining paid work with caring for children has become more difficult for families as women's working hours have increased. Over the past decade the issue of work-family balance has reached a more prominent place on the policy agenda of many Western European countries. However the preoccupations of governments have been largely instrumental, focusing particularly on the goal of increasing female employment rates in order to achieve greater competitiveness and economic growth, and also in many countries on raising fertility rates and promoting children's early learning. This important book looks at the three main components of work-family policy packages - childcare services, flexible working patterns and entitlements to leave from work in order to care - across EU15 Member States, with comparative reference to the US. It also provides an in-depth examination of developments in the UK. Variations in national priorities, policy instruments, established policy orientations and the context for policy making in terms of employment patterns, fertility behaviour and attitudes towards work and care are highlighted. Gender inequalities in the division of paid and unpaid work underpin the whole issue of work-family balance. But what constitutes gender equality in this crucial policy field? Jane Lewis argues that in spite of growing political emphasis on the importance of 'choice', a 'real' choice to engage in either or both the socially necessary activities of paid and unpaid work has remained elusive. Work-Family Balance, Gender and Policy is essential reading for students and scholars who wish to understand the complex challenges facing families and family policy and the opportunities for the future.Trade Review'In this authoritative and beautifully written book, Jane Lewis addresses the vexed question of how societies can ensure that individuals and families are able to both support themselves and to care for their dependants without material disadvantage. . . Lewis combines theoretical and conceptual sophistication with fine-grained empirical description and analysis to compare work and family policies, the way they have evolved and their underlying logic, in the European Union (EU) and the USA. . . This is a nuanced, compassionate and absorbing book. . . It is a unique synthesis of the literature and presents a compelling argument in a new way. It is theoretically sophisticated and full of detailed empirical analysis, yet is highly readable, clear and accessible. It would be very useful in teaching courses on women's studies, public policy and sociology of the family. It would have broad appeal to anyone concerned with work and family issues, and should be essential reading to those with an academic interest in welfare state analysis, social policy and gender.' -- Lyn Craig, Sex Roles'Based on multiple comparative as well as UK sources, this new book by one of the most well-known European social scientists unravels the multiple dimensions and relationships involved in balancing family and paid work demands. Jane Lewis documents persisting, and even increasing cross-country differences. Notwithstanding these, work-family reconciliation policies are more concerned with allowing women to combine paid work and family care than with redistributing care between men and women. This important book should be required reading for everyone interested in social policy and welfare state analysis.' -- Chiara Saraceno, Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB), Germany and University of Turin, Italy'This book provides a brilliant synthesis of comparative research on work-family policies with particular relevance to the emerging policy agenda in the UK. Jane Lewis is a profound thinker and graceful writer who leavens her theoretical sophistication with comprehensive attention to practical details.' -- Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts Amherst, US'Jane Lewis is a brilliant conceptual innovator and gifted empirical analyst in the field of social policy. This book expertly illuminates the dramatically changing terrain of social policy with reference to employment, family and gender relations.' -- Ann Orloff, Northwestern University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I 2. The Policymaking Context: Behaviour and Attitudes with Mary Campbell 3. Work–Family Balance Policies: Comparisons and Issues 4. Patterns of Development in Work–Family Balance Policies for Parents in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK During the 2000s with Trudie Knijn, Claude Martin and Ilona Ostner Part II 5. Policy Development in the UK, 1997–2007 6. Concluding Reflections on Gender Equality and Work–Family Balance Policies Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis'Once in a while a book is published which offers an empirically and theoretically informed analysis of an under-studied topic which helps to carve out a new field of enquiry. Such is the case with Dr Sarah Bradshaw's breathtakingly detailed, richly first-hand informed, and incisive, account of the frequently paradoxical co-option of women into the analysis and practice of ''disaster'' in developing economies. Bradshaw's eminently comprehensive, well-substantiated, perceptive and sensitive treatment of the ''A to Z'' of gender and 'disaster' in developing country contexts constitutes a 21st century volume which will be a definitive benchmark for scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and feminist activists at a world scale.'- Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics, UKThe need to 'disaster proof' development is increasingly recognized by development agencies, as is the need to engender both development and disaster response. This unique book explores what these processes mean for development and disasters in practice.Sarah Bradshaw critically examines key notions, such as gender, vulnerability, risk, and humanitarianism, underpinning development and disaster discourse. Case studies are used to demonstrate how disasters are experienced individually and collectively as gendered events. Through consideration of processes to engender development, it problematizes women's inclusion in disaster response and reconstruction. The study highlights that while women are now central to both disaster response and development, tackling gender inequality is not. By critically reflecting on gendered disaster response and the gendered impact of disasters on processes of development, it exposes some important lessons for future policy.This timely book examines international development and disaster policy which will prove invaluable to gender and disaster academics, students and practitioners.Contents:Introduction 1. What is a Disaster? 2. What is Development? 3. Gender, Development and Disasters 4. Internal and International Response to Disaster 5. Humanitarianism and Humanitarian Relief 6. Reconstruction or Transformation? 7. Case Studies of Secondary Disasters 8. Political Mobilisation for Change 9. Disaster Risk Reduction Conclusion: Drawing the Links: Gender, Disasters and Development Bibliography IndexTrade ReviewGender, Development and Disasters is a valuable and essential call for all parties to be attuned to the enormous complexities involved in incorporating gender into a disaster response... This book implores us to be gender reflective at every level. For those of us working in disaster response, we need to learn from development's positive and negative practices regarding gender, rather than simply lifting gender debates out of development and inserting them into a disaster context - if nothing else, it assumes that gender in development is working. It is a difficult but vital truth: we still aren't getting gender right. This book offers a real chance for us to reflect, and to change.' --Beth Evans, Gender & Development'Disaster research owes a lot to development studies and yet the debt is often not acknowledged. In this scholarly but accessible book by Sarah Bradshaw, we see a very effective linking of gender, disaster and development that will be of value to academics and practitioners working in and across all these domains.' --Maureen Fordham, University of Northumbria, UK'Bringing gender into the foreground in both development and disaster discourse, the author challenges received wisdom and offers cautionary notes about reinforcing inequalities through feminized disaster interventions. The book is an outstanding platform for fundamental change in how we think about and act toward gender in disaster contexts, leaving readers cautiously optimistic. This is one for the top shelf - a book we have been waiting for and must put to use.' --Elaine Enarson, founder, Gender and Disaster Resilience AllianceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. What is a Disaster? 2. What is Development? 3. Gender, Development and Disasters 4. Internal and International Response to Disaster 5. Humanitarianism and Humanitarian Relief 6. Reconstruction or Transformation? 7. Case Studies of Secondary Disasters 8. Political Mobilisation for Change 9. Disaster Risk Reduction Conclusion: Drawing the Links: Gender, Disasters and Development Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary Handbook offers a comprehensive and detailed overview of the relationship between gender and war, exploring the conduct of war, its impact, aftermath, and opposition to it. Offering sophisticated theoretical insights and empirical research from the First World War to contemporary conflicts around the world, this Handbook underscores the centrality of gender to critical examinations of war. A standout characteristic of this volume is its synthesis of both scholarly and policy-relevant debates as well as detailed case studies addressing both war and post-conflict realities. Including feminist perspectives with critical attention to men and masculinities, this Handbook proves itself to be both expansive and meticulous in its scholarly approach and critiques.The Handbook on Gender and War draws upon research from a wide variety of disciplines and will be of interest to scholars and researchers of gender and sexuality studies, international relations, sociology, peace and conflict studies, and cultural studies. It will also hold great appeal to policymakers and field workers engaged in projects in post-conflict re-construction, human rights, development, and gender justice.Contributors include: L. Åhäll, M. Alam, S. Basu, V.M. Basham, D. Berkowitz, J. Burkett, J. Chan, M. Denov, I.R. Feinman, L. Feitz, C.E. Gentry, C. Hamilton, P. Higate, C. Hills, A. Howell, J.P. Jacobsen, T. Kaiser, Q. Lin, M. MacKenzie, M. Manjikian, J. Nagel, C. O'Rourke, J. Pattinson, J. Pedersen, A. Ricard-Guay, C. Rowe, L. Sjoberg, S. Sharoni, L.J. Shepherd, L. Steiner, J. Welland, Z.H. WoolTrade Review'This timely Handbook contains the most comprehensive, interdisciplinary and cutting edge collection of writings, empirical findings and conceptual ideas about the gendered aspects of war, violence, militarism, security and peace. In the context of exploring the continuum of war in its numerous manifestations, the contributions also further our understandings of the role of masculinities and the relationship between political and sexualized violence. Building on recent feminist theorizing, this impressive collection constitutes an excellent resource not only for researchers and educators, but also policy-makers and activists.' --Nadje Al-Ali, SOAS University of London, UK'Simona Sharoni, Julia Welland, Linda Steiner and Jennifer Pedersen have compiled an extraordinarily rich collection of contemporary texts on gender, conflict, peace and security. The inter-disciplinary breadth, together with the combination of theoretical debate and on-the-ground research, make this an eminently readable, engaging and thought-provoking anthology, of great value to academics, activists, policy-makers and practitioners.' --Henri Myrttinen, International Alert, UK'For anyone plunging into the deep and wide waters of thinking and research on the workings of masculinities and femininities in war, this is definitely the place to start. Each contributor is a specialist with detailed knowledge of the complex processes that set the stage for, and perpetuate militarized violence. This volume is also a window on what it takes in gendered political action to create a sustainable peace.' --Cynthia Enloe, Clark UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Simona Sharoni and Julia Welland PART I GENDER AND THE CONDUCT OF WAR Introduction Julia Welland 1. Gender and Militaries: The Importance of Military Masculinities for the Conduct of State Sanctioned Violence Victoria M. Basham 2. On the Imagination of ‘Woman’ as Killer in War Linda Åhäll 3. The Twilight War: Gender and Espionage, Britain, 1900-1950 Juliette Pattinson 4. Cat Food and Clients: Gendering the Politics of Protection in the Private Military Securitized Company Paul Higate 5. Not All Soldiers: Hegemonic Masculinity and the Problem of Soldiers’ Agency in an Age of Technological Intervention Mary Manjikian 6. Gender and ‘Population-Centric’ Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan Julia Welland 7. Gender and Terrorism Caron E. Gentry PART II GENDER AND THE IMPACT OF WAR Introduction Linda Steiner 8. Gender-Based Violence in War Laura Sjoberg 9. Risk and Social Transformation: Gender and Forced Migration Tania Kaiser 10. Girls as Weapons of War Mayesha Alam 11. Gender and the Economic Impacts of War Joyce P. Jacobsen 12. The War Comes Home: The Toll of War and the Shifting Burden of Care Alison Howell and Zoë H. Wool 13. The Sexual Economy of War: Implications for the Integration of Women into the US Armed Forces Joane Nagel and Lindsey Feitz 14. From Woman Warrior to Innocent Child: Telling Gendered News Stories of Women Terrorists Dan Berkowitz and Ling Qi 15. Gender under Fire in War Reporting Linda Steiner PART III GENDER AND OPPOSITION TO WAR Introduction Jennifer Pedersen 16. CODEPINK and Pink Soldiers: Reading Feminist Antimilitarism Anew Ilene R. Feinman 17. Iraq Veterans Against the War: "That Whole Gender Paradigm" Cami Rowe 18. Gender and Resistance to Political Violence in Palestine and Israel Simona Sharoni 19. In the Rain and In the Sun: Women's Peace Activism in Liberia Jennifer Pedersen 20. Gender and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the 1960s Jodi Burkett 21. Gendered Dimensions of Anti-war Protest in Japan Jennifer Chan PART IV GENDER AND THE AFTERMATH OF WAR Introduction Simona Sharoni 22. Gender and Peacebuilding Laura J. Shepherd and Caitlin Hamilton 23. Gender and Post-Conflict Security Megan MacKenzie 24. Gender and Transitional Justice Catherine O’Rourke 25. Gender and Demilitarization in Liberia Christopher Hills 26. Girl Soldiers and the Complexities of Demobilization and Reintegration Myriam Denov, Alexandra Ricard-Guay and Amber Green 27. The United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security Agenda Soumita Basu Index

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Book SynopsisStudies in Labor Supply, the second volume of Jacob Mincer's essays to be published in this series, focuses on the family context of labor supply especially that of women. Special attention is devoted to wage incentives and wage consequences of labor supply and to long term trends in the female labor force, a major social phenomenon of the twentieth century.Jacob Mincer's research reveals a rare combination of imaginative empirical analysis guided by a command of theory. His work and professional style have set the standard for empirical economics. This is especially true of his work on the labor force participation of married women.This is the second of two volumes containing carefully edited selections of Professor Mincer's most important essays, some of which are published here for the first time. Introductions to each volume provide overviews of the interconnections of the topics discussed, their conceptual coherence and empirical significance. Studies in Human Capital, the first volume of Professor Mincer's essays, is also available as part of this series.Table of ContentsPart l Labour supply in the family context: labour force participation of married women; market prices, opportunity costs, and income effects; trends in labour force participation; labour force participation and unemployment. Part 2 Labour supply, human capital, and the gender wage gap: family investments in human capital - earnings of women; interrupted work careers; family migration decisions; education and unemployment of women; intercountry comparisons of labour force trends. Part 3 Labour supply with wage floors: unemployment effects of minimum wages; union effects - wages, turnover, and job training; the economics of wage floors.

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Book SynopsisThis two volume set consists of the most significant theoretical and empirical writings on economic discrimination based upon race, gender and ethnicity with an international emphasis. Economics and Discrimination is an essential reference for scholars interested in the analysis of economic inequality between ascriptively differentiated groups. The work of economists spanning the ideological spectrum from John Roemer to Thomas Sowell is represented in the pages of this important title.Trade Review'It is an essential reference for anyone working in this area, bringing together the seminal articles in the field as well as some lesser known, but no less important writings.' -- Jennifer Roberts, The Economic JournalTable of ContentsCONTENTS PART I RACIAL AND SEXUAL INEQUALITY IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION 1. Mark Aldrich (1979), ‘Progressive Economists and Scientific Racism: Walter Willcox and Black Americans, 1895-1910’ 2. Robert Cherry (1976), ‘Racial Thought and the Early Economics Profession’ 3. Francis A. Walker (1881), ‘The Colored Race in the United States’ 4. Frederick L. Hoffman (1892), ‘Vital Statistics of the Negro’ 5. M. V. Ball (1894), ‘The Mortality of the Negro’ 6. Frederic L. Hoffman (19895), ‘The Negro in the West Indies’ 7. Alfred Holt Stone (1969), ‘A Plantation Experiment’ 8. Katharine Coman (1904), ‘The Negro as a Peasant Farmer’ 9. Millicent G. Fawcett (1918), ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’ 10. Gunnar Myrdal (1944), ‘Facets of the Negro Problem’ 11. Gunnar Myrdal (194), ‘The Mechanics of Economic Discrimination as a Practical Problem’ 12. Oliver Cromwell Cox (1970), ‘An American Dilemma: A Mystical Approach to the Study of Race Relations’ PART II NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS AND THE THEORY OF DISCRIMINATION 13. Gary S. Becker (1957), ‘The Forces Determining Discrimination in the Market Place’ 14. Gary S. Becker (1957), ‘Market Discrimination’ 15. Anne O. Krueger (1963), ‘The Economics of Discrimination’ 16. Barbara R. Bergmann (1971), ‘The Effect on White Incomes of Discrimination in Employment’ 17. Lester C. Thurow (1975), ‘Discrimination and Theories of Incomes,e Determination’ 18. Lester Thurow (1969), ‘Poverty and Discrimination’ 19. Kenneth J. Arrow (1972), ‘Some Mathematical Models of Race Discrimination in the Labor Marker’ 20. Edmund S. Phelps (1972), ‘The Statistical Theory of Racism and Sexism’ 21. Richard B. Freeman (1973), ‘Decline of Labor Maker Discrimination and Economic Analysis’ 22. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1973), ‘Approached to the Economics of Discrimination’ 23. David H. Swinton (1978), ‘A Labor Force Competition Model of Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market’ 24. Lawrence M. Kahn (1991), ‘Customer Discrimination and Affirmative Action’ PART III CRITIQUES AND ASSESSMENTS OF THE NEOCLASSICAL APPROACH TO DISCRIMINATION 25. Thomas Sowell (1971), ‘Economics and Black People’ 26. Christopher J. Ruhm (1988), ‘When “Equal Opportunity” Is Not Enough: Training Costs and Intergenerational Inequality’ 27. William Darity, Jr. (1975), ‘Economic Theory and Racial Economic Inequality’ 28. Francine D. Blau and Carol L. Jusenius (1976), ‘Economists’ Approached to Sec Segregation in the Labor Marker: An Appraisal’ 29. Paula England (1984), ‘Wage Appreciation and Depreciation: A Test of Neoclassical Economic Explanations of Occupational Sex Segregation’ 30. William A. Darity, Jr. (1982), ‘The Human Capital Approach to Black-White Earnings Inequality: Some Unsettled Questions’ 31. Steven Shulman (1989), ‘A Critique of the Declining Discrimination Hypothesis’ PART V COMPETITION, CULTURE AND ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THE ECONOMICS OF DISCRIMINATION 32. Patrick L. Mason (1992), ‘The Divide-and-Conquer and Employer/employee Models of Discrimination: Neoclassical Competition as a Familial Defect’ 33. William A> Darity, Jr. and Rhonda M. Williams (1985), ‘Peddlers Forever?: Culture, Competition, and Discrimination’ 34. Rhonda M. Williams (1987), ‘Capital, Competition, and Discrimination: A Reconsideration of Racial Earnings Inequality’ 35. William Darity, Jr. (1989), ‘What’s Left of the Economic Theory of Discrimination?’ VOLUME II PART I INDIRECT TESTS OF THE PRESENCE OF ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION 1. Ronald Oaxaca (1973), ‘Male-Female Wage Differentials in Urban Labor Markets’ 2. Alan S. Blinder (1973), ‘Wage Discrimination: Reduced Form and Structural Estimates’ 3. Alan S. Blinder (1974), ‘The Decomposition of Inequality’ 4. Francine D. Blau and Marianne A. Ferber (1987), ‘Discrimination: Empirical Evidence from the United States’ 5. Bennett Harrison (1972), ‘Education and Underemployment in the Urban Ghetto’ 6. George J. Borjas (1983), ‘The Substitutability of Black, Hispanic, and White Labor’ 7. Michael Firth (1981), ‘Racial Discrimination in the British Labor Market’ 8. J. B. Knight and M. D. McGrath (1977), ‘An Analysis of Racial Wage Discrimination in South Africa’ 9. J. B. Knight and R. H. Sabot (1982), ‘Labor Market Discrimination in a Poor Urban Economy’ 10. Biswajit Banerjee and J. B. Knight (1985), ‘Caste Discrimination in the Indian Urban Labor Market’ 11. Reynolds Farley (1990), ‘Blacks, Hispanics, and White Ethnic Groups: Are Blacks Uniquely Disadvantaged?’ 12. James P. Smith (1984), ‘Race and Human Capital’ 13. Dave M. O’Neill (1970), ‘The Effect of Discrimination on Earnings: Evidence from Military Test Score Results’ 14. June O’Neill (1990), ‘The Role of Human Capital in Earnings Differences Between Black and White Men’ 15. Jeremiah Cotton (1988), ‘On the Decomposition of Wage Differentials’ PART II DIRECT TESTS OF THE PRESENCE OF ECONOMIC DISCRIMINATION 16. Roger Jowell and Patricia Prescott-Clarke (1970), ‘Racial Discrimination and White-collar Workers in Britain’ 17.Neil McIntosh and David J. Smith (1974), ‘The Extent of Racial Discrimination’ 18. John Yinger (1986), ‘Measuring Racial Discrimination with Fair Housing Audits: Caught in the Act’ 19. Peter A. Riach and Judith Rich (1991-2), ‘Measuring Discrimination by Direct Experimental Methods: Seeking Gunsmoke’ 20. Ronald B. Mincy (1993), ‘The Urban Institute Audit Studies: Their Research and Policy Context’ 21. Michael Fix, George C. Galster and Raymond J. Struyk (1993), ‘An Overview of Auditing for Discrimination’ PART III IDENTIFYING WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM DISCRIMINATION 22. John E. Roemer (1979), ‘Divide and Conquer: Microfoundations of a Marxian Theory of Wage Discrimination’ 23. Michael Reich (1981), ‘White Workers are hurt by Racism: Econometric Evidence’ 24. Steven Shulman (1990), ‘Racial Inequality and White Employment: An Interpretation and Test of the Bargaining Power Hypothesis’ PART IV ASSESSING ANTIDISCRIMINATION MEASURES 25. S. Dex and P. J. Sloane (1988), ‘Detecting and Removing Discrimination Under Equal Opportunities Policies’ 26. Augustin Kwasi Fosu (1992), ‘Occupational Mobility of Black Women, 1958-1981: The Impact of Post-1964 Antidiscrimination Measures’ 27. Charles Brown (1984), ‘Black-White Earnings Ratios Since the Civil Rights Act of 1964: The Importance of Labor market Dropouts’ 28. Jonathan S. Leonard (1984), ‘Employment and Occupational Advance Under Affirmative Action’ 29. James J. Heckman and Brook S. Payner (1989), ‘Determining the Impact of Federal Status of Blacks: A Study of South Carolina’ 30. Jomo K. S. and Ishak Shari (1986), ‘Development Policies and Income Inequality in Peninsular Malaysia’

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Book SynopsisThis guide provides the practitioner with a description of risky sexual behaviour, an explanation of associated risk and protective factors, guidance on the prevention of such behaviour and an overview of what we now know about the development of successful prevention programmes.Trade Review"Some of these [books in the PACTS series 2] are quite outstanding guides for practitioners, full of practical steps to take and worldly wisdom as well as good theretical grounding ... there are a couple on behaviours that are less commonly covered in other places, including Avoiding Risky Sex, and Gambling. Its is very welcome to have these issues addressed in such a pragmatic way ... Overall I would recommend that this series is present for anybody working with adolescents, as they provide a very useful guide for trainees to get stuck in with treatment." Stephen Scott, Institute of Psychiatry, London, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Volume 9, No. 2, 2004, pp 92-96Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Development and Sexuality. Part II: Prevention Practices. References. Further Reading. Appendices.

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Book SynopsisThe transformations that are now taking place in women's lives are of great interest to social scientists and policy makers, yet we know very little about the impact of this social change over time. This new study uses longitudinal data - information gathered over a considerable period of time - to provide new insights into the changing dynamics of lives of women today. In particular, it explores the potential of longitudinal or life course analysis as a powerful tool for appreciating the gender dimension of social life. The contributors view the data from a policy perspective and use comparative analysis from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Japan to expand our understanding of women's life courses in relation to both men and women and the system of inequality.Trade Review"With all the data and insight that is crammed into this surprisingly slim volume, I am sure it will become a staple feature on many a student social scientists' reading list for years to come." SRA News"... a testament to how a dynamic approach can aid researchers in unravelling the complex interactions between socio-economic factors and gendered outcomes across historical time and individual lives." European Sociological Review"... an impressive book that brings gender into a central position within longitudinal studies. The methodologically innovative collection of essays is essential reading for the interpretation of current trends in a gender perspective and an invitation to use longitudinal research as a basis for a better understanding of social change." Enzo Mingione, Faculty of Sociology, University of Milano-BicoccaTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction; Introduction ~ Elisabetta Ruspini and Angela Dale; Women and social change ~ Elisabetta Ruspini; Survey designs for longitudinal research ~ Elisabetta Ruspini; Part II: The issues; The role of education on postponement of maternity in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden ~ Siv Gustafsson, Eiko Kenjoh and Cécile Wetzels; The financial consequences of relationship dissolution for women in Western Europe ~ Caroline Dewilde; Women's incomes over a snythetic lifetime ~ Heather Joshi and Hugh Davies; Fixed-term contracts and unemployment at the beginning of the employment career in Germany: does gender matter? ~ Karin Kurz; Women and self-employment: the case of television production workers in Britain ~ Shirley Dex and Colin Smith; Gender wage differentials in Britain and Japan ~ Yayoi Sugihashi and Angela Dale; Longitudinal analysis and the constitution of the concept of gender ~ Jane Elliott; Part III: Data sources; Concluding comments ~ Elisabetta Ruspini and Angela Dale; Appendix: Description and characteristics of longitudinal data sets used in the book ~ Elisabetta Ruspini.

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Book SynopsisSexualities: Personal Lives and Social Policy explores the choices that we make about our sexuality and how these can transform our personal lives. It analyses how social policy informs and responds to such choices through an examination of normative assumptions about sexuality and its role in forming, regulating and constituting welfare subjects, discourses, theories, provisions and practices. Drawing upon a number of analytical tools and theoretical perspectives, the authors illustrate that sexuality is simultaneously central and marginal to the concerns of social policy. They place particular emphasis on social policy as a site of regulation that restricts and constrains our personal lives, but also highlight how social policy might be used as an instrument of positive change.Trade Review"... an excellent resource with up-to-date facts, good links and resources, and very helpful key word summaries, aims and objectives for the student. This text is highly commended, both for courses on social policy and those dealing with the sociology of sexuality more broadly." Sexualities"... an enlightening review of how social policies influence everday lives, even in the privacy of one's bedroom." The Review of Disability Studies"This invaluable book explores the normative framework which strives to police the personal, whilst showing the vital ways in which the transformation of the intimate sphere reflect back on the making of social policy. Highly recommended." Jeffrey Weeks, Professor of Sociology and Executive Dean of Arts and Human Sciences, London South Bank UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Personal lives; Defining sexuality; From personal lives to public policies; Sexuality and social policy; Centring sexuality and personal lives in social policy analyses; Conclusion; Further resources; References.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding of welfare states has been much enriched by comparative work on welfare regimes and gender. This book uses these debates to illuminate the changing gender regimes in countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It has particular significance as countries in the region make the transition from communism and into a European Union that has issues of women's employment, work-life balance, and gender equality at the heart of its social policy. The analysis draws on quantitative comparative data, and on rich qualitative data from a new study of mothers in Polish households, illuminating the effects of changing welfare and gender relations from the perspective of those most directly affected - mothers of young children. This book is an important addition to the literature and is recommended to academics and students interested in the study of gender relations, welfare states, and international and comparative European social policy. The insights gained will also be of value to those engaged in welfare policy and practice.Trade Review"The authors skillfully combine quantitative and qualitative data and the book successfully shows that gender-based typologies of welfare regimes can be used to compare Central, Eastern and Western European countries." Journal of Social Policy"An innovative yet undogmatic book that summarises the emergent gender regimes of two regions with unprecedented changes. Written by leading experts in the field, it is a highly authoritative account." Andrea Peto, Department of Gender Studies, Central European University, HungaryTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: gender and the family under communism and after; Gender regimes in Central and Eastern Europe; Policy and parents in Poland; Mothers and the state; Mothers and their households; Mothers and social policy; Gender equality in the wider Europe; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together edited extracts from classic texts by the internationally renowned feminist sociologist, Ann Oakley. Many of Oakley's early works are out of print and this collection makes them available again. There are extracts from pioneering studies such as Sex, Gender and Society, The Sociology of Housework, Becoming a Mother and Women Confined, presented alongside some of Ann Oakley's more recent reflections on methodology, scientific method and research practice. The book illustrates how Oakley's thinking has evolved over a period in which much in the field of gender and women's studies has changed. Each section of the book is prefaced by Oakley's reflections on how her original studies relate to more recent research and theoretical perspectives. There are many points of intersection with modern debates about how (and whether) to 'do' gender and what terms such as 'women' and 'men' really mean. The result is a valuable commentary on thirty years' work on women, gender and social science methodology which will be of interest to many, especially undergraduate and A-level students, as well as all those grappling with current issues about the past and future of work in the contested areas of gender, women's studies and feminist social science.Trade ReviewAnn Oakley is one of Britain's most important feminist sociologists. She has transformed the way that we think about gender, housework, motherhood and methods. This excellent collection provides easy access to her classic works and combines this with an illuminating contemporary commentary." Sylvia Walby, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds"Oakley articulately demonstrates the importance of her work to contemporary debates, from those about the validity of the study of gender and what terms such as 'women' and 'men' actually mean, to the nature and future of work. ... it provides welcome brain food combined with the warm glow of nostalgia. I loved it." SRA News"... a very effective synopsis of her work. ... Oakley's Reader is a highly valuable commentary on her work on women, gender and social science methodology." Social Policy"Ann Oakley's writing was the 'coming to consciousness' for many women in the seventies - the first analysis of the circumstances in which they found themselves. Oakley has edited her earlier accounts ... what is surprising and depressing is how relevant her analysis of the basic mechanisms of women's oppression still is. In the updated version even more information and debate has been compressed and organised into cool and cogent discussion." Professor Germaine GreerTable of ContentsContents: Part 1: Sex and gender: Introduction; The difference between sex and gender; Genes and gender; A kind of person; Childhood lessons; Science, gender and women's liberation; Part 2: Housework and family life: Introduction; On studying housework; Images of housework; Work conditions; Standards and routines; Marriage and the division of labour; Helping with baby; Housework in history and culture; Part 3: Childbirth, motherhood and medicine: Introduction; The agony and the ecstasy; Lessons mothers learn; Medical maternity cases; Mistakes and mystiques of motherhood; Part 4: Doing social science: Introduction; The invisible woman: sexism in sociology; Reflections thirty years on; On being interviewed; Interviewing women: a contradiction in terms?; Who's afraid of the randomised controlled trial? Some dilemmas of the scientific method and 'good' research practice; Paradigm wars: some thoughts on a personal and public trajectory.

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Book SynopsisThis is a collectively written, inter-disciplinary, thematic cross-national study which combines conceptual, theoretical, empirical and policy material in an ambitious and innovative way to explore a key concept in contemporary European political, policy and academic debates. The first part of the book clarifies the various ways that the concept of citizenship has developed historically and is understood today in a range of Western European welfare states. It elaborates on the contemporary framing of debates and struggles around citizenship. This provides a framework for three policy studies, looking at: migration and multiculturalism; the care of young children; and home-based childcare and transnational dynamics. The book is unusual in weaving together the topics of migration and childcare and in studying these issues together within a gendered citizenship framework. It also demonstrates the value of a multi-level conceptualisation of citizenship, stretching from the domestic sphere through the national and European levels to the global. The book is aimed at students of social policy, sociology, European studies, women's studies and politics and at researchers/scholars/policy analysts in the areas of citizenship, gender, welfare states and migration. Trade Review"This is an important collaboration by distinguished international scholars on gender and citizenship. Its innovative approach connects ideas about citizenship with concerns about childcare, migration and global relations." Gillian Pascall, Professor of Social Policy, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part one: Citizenship in Europe: History and cross-national perspectives: Historical perspectives; Vocabularies of citizenship since the 1970s; Part two: Policy studies: Gendered citizenship: migration and multiculturalism; Gendered citizenship: the care of young children; Gendered citizenship and home based childcare: transnational dynamics; Conclusion.

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