Female well-being : toward a global theory of social change /

This global survey starts from the belief that the significant transformations in women?s lives need to be fully documented and interpreted. It illustrates the critical challenges faced by women in the 20th century using original data from countries in every world region. The case studies are writte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Billson, Janet Mancini (Editor ), Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Temas:
1900-1999
Women > Social conditions > 20th century.
Women > Social conditions > Cross-cultural studies.
Women > Health and hygiene > Cross-cultural studies.
Maternal and infant welfare > Cross-cultural studies.
Women in development > Cross-cultural studies.
Femmes > Conditions sociales > Études transculturelles.
Protection maternelle et infantile > Études transculturelles.
Femmes dans le développement > Études transculturelles.
Femmes > Santé et hygiène > Études transculturelles.
Femmes > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Political science & theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Maternal and infant welfare.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Women in development.
Women > Social conditions.
Internationaler Vergleich
Soziale Situation
Sozialer Wandel
Frau
Cross-cultural studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This global survey starts from the belief that the significant transformations in women?s lives need to be fully documented and interpreted. It illustrates the critical challenges faced by women in the 20th century using original data from countries in every world region. The case studies are written by teams of scholars, educators, and policy analysts in Canada, the United States, Colombia, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, South Africa, Sudan, and Kenya. The catalysts for change in female well-being are identified from trends from 1900 to 2000 in infant morta.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 432 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781848131323
1848131321
1281215945
9781281215949

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