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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The twentieth century as a transformative time for women / Janet Mancini Billson, Caroly Fluehr-Lobban
  • The complexities of defining a female well-being / Janet Mancini Billson
  • A critique of social change theories / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Janet Mancini Billson
  • Women in Bangladesh: a journey in stages / Nasrin Sultana, Alema Karim
  • Women in Canada: a century of struggle / Tess Hooks, Patrice Leclerc, Roderic Beaujot
  • Women in Colombia: 'you forge your path as you walk' / Elena Garcés de Eder, Adriana Marulanda Herrán
  • Women in Croatia: a continuity and change / Vesna Barilar, Željka Jelavić, Sandra Prlenda
  • Women in Iceland: strong women-myths and contradictions / Thorgerđur Einarsdóttir
  • Women in Japan: change and resistance to change / Masako Aiuchi [and others]
  • Women in South Africa: crossing the great divides of race and gender / A.M. (Ria) van Niekerk, Jopie van Rooyen
  • Women in Sudan: resistance and survival / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
  • Women in Thailand: changing the paradigm of female well-being / Farung Mee-Udon, Ranee Itarat
  • Women in the United Kingdom: the impacts of immigration, 1900-2000 / Erica Halvorsen, Heather Eggins
  • Women in the United States of America: the struggle for economic citizenship / Laura Khoury
  • Common challenges: factors that enhance or detract from female well-being / Janet Mancini Billson, Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban
  • Towards a gendered theory of social change / Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Janet Mancini Billson
  • Towards a global female well-being / Janet Mancini Billson, Caroyln Fluehr-Lobban.

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