Women's work and women's lives : the continuing struggle worldwide
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Women's work and women's lives : the continuing struggle worldwide
Westview Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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An analysis of the nature of the relationship between women and paid work in both modernizing and industrial countries. In a number of country case studies, contributors explore health, education and family issues; offer comparative perspectives on women's roles and status; and provide information about the characteristics of paid work and the workplace, including occupations and earnings, technological change, pay equity, work schedules, cooperatives and the informal labour market.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Overview: promise and disappointment of the modern era - equality for women, Jane L. Ziele
- women's work, women's lives - a comparative economic perspective, Francine D. Blau and Marianne A. Ferber. Part 2 Modernizing regions: caught in the crisis - women in the economies of sub-Saharan Africa, Gordon Weil
- development and changing gender roles in Latin America and the Caribbean, Helen I. Safa
- women, employment, and social change in the Middle East and North Africa, Valentine M. Moghadam. Part 3 Socialist economies in transition: women and work in Communist and Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe, Sharon L. Wolchik
- the interaction of women's work and family roles in the USSR, Gail W. Lapidus. Part 4 Industrial economies: women's labour market experiences in the two Germanies, Hedwig Rudolph
- politics, progress and compromise - women's work and lives in Great Britain, Emma MacLennan
- central in the family and marginal in the work force - women's place in Japanese society, Ann Cordilia and Kazuko Ohta
- women and the welfare state in the Nordic countries, Elina Haavio-Mannila and Kaisa Kauppinen
- work-family policies in the United States, Joseph H. Pleck. Part 5 Conclusion: progress or stalemate? a cross-national comparison of women's status and roles, Hilda Kahne.
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