Woman's role in economic development

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Woman's role in economic development

Ester Boserup ; with a new introd. by Swasti Mitter

Earthscan, 1998, c1970

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"First published in 1970 by Earthscan Publications Ltd"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 263-275

Includes indexes

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Description

A documented investigation into what happens to women in the process of economic and social growth throughout the Third World. Covering the situation in Africa, Latin America and Asia, Boserup considers the role of women in the development and modernization of poor countries in terms of topics such as land rights, employment, land rights, industrialization and marriage systems. One of her main arguments is that the change from traditional to modern economic systems hinders rather than helps women's participation in the labour force. Modernization widens the gap in levels of knowledge and training between men and women and augments men's prestige at the expense of the women's. The author's publications include "The Conditions of Agricultural Growth".

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 In the village: male and female farming systems
  • the division of labour within African agriculture
  • the plough, the veil and the labourer
  • population pressure and sex roles in farming
  • the economics of polygamy
  • the status of younger wives
  • work input and women's status
  • loss of status under European rule
  • the responsibility of the Europeans
  • from cultivator to family aid
  • the revolt of the women
  • the casual worker
  • the influence of caste on women's work and wages
  • cheap labour for the export sector
  • the female coolie
  • the impact of agricultural modernization on the employment of women. Part 2 In the town: women in a men's world
  • sex and race in market trade
  • work input and earnings of market women
  • from the market place to the super-market
  • female services in male towns
  • domestic servants
  • industry - from the hut to the factory
  • women's drop-out from industry
  • why employers prefer male workers
  • why women shun the factory
  • the educated woman
  • seclusion in the professionals
  • the feminization of clerical jobs
  • the pull of white collar jobs
  • women in the urban hierarchy
  • sex differentials in industrial skills and wages
  • the hierarchy of race and sex
  • the status of white collar workers. Part 3 From village to town: the lure of the town
  • the value of subsistence production
  • subsistence activities in urban areas
  • urban job opportunities for women
  • the two steps in economic development
  • the impact of tradition and of imported culture patterns
  • the pattern of migration and of female work
  • the Arab and the Latin American patterns
  • the South East Asian pattern
  • the African pattern
  • the unemployment scare
  • employment opportunities in rural areas
  • the urban labour market
  • education as a cause of unemployment
  • the cost of urbanization
  • the strategy of development planning
  • the design of female education
  • the productivity of female labour
  • the escape from competition
  • a new pattern for the future

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