Social change for women and children
by
Demos, Vasilikie P.
Title
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Social change for women and children
Author
:
Demos, Vasilikie P.
ISBN
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9781849500326
Publication Information
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Stamford, Conn. : JAI Press, c2000.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xix, 359 p.) : ill.
Series
:
Advances in gender research, v. 4
Advances in gender research ; v. 4.
Contents
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Introduction: social change for women and children / Vasilikie Demos, Marcia Texler Segal -- For god and community: the Unitarian female ministers' tradition and Chicago sociology, 1892-1918 / Mary Jo Deegan, Linda J. Rynbrandt -- Gender inequality in employment and retirement income: effects of marriage, industrial sector, and self-employment / Richard Hogan, Carolyn C. Perrucci, Janet M. Wilmoth -- Regulating knowledge: a critical institutional ethnography of the Indiana Manpower Placement and Comprehensive Training program (IMPACT) / C. Ditmar Coffield -- Women and democratization: lessons from Latin America / Elizabeth Cagan -- Gender and the demand for primary education in Cameroon / Martin E. Amin, George E. Fonkeng -- Creating possibilities: how young immigrant Latinas envision their futures / Jeanne D. Weiler -- Gender and youth mentoring / Katherine L. Hughes -- Gender differences in aggressive and violent behavior among African-American preadolescents: a comparison of the effects of social and psychological factors / Lois Pierce, Nancy Shields -- Girls and women growing together: integrating resources to develop the girls' circle programs / Norrine L. Ostrowski, Anna M. Silus, Beth Hossfeld, Giovanna Taormina -- Gender-related content of animated cartoons, 1930 to the present / Hugh Klein, Kenneth S. Shiffman, Denise A. Welka -- Children and gender: the case of feminist kids / Jessica Holden Sherwood, Barbara J. Risman.
Abstract
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The contributors to this volume consider policy implications of gender research with an emphasis on its relevance for children - particularly girls; and gender inequality within a range of contexts from that of Cameroon society where basic education is an issue, to that of feminist family settings in the United States.
Subject Term
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Social change -- United States.
Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
Women -- Latin America -- Social conditions.
Children -- Social conditions.
Women -- United States.
Women -- Latin America.
Child.
Gender studies, gender groups.
Social research & statistics.
Social Science -- Gender Studies.
Added Author
:
Demos, Vasilikie P.
Segal, Marcia Texler, 1940-
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 2077075-1001 | HM831 .S63 2000 | Emerald E-Books |