Advances in Gender Research / Edition 1

by Vasilikie (Vicky) Demos, Marcia Texler Segal

Overview

This series is aimed at presenting current methodological and theoretical research in the area of gender studies. It discusses topics such as gender labour markets and social policy, women and families in Costa Rica, and economic development, patriarchy, and intrahousehold dynamics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762302673
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	09/16/1997
Series:	Advances in Gender Research , #2
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

Woman-headed households in industrial nations - gender labour markets and social policy, Marietta Morrissey; losing their privilege - the social organization of the new Hong Kong middle class Chinese immigrant women in Canada, Guida C. Man; women and families in Costa Rica, Norma J. Burgess and Regina George-Bowden; economic development, patriarchy, and intrahousehold dynamics - the case of high-tech workers in Taiwan (ROC), Esther Ngan-ling Chow; the economic consequences of disability status across ethnic and gender lines - a test of the multiple minority status hypothesis, Anna M. Santiago; male genders - cross-cultural perspective, Edwin S. Segal.