Women's Lives and Public Policy: The International Experience

by Briavel Holcomb, Meredeth Turshen

Overview

At all levels of government—from the international to the local—public policies are formulated mainly by men, but their impacts are felt, sometimes differently, by women, men, and children. This book considers the impact of public policy on various aspects of women's lives, including sex and birth, marriage and death, work and child rearing, and women's responses to those policies. Written by scholars who have lived on five continents, the chapters span the First and Third Worlds, with several providing case illustrations of policies affecting women in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Written by scholars from several disciplines, the volume includes the fields of economics, politics, and planning. Literature also is covered, along with women's fiction as a source of women's opinions.

The work is divided into two sections. The first section, Economic Policies and Migration, considers the impact of economic and demographic policies. The second section, Sex and Marriage, Violence and Control, considers policies relating to women's interpersonal relationships. Urban culture is discussed in an epilogue.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275945237
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/30/1993
Series:	Contributions in Women's Studies Series
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.51(d)
Lexile:	1430L (what's this?)

About the Author

MEREDETH TURSHEN is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Community Health at Rutgers University. Her most recent book is Women and Health in Africa (1991).

BRIAVEL HOLCOMB is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Community Health at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Charlotte Bunch
Preface by Meredeth Turshen
Economic Policies and Migration
Confronting Austerity: Women's Responses to Economic Reform by Victoria Daines and David Seddon
Empowerment Strategies of Poor Urban Women Under the Chilean Dictatorship by Joseph L. Scarpaci
Women's Work and the Urban Household Economy in Developing Countries by Briavel Holcomb and Tamar Y. Rothenberg
The Impact of Population Control on Health Policy in Bangladesh by Betsy Hartmann
Migration, Public Policy, and Women's Experience by Meredeth Turshen, Hélène Bretin and Annie Thébaud-Mony
Sex and Marriage, Violence and Control
Violence Against Women: An Obstacle to Development by Roxanna Carrillo
Industrial Prostitution and South Korean Dependent Development by Heisoo Shin
Planning for Prostitution: An Analysis of Thailand's Sex Industry by Catherine Hill
Dowry Murders in India: A Preliminary Examination of the Historical Evidence by Veena Talwar Oldenburg
Paying the Price of Change: Women, Modernization, and Arranged Marriages in India by Uma Narayan
Representations of Urban Life in African Women's Literature by Carole Boyce Davies
Notes
References
Index