ISBN:
0275945235
,
9780275945237
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xix, 217 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Contributions in Women's Studies, 132 v.No. 132
Parallel Title:
Print version Women's Lives and Public Policy : The International Experience
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Women Government policy
;
Women in development
;
Women Economic conditions
;
Women Social conditions
;
Sex role
Abstract:
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. Writte
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Economic Policies and Migration; Part II: Sex and Marriage, Violence and Control; Epilogue: Representations of Urban Life in African Women's Literature; Notes; References; Index; About the Editors and Contributors
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-207) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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