ISBN:
9788132103622
,
8132103629
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (262 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gender and the digital economy
DDC:
305.42091724
Keywords:
Women in economic development Developing countries
;
Information society Developing countries
;
Information technology Economic aspects
;
Developing countries
;
Women Effect of technological innovations on
;
Developing countries
;
Women Economic conditions
;
21st century
;
Developing countries
;
Developing countries
;
Information technology Economic aspects
;
Women Effect of technological innovations on
;
Women Economic conditions 21st century
;
Women in economic development
;
Information society
;
Women ; Effect of technological innovations on
;
Women in economic development
;
Informationstechnische Industrie
;
Informationsgesellschaft
;
Beschäftigung
;
Empowerment
;
Soziale Stellung
;
Frau
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Feminism & Feminist Theory
;
Information technology ; Economic aspects
;
Women ; Economic conditions
;
Information society
;
Developing countries
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
In the global discourse on ICTs, the concern so far has primarily been outsourcing and the loss of service sector jobs from the developed world. This book focuses, instead, on the positive aspects of the digital economy as they relate to women in the developing world. It illustrates--with case studies from Argentina, Morocco, India, Malaysia and the Philippines--how economic empowerment through the medium of ICTs can change the position of women within their families and the workplace, even in the face of uneven development processes. This timely volume, which is rooted in primary and original r
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
URL:
http://sk.sagepub.com/books/gender-and-the-digital-economy
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