Social change for women and children
Social change for women and children [electronic resource] /
edited by Vasilikie Demos, Marcia Texler Segal.
- Stamford, Conn. : JAI Press, c2000.
- 1 online resource (xix, 359 p.) : ill.
- Advances in gender research, v. 4 1529-2126 ; .
- Advances in gender research ; v. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9781849500326 (electronic bk.) : �70.95 ; � 102.95 ; $131.95 1849500320 (electronic bk.) : �70.95 ; � 102.95 ; $131.95
Social change--United States.
Women--Social conditions.--United States
Women--Social conditions.--Latin America
Children--Social conditions.
Women--United States.
Women--Latin America.
Child.
Social Change--United States.
Gender studies, gender groups.
Social research & statistics.
Social Science--Gender Studies.
HM831 / .S63 2000
303.4
304
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9781849500326 (electronic bk.) : �70.95 ; � 102.95 ; $131.95 1849500320 (electronic bk.) : �70.95 ; � 102.95 ; $131.95
Social change--United States.
Women--Social conditions.--United States
Women--Social conditions.--Latin America
Children--Social conditions.
Women--United States.
Women--Latin America.
Child.
Social Change--United States.
Gender studies, gender groups.
Social research & statistics.
Social Science--Gender Studies.
HM831 / .S63 2000
303.4
304