Critical Studies Of Gender Equalities
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Author |
: Eva Magnusson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015079359272 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Critical Studies of Gender Equalities by : Eva Magnusson
There is an increasing awareness that gender equality is not something that just "is" in unproblematic and natural ways, but that it may be understood and packaged in several ways, with quite different consequences. It therefore makes good sense to ask, with the authors in this book, how gender equality is understood and practised in the Nordic countries, with their avowedly good record on gender equality measures. It makes especially good sense to look closely at the consequences and difficulties that arise out of the many-faceted meanings attached to "gender" and "equality" in politics and policies, as well as in daily life. In this book, eleven Nordic scholars offer critical analyses of current dislocations, dilemmas and contradictions in the field of Nordic gender equality. They have studied issues to do with constructing state and nation, regulating political practices and producing gendered subjectivities. The authors are affiliated with universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and united in seeing the need for a critical scholarly stance on Nordic gender equality policies and practices.
Author |
: Mieke Verloo |
Publisher |
: Central European University Press |
Total Pages |
: 309 |
Release |
: 2007-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9786155211393 |
ISBN-13 |
: 6155211396 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Multiple Meanings of Gender Equality by : Mieke Verloo
This book aims to map the diversity of meanings of gender equality across Europe and reflects on the contested concept of gender equality. In its exploration of the diverse meanings of gender equality it not only takes into account the existence of different visions of gender equality, and the way in which different political and theoretical debates crosscut these visions, but also reflects upon the geographical contexts in which visions and debates over gender equality are located. The contextual locations where these visions and debates take place include the European Union and member states such as Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, Slovenia, Greece, and Spain. In all of these settings, the different meanings of gender equality are explored comparatively in relation to the issues of family policies, domestic violence, and gender inequality in politics, while specific national contexts discuss the issues of prostitution (Austria, Slovenia), migration (the Netherlands), homosexual rights (Spain), and antidiscrimination (Hungary). The multiple meanings of gender equality are studied through Critical Frame Analysis, a methodology that builds on social movement theory and that was refined further with elements of gender and political theory within the context of the MAGEEQ research project
Author |
: Natalie Renée Persadie |
Publisher |
: University Press of America |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780761858096 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0761858091 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Critical Analysis of the Efficacy of Law as a Tool to Achieve Gender Equality by : Natalie Renée Persadie
Law is often perceived as an instrument that can effect social change. While this might be so, it must be complemented by the necessary financial and human resources to make the law effective. Natalie Persadie explains that, among developing countries, such as Trinidad and Tobago, the achievement of legal advances for women--at either the international or national levels--is particularly difficult where practical measures are not subsequently implemented. This is, perhaps, attributable to a lack of political will. Important issues such as gender equality and domestic violence are not given priority and laws aimed at protecting women and promoting women's rights are ineffective, scant, or unenforced. Gender justice can only be realized through a multilevel approach from above and, more importantly, from below, as women have the potential to effect real national and international legal and institutional change to ensure gender equality at both levels.
Author |
: Catherine Marshall |
Publisher |
: Psychology Press |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0750706341 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780750706346 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Feminist Critical Policy Analysis: A perspective from primary and secondary schooling by : Catherine Marshall
Author |
: Anders Ortenblad |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 301 |
Release |
: 2017-01-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317274230 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317274237 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gender Equality in a Global Perspective by : Anders Ortenblad
Gender Equality in a Global Perspective looks to discuss whether Gender Equality can be adopted as it has been defined in international documents anywhere, or whether it needs to be adapted in a more local context; discuss which factors and perspectives need to be taken into account when adapting Gender Equality to specific contexts; suggest research approaches for studies on whether a universal (Western) concept of Gender Equality fits in certain specific contexts; and finally suggests challenges to the existing interpretation of Gender Equality (e.g., theory of intersectionality); and the development of legal and policy framework. This book is situated within the tradition of comparative gender studies. While most other such books take up and compare various ways of implementing (or not implementing) gender equality, this book studies and compares whether or not (and to what extent) a specific definition of Gender Equality (GE) could be adopted by various nations. Thus, all chapter contributors will engage with the same definition of GE, which will be presented within the book, and discuss the possibilities and constrains related to applying such a definition in their particular national context. The readers will learn about the problems of applying a universal concept of Gender Equality and the possible reasons for and modes of adapting Gender Equality to different contexts. Gender Equality in a Global Perspective looks to maintain a critical and reflexive stance towards the issues raised and will seek to present multiple perspectives and open-ended answers. As such it hopes to contribute to the international discussion of human rights more broadly and Gender Equality specifically. The intended audience is not limited only to but will include policy makers, scholars and students with an interest in Gender issues, Organizational Theory, Political Science, Human Development, Policy Analysis, Globalization and other management sub-disciplines.
Author |
: Fenella Porter |
Publisher |
: Oxfam |
Total Pages |
: 118 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0855985518 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780855985516 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mainstreaming Gender in Development by : Fenella Porter
Articles discuss how gender mainstreaming has been understood in different organisations; provide examples of good work, which supports the empowerment of women; and look beyond gender mainstreaming to what new possibilities exist for transformation.
Author |
: Pamela L. Eddy |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 398 |
Release |
: 2017-01-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137592859 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137592850 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Critical Approaches to Women and Gender in Higher Education by : Pamela L. Eddy
This volume provides a critical examination of the status of women and gender in higher education today. Despite the increasing numbers of women in higher education, gendered structures continue to hinder women’s advancement in academia. This book goes beyond the numbers to examine the issues facing those members of academia with non-dominant gender identities. The authors analyze higher education structures from a range of perspectives and offer recommendations at individual and institutional levels to encourage activism and advance equality in academia.
Author |
: Margaret O'Brien |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 273 |
Release |
: 2016-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319429700 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319429701 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Comparative Perspectives on Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality by : Margaret O'Brien
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book portrays men’s experiences of home alone leave and how it affects their lives and family gender roles in different policy contexts and explores how this unique parental leave design is implemented in these contrasting policy regimes. The book brings together three major theoretical strands: social policy, in particular the literature on comparative leave policy developments; family and gender studies, in particular the analysis of gendered divisions of work and care and recent shifts in parenting and work-family balance; critical studies of men and masculinities, with a specific focus on fathers and fathering in contemporary western societies and life-courses. Drawing on empirical data from in-depth interviews with fathers across eleven countries, the book shows that the experiences and social processes associated with fathers’ home alone leave involve a diversity of trends, revealing both innovations and absence of change, including pluralization as well as the constraining influence of policy, gender, and social context. As a theoretical and empirical book it raises important issues on modernization of the life course and the family in contemporary societies. The book will be of particular interest to scholars in comparing western societies and welfare states as well as to scholars seeking to understand changing work-life policies and family life in societies with different social and historical pathways.
Author |
: Helen Peterson |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 150 |
Release |
: 2016-09-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319433073 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319433075 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gender in Transnational Knowledge Work by : Helen Peterson
This is he first edited book on gender issues in transnational business cooperation concerning knowledge work. This area has so far been researched mainly by organizational theorists, with their background in business studies, finance, communication or sociology, and gender has seldom been taken into account in these studies. This book shows how fruitful a gendered take on issues within this area is, both for a deepened understanding of these organizational issues and for a widened understanding of gender issues. The chapters in the book cover a range of themes from a gender perspective; culture, communication, identity work, structures, organizational change, globalization, mobility, resistance, leadership and management, international business, work life balance, education and labour market, policies and value systems. The chapters also demonstrate the multidisciplinarity within gender research itself and how different perspectives on gender can be combined and developed. They on the social constructionist approach of “doing gender”, feminist organization theory, gendered discourse analysis, techno-feminism, and critical studies on men and masculinities. The book provides insights relevant for some of the relevant debates in business, economics, geography, sociology, and gender and women’s studies. While primarily a research volume, the book is also useful for people who develop and manage transnational business relations.
Author |
: Deborah M. Figart |
Publisher |
: Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 593 |
Release |
: 2013-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780857930958 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0857930958 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life by : Deborah M. Figart
The excellent list of themes and chapters in this volume reflects the maturity reached by feminist economics in its different dimensions. Based on the notion of social provisioning for all as the basic objective of economics, they represent a challenge to conventional economic thought and they show the importance of understanding theory, institutions, empirical work, and policy from a gender perspective. The global perspective provided through themes and authors is a very useful contribution to the literature. Lourdes Bener'a, Cornell University, US Standard economics has a narrow and distorted vision of what the economy is, and how it works. Gender scholars are on the forefront of developing better, more encompassing models of human provisioning for well-being. This volume presents a wonderful sampling of these new theoretical and empirical developments. Paula England, New York University, US This is an impressive collection that delves deeply and broadly into the myriad ways that gender shapes and alters economic lives and illuminates complex facets of the economic and social provisioning process across the globe. The chapters, by an exciting variety of researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners from numerous fields, present a consistent and persuasive vision of economic well-being as critical to the flourishing of all people. Myra H. Strober, Stanford University, US In the aftermath of global economic downturn, it has never been more important to understand how gender relates to economic life and well-being. This interdisciplinary collection of original research details key areas of intersection, provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of research and proposes avenues for further investigation. The Handbook illuminates complex facets of the economic and social provisioning process across the globe. The contributors academics, policy analysts and practitioners from wide-ranging areas of expertise discuss the methodological approaches to, and analytical tools for, conducting research on the gender dimension of economic life. They also provide analyses of major issues facing both developed and developing countries. Topics explored include civil society, discrimination, informal work, working time, central bank policy, health, education, food security, poverty, migration, environmental activism and the financial crisis. Economists, sociologists and political scientists will find this book to be an invaluable research tool, as will academics, researchers and students with an interest in economics particularly feminist economics gender studies and global studies.