Economic Development and Women in the World Community

Clement A Tisdell author Hans C Blomqvist author Kartik Roy author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:30th Apr '99

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An examination of the socioeconomic status of women on five continents, giving special attention to social and economic discrimination against women and to changes in their status.

After reviewing theories about how women are likely to fare as a result of economic development, the editors and their contributors focus on the socioeconomic status of women and changes in it as a result of processes of economic development in individual countries in five continents.

After reviewing theories about how women are likely to fare as a result of economic development, the editors and their contributors focus on the socioeconomic status of women and changes in it as a result of processes of economic development in individual countries in five continents. Economic development is supposed to remove impediments to the improvement in women's status. In some developing countries researchers have found that instead of lessening the forces of restrictions, economic development may, in fact, have strengthened them. The editors call for a greater involvement of women as active participants in the process of dismantling social, legal, and institutional barriers to women's developm

ISBN: 9780275966317

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 397g

256 pages