UID:
almahu_9949585729502882
Umfang:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-003-80562-0
Serie:
Gender in a Global/Local World Series
Inhalt:
Women and Inequality in a Changing World examines the persistent challenges women face in achieving equality in social, economic, and political spheres, despite advancements in education and social movements. The book highlights progress made by women and explores how this contributes to more peaceful and prosperous societies. Edited by Hoda Mahmoudi, Jane L. Parpart, and Kate Seaman, it brings together global scholars and practitioners to provide diverse perspectives and innovative solutions for increasing the role of women. Suitable for students and scholars of gender studies, women's studies, and political science, the book is part of the Gender in a Global World series, which addresses gendered aspects of globalization.
Anmerkung:
Cover
-- Half Title
-- Series Page
-- Title Page
-- Copyright Page
-- Table of Contents
-- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction: Women and Inequality in a Changing World: Exploring New Paradigms for Peace -- PART I: Transformation, Intervention, and Disruption, Before and Now -- 1. Historical Antecedents: African American Women’s Enduring Commitment to an Intersectional Peace -- 2. Chicanas and Latinas in the Academic Borderlands: Resistance, Empowerment, and Agency -- 3. Interrogating the Image of the ‘21st Century Woman’ -- PART II: Activating Rights and Securing Institutional Equality -- 4. Does Corporate Social Responsibility Matter to Gender Inequality During Times of Crisis? -- 5. The Untapped Potential of the Human Security Paradigm for Indian Women Construction Workers: The Gender, Agency, Human Security Nexus -- 6. What Blocks Equality for Women?: Recollections from a Feminist Life -- PART III: Challenging Boundaries, Subverting Expectations, and Emphasizing Potential -- 7. Shifting Perceptions of Women in the World: The Implications of Place, Space, and Time -- 8. Exploring the Power of Silence, Voice and the In-between in a Troubled World -- 9. Paradise Lost, Paradigm Found?: Revisiting Assumptions for a New Paradigm for Women in the World -- Conclusion: Women and the Potential for New Paradigms for Peace -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-03-225068-2
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
