| Description |
xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Promise and disappointment of the modern era: Equality for women / Janet Z. Giele -- Women's work, women's lives: A comparative economic perspective / Francine D. Blau and Marianne A. Ferber -- Caught in the crisis: Women in the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa / Gordon Weil -- Development and changing gender roles in Latin America and the Caribbean / Helen I. Safa -- Women, employment, and social change in the Middle East and North Africa / Valentine M. Moghadam -- Women and work in Communist and post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe / Sharon L. Wolchik -- The interaction of women's work and family roles in the former USSR / Gail W. Lapidus -- Women's labor market experience in the two Germanies / Hedwig Rudolph -- Politics, progress, and compromise: Women's work and lives in Great Britain / Emma MacLennan. |
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(cont.) Central in the family and marginal in the work force: Women's place in Japanese society / Ann Cordilia and Kazuko Ohta -- Women and the welfare state in the Nordic countries / Elina Haavio-Mannila and Kaisa Kauppinen -- Work-family policies in the United States / Joseph H. Pleck -- Progress or stalemate? A cross-national comparison of women's status and roles / Hilda Kahne. |
| Subject |
Equal pay for equal work.
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Women -- Employment.
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Women -- Economic conditions.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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| Indexed Term |
Women Employment |
| Added Author |
Kahne, Hilda.
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Giele, Janet Zollinger.
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| ISBN |
0813306361 alkaline paper |
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9780813306360 alkaline paper |
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