Beschreibung:
Intends to present methodological and theoretical research in the area of gender studies. This title discusses such topics as gender labour markets and social policy, women and families in Costa Rica, and economic development, patriarchy, and intrahousehold dynamics.
Woman-headed households in industrial nations - gender labour markets and social policy, Marietta Morrissey; losing their privilege - the social organization of the new Hong Kong middle class Chinese immigrant women in Canada, Guida C. Man; women and families in Costa Rica, Norma J. Burgess and Regina George-Bowden; economic development, patriarchy, and intrahousehold dynamics - the case of high-tech workers in Taiwan (ROC), Esther Ngan-ling Chow; the economic consequences of disability status across ethnic and gender lines - a test of the multiple minority status hypothesis, Anna M. Santiago; male genders - cross-cultural perspective, Edwin S. Segal.