The Gender Dimension of Social Change [electronic resource] : The Contribution of Dynamic Research to the Study of Women's Life Courses
Ruspini, Elisabetta.
Dale, Angela.
Bristol, U.K. : Policy Press,
2002.
This new study uses longitudinal data to provide new insights into the changing dynamics of lives of women today. In particular, it explores the potential of longitudinal or life course analysis as a powerful tool for appreciating the gender dimension of social life.
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THE GENDER DIMENSION OF SOCIAL CHANGE; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1. Introduction; 2. Women and social change; 3. Survey designs for longitudinal research; 4. The role of education on postponement of maternity in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden; 5. The financial consequences of relationship dissolution for women in Western Europe; 6. Women's incomes over a synthetic lifetime; 7. Fixed-term contracts and unemployment at the beginning of the employment career in Germany: does gender matter?
8. Women and self-employment: the case of television production workers in Britain9. Gender wage differentials in Britain and Japan; 10. Longitudinal analysis and the constitution of the concept of gender; 11. Concluding comments; Appendix: Description andcharacteristics of longitudinal data sets used in this book; Index
This new study uses longitudinal data to provide new insights into the changing dynamics of lives of women today. In particular, it explores the potential of longitudinal or life course analysis as a powerful tool for appreciating the gender dimension of social life.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Longitudinal method -- Congresses.
Social change -- Congresses.
Social policy -- Congresses.
Women -- Social conditions -- Congresses.