Gender in urban research
By: edited by Judith A. Garber ; Robyne S. Turner.
Contributors: Garber, Judith A.; Turner, Robyne S.
Series: Urban affairs annual reviews -- v. 42.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Cities and towns -- Growth -- Research -- United States; Cities and towns -- Growth -- Social aspects -- United States; Sex distribution (Demography) -- Research -- United States; Feminist theory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Gender, place, and citizenship -- Lynn A. Staeheli and Susan E. Clarke; title: Defining feminist community : place, choice, and the urban politics of difference -- Judith A. Garber; title: The gender regimes of American cities -- Lynn M. Appleton; title: Women organizing their place in restructuring economies -- Louise Jezierski; title: Women and collective action in urban neighborhoods -- Gordana Rabrenovic; title: Getting women's issues on the municipal agenda : violence against women -- Caroline Andrew; title: Gender and the politics of affordable housing -- Susan Abrams Beck; title: The rise and decline of African American political power in Richmond : race, class, and gender -- Lewis A. Randolph and Gayle T. Tate; title: Electing women to local office -- Susan A. MacManus and Charles S. Bullock III; title: Developing rape programs and policies based on women's victimization experiences : a university/community model -- Lyn Kathlene; title: Women's need for child care : the stumbling block in the transition from welfare to work -- Alma H. Young and Kristine B. Miranne; title: Strategies for serving latina battered women -- Anna M. Santiago and Merry Morash; title: Gender, race, and the spatial context of women's employment -- Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo, Sara McLafferty, and Valerie Preston.; title: Public housing the the beguinage -- Daphne Spain; title: Concern for gender in central-city development policy -- Robyne S. Turner.