Female well-being
Subtitle: toward a global theory of social change
By: edited by Janet Mancini Billson and Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban.
Contributors: Billson, Janet Mancini.; Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn.
Publisher: Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Women -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Women -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Cross-cultural studies; Maternal and infant welfare -- Cross-cultural studies; Women in development -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: This global survey starts from the belief that the significant transformations in women?s lives need to be fully documented and interpreted. It illustrates the critical challenges faced by women in the 20th century using original data from countries in every world region. The case studies are written by teams of scholars, educators, and policy analysts in Canada, the United States, Colombia, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Japan, Bangladesh, Thailand, South Africa, Sudan, and Kenya. The catalysts for change in female well-being are identified from trends from 1900 to 2000 in infant morta.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.