Women In The Latin American Development Process

Author : Christine E. Bose,Edna Acosta-Belén
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 1566392934

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Women in the Latin American Development Process by Christine E. Bose,Edna Acosta-Belén Pdf

This interdisciplinary volume provides a historical and international framework for understanding the changing role of women in the political economy of Latin America and the Caribbean. The contributors challenge the traditional policies, goals, and effects of development, and examine such topics as colonialism and women's subordination; the links to economic, social, and political trends in North America; the gendered division of paid and unpaid work; differing economic structures, cultural and class patterns; women's organized resistance; and the relationship of gender to class, race, and ethnicity/nationality. Author note: Christine E. Bose is Associate Professor of Sociology, Women's Studies, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. >P>Edna Acosta-Belen is Distinguished Service Professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Women's Studies and the Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY.

Author : Laura Chioda,Roberto Garcia Verdú
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821399620

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Work and Family by Laura Chioda,Roberto Garcia Verdú Pdf

Over recent decades, women in Latin America and the Caribbean have increased their labor force participation faster than in any other region of the world. This evolution occurred in the context of more general progress in women’s status. Female enrollment rates have increased at all levels of education, fertility rates have declined, and social norms have shifted toward gender equality. This report sheds light on the complex relationship between stages of economic development and female economic participation. It documents a shift in women’s perceptions whereby work has become a fundamental part of their identity, highlighting the distinction between jobs and careers. These dynamics are made more complex by the acknowledgment that individuals are part of larger economic units—families. As development progresses and the options available to women expand, the need to balance career and family takes greater importance. New tensions emerge, paradoxically made possible by decades of steady gains. Understanding the new challenges women face as they balance work and family is thus crucial for policy.

Author : Suzanne Smith Saulniers,Cathy A. Rakowski
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015000558059

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Women in the Development Process by Suzanne Smith Saulniers,Cathy A. Rakowski Pdf

Author : Jennifer Abbassi,Sheryl Lutjens
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742510751

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Rereading Women in Latin America and the Caribbean by Jennifer Abbassi,Sheryl Lutjens Pdf

This indispensable text reader provides a broad-ranging and thoughtfully organized feminist introduction to the ongoing controversies of development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Designed for use in a variety of college courses, the volume collects an influential group of essays first published in Latin American Perspectives--a theoretical and scholarly journal focused on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. The reader is organized into thematic sections that focus on work, politics, and culture, and each section includes substantive introductions that identify key issues, trends, and debates in the scholarly literature on women and gender in the region. Demonstrating the rich and multidisciplinary nature of Latin American studies, this collection of timely, empirical studies promotes critical thinking about women's place and power; about theory and research strategies; and about contemporary economic, political, and social conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Valuable as both a supplementary or primary text, Rereading Women makes a convincing claim for a materialist feminist analysis. It convincingly shows why women have become an increasingly important subject of research, acknowledges their gains and struggles over time, and explores the contributions that feminist theory has made toward the recognition of gender as a relevant--indeed essential--category for analyzing the political economy of development.

Author : Christine Bose
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 156639838X

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Women in 1900 by Christine Bose Pdf

This interdisciplinary volume provides a historical and international framework for understanding the changing role of women in the political economy of Latin America and the Caribbean. The contributors challenge the traditional policies, goals, and effects of development, and examine such topics as colonialism and women's subordination; the links to economic, social, and political trends in North America; the gendered division of paid and unpaid work; differing economic structures, cultural and class patterns; women's organized resistance; and the relationship of gender to class, race, and ethnicity/nationality.

Author : María Magdalena Camou,Silvana Maubrigades,Rosemary Thorp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317130215

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Gender Inequalities and Development in Latin America During the Twentieth Century by María Magdalena Camou,Silvana Maubrigades,Rosemary Thorp Pdf

This book presents evidence of the evolution of the gender inequalities in Latin America during the twentieth century, using basic indicators of human development, namely education, health and the labour market. There are very few historical studies that centre on gender as the main analytical category in Latin America, so this book breaks new ground. Using case-studies from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, the authors show that there is evidence of a correlation between economic growth and the decrease in gender inequality, but this process is also not linear. Although the activity rate of women was high at the beginning of the twentieth century, female participation in the labour market diminished, until the 1970s, when it began to increase dramatically. Since the 1970s, fertility reduction and education improvements and worsening labour market conditions are associated to the steadily increase of women participation in the labour market. By gauging the extent to which gender gaps in the formation of human capital, access to resources, quality of life and opportunities may have operated as a restriction on women’s capabilities and on economic growth in the region, this book demonstrates that Latin America has lagged behind in terms of gender equality.

Author : Julie Cupples
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136775369

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Latin American Development by Julie Cupples Pdf

Latin America’s diverse political and economic struggles and triumphs have captured the global imagination. The region has been a site of brutal dictators, revolutionary heroes, the Cold War struggle and as a place in which the global debt crisis has had some of its most lasting and devastating impacts. Latin America continues to undergo rapid transformation, demonstrating both inspirational change and frustrating continuities. This text provides a comprehensive introduction to Latin American development in the twenty-first century, emphasizing political, economic, social, cultural and environmental dimensions of development. It considers key challenges facing the region and the diverse ways in which its people are responding, as well as providing analysis of the ways in which such challenges and responses can be theorized. This book also explores the region’s historical trajectory, the implementation and rejection of the neoliberal model and the role played by diverse social movements. Relations of gender, class and race are considered, as well as the ways in which media and popular culture are forging new global imaginaries of the continent. The text also considers the increasing difficulties that Latin America faces in confronting climate change and environmental degradation. This accessible text gives an overarching historical and geographical analysis of the region and critical analysis of recent developments. It is accompanied by a diverse range of critical historical and contemporary case studies from all parts of the continent, providing readers with the conceptual tools required to analyse theories on Latin American development. Each chapter ends with a summary section, discussion topics, suggestions for further reading, websites and media resources. This is an indispensable resource for scholars, students and practitioners.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004442917

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Gender Inequality in Latin America by Anonim Pdf

In Gender Inequality in Latin America: The Case of Ecuador Pablo Quiñonez and Claudia Maldonado-Erazo bring together a collection of articles that critically examine the origins and social and economic implications of gender inequality in Latin America, focusing on Ecuador.

Author : Marysa Navarro,Virginia Sánchez Korrol,Kecia Ali
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 025321307X

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Women in Latin America and the Caribbean by Marysa Navarro,Virginia Sánchez Korrol,Kecia Ali Pdf

" Sánchez Korrol considers the shifts in women's roles between the 1880s and 1930s and accompanying societal transformations.

Author : Edna Acosta-belen,Christine E. Bose
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002281804

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Researching Women In Latin America And The Caribbean by Edna Acosta-belen,Christine E. Bose Pdf

Author : Karen Marie Mokate
Publisher : IDB
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social planning
ISBN : 1931003947

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Women's Participation in Social Development by Karen Marie Mokate Pdf

Author : Tovi Fenster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134732586

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Gender, Planning and Human Rights by Tovi Fenster Pdf

Challenging the traditional treatment of human rights cast in purely legal frameworks, the authors argue that, in order to promote the notion of human rights, its geographies and spatialities must be investigated and be made explicit. A wealth of case studies examine the significance of these components in various countries with multi-cultured societies, and identify ways to integrate human rights issues in planning, development and policy making. The book uses case studies from UK, Israel, Canada, Singapore, USA, Peru, European Union, Australia and the Czech Republic.

Author : Katie Willis,Cathy Mcilwaine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317876892

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Challenges and Change in Middle America by Katie Willis,Cathy Mcilwaine Pdf

A comprehensive introduction to the important economic, social and political processes and development issues in this extremely popular region. The Central American nations and those of the Caribbean (including Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana on the mainland) share many historical processes as well as experiencing similar development problems today. These include European colonialism, structural adjustment, small size, reliance on primary production, influence of the United States and moves towards democratisation. While Mexico is obviously a much larger country in area, economy and population terms, it is included in this volume because of its close ties to the other countries in the region through processes such as trade and migration.

Author : Claudia Piras
Publisher : IDB
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sex discrimination in employment
ISBN : 1931003955

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Women at Work by Claudia Piras Pdf

Author : Tomáš Došek,Flavia Freidenberg,Mariana Caminotti,Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349950096

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Women, Politics, and Democracy in Latin America by Tomáš Došek,Flavia Freidenberg,Mariana Caminotti,Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian Pdf

This book discusses the current tendencies in women’s representation and their role in politics in Latin American countries from three different perspectives. Firstly, the authors examine cultural, political-partisan and organizational obstacles that women face in and outside institutions. Secondly, the book explores barriers in political reality, such as gender legislation implementation, public administration and international cooperation, and proposes solutions, supported by successful experiences, emphasising the nonlinearity of the implementation process. Thirdly, the authors highlight the role of women in politics at the subnational level. The book combines academic expertise in various disciplines with contributions from practitioners within national and international institutions to broaden the reader’s understanding of women in Latin American politics.