Sociology & Social Policy

This title was first published in 2001. Detailed interviews with activists and case studies of decision-making bodies show how different membership groups exploit equal opportunities strategies to facilitate or impede women. These case studies expose the conundrum of understanding women as a differe..

Let's face it, declare the authors of this analysis: males and females, boys and girls, men and women have a fundamental difference that derives from biology. David Barash and Judith Lipton explain the evolutionary aspects of male-female differences, integrating work from a variety of fields...

_x005F_x000D_ Gender in Film and Video tracks changes in gender on screen by documenting trends of the internet age. It focuses on six instances of media in transition and the histories behind them. These include the rise of feminism on television, in sports events and in comedy-drama series; the gr..

_x005F_x000D_ Gender in Film and Video tracks changes in gender on screen by documenting trends of the internet age. It focuses on six instances of media in transition and the histories behind them. These include the rise of feminism on television, in sports events and in comedy-drama series; the gr..

Gender Inequality in Our Changing World: A Comparative Approach focuses on the contemporary United States but places it in historical and global context. Written for sociology of gender courses, this textbook identifies conditions that encourage greater or lesser gender inequality, explains how gend..

Gender Roles in Ireland documents changing attitudes toward the role of women in Ireland over three decades, 1975–2005. The results of four comparable surveys are presented, painting a detailed and complex picture of the evolving role of both women and men during a period of rapid social and legisla..

Gender Roles in Ireland documents changing attitudes toward the role of women in Ireland over three decades, 1975–2005. The results of four comparable surveys are presented, painting a detailed and complex picture of the evolving role of both women and men during a period of rapid social and legisla..

Gender, Branding, and The Modern Music Industry combines interview data with music industry professionals with theoretical frameworks from sociology, mass communication, and marketing to explain and explore the gender differences female artists experience._x000D_ _x000D_ This book provides a rare le..

Gender, Branding, and The Modern Music Industry combines interview data with music industry professionals with theoretical frameworks from sociology, mass communication, and marketing to explain and explore the gender differences female artists experience._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ This book provid..

Examines gender-based inequality in organizations and considers how sexual and social relations determine the cultures, structures and practices of organizations. Represents a decade of experience in managing change in the public sector..

This title was first published in 2002. Throughout much of the developing world and especially in Africa and Latin America, the informal employment sector is growing spectacularly. This study focuses on the gender and ethnic aspects of the informal economy in Trinidad...

An exploration of the lives and expectations of young women in the new Russia, looking at the enormous changes that the new social and economic order have brought...