Women and the City

Visibility and Voice in Urban Space

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Using case studies from Oxford and Beijing to Chicago, this work shows women constructing their lives in the urban environment, sometimes working against a system where their needs are marginalized. Women areshown as community activists, homeless women, carers, patients, travellers, rock musicians and workers. The book emphasizes women as active agents, and the contributors include women working in urban management as well as academics from diverse backgrounds.

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Utgivningsdatum2000-10-11
Mått140 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt458 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor222
Upplaga2000
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780333774854

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JANE DARKE is Senior Lecturer at the School of Planning, Oxford Brookes University and Visiting Professor of Women's Studies at Newcastle University. - SUE LEDWITH is Senior Lecturer at the Business School, Oxford Brookes University and a founder member of Oxford Women's Studies Network. She is co-editor, with Fiona Colgan, of Women in Organisations: Challenging Gender Politics. - ROBERTA WOODS is Staff Tutor at The Open University and a founder member of the Oxford Women's Studies Network. She is co-editor, with Rose Gilroy, of Housing Women and is also co-editor of Social Policy Review. AE(00): Consultant Editor: JO CAMPLING

List of Tables and Figures Foreword: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Women and the City; S.Ledwith, J.Darke, & R.Woods Gender, Crime and Community; B.Campbell Five Voices from South Side Chicago: Health Care Experiences for Elderly African-American Women; S.Harper Homeless Women and Health Advocacy in Inner City Liverpool; S.Graham-Jones & S.Reilly Concentration, Marginalization and Exclusion: Women's Housing Needs and the City; R.Woods The Family Friendly Workplace? British and European Perspectives; L.Doherty, S.Manfredi & H.Rollin Women, Transport and Cities: an Overview and an Agenda for Research; C.Coleman The Gap Between the Spires: Single Women and Homelessness in Oxford, 1890s and 1990s; C.Morrell & K.Kuehne Regen(d)eration: Women and Urban Policy in the UK; S.Brownill Servicing the City: Women's Employment in Oxford; S.Kartara & H.Simpson Women and Popular Music Making in Urban Spaces; M.Bayton Organizing Rural Women Migrants in Beijing; C.Milwertz Frustrated Housewives or Unemployed Workers: The Case of Domestic Returners; H.Russell The Future of Women; E.Wilson Index