Women and the City

Visibility and Voice in Urban Space

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Using case-studies from Oxford to Beijing and Chicago, Women and the City shows women constructing their lives in the urban environment, sometimes working against a system where needs are marginalized.

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Utgivningsdatum2000-10-11
Mått140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt313 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor222
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349655724

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MAVIS BAYTON Sociology Tutor, Ruskin CollegeSUE BROWNILL Lecturer, School of Planning, Oxford Brookes UniversityBEA CAMPBELL Visiting Professor of Women's Studies, Newcastle UniversityCHARLOTTE COLEMAN Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, Transport Planning, Oxford Brookes UniversityLIZ DOHERTY Oxford Brookes University, School of Hotel and Restaurant ManagementSUSANNA GRAHAM-JONES Practising GP, OxfordSARAH HARPER Senior Research Fellow and Director, Oxford CentreSATYA KARTARA Equal Opportunities Officer, Oxford City CouncilHELENA KENNEDY Chancellor, Oxford Brookes UniversityKAREN KUEHNE AuthorSIMONETTA MANFREDI School of Languages, Oxford Brookes UniversityCECILIA NATHANSEN MILWERTZ Research Fellow, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, CopenhagenCAROLINE MORRELL previously Ruskin College and Oxford Brookes UniversitySIOBHAN REILLY Research Associate, School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of ManchesterHILARY ROLLIN School of Languages,Oxford Brookes University VERNA ROWLAND Housing PractitionerHELEN RUSSELL Research Officer, Economic and Social Research Institute, DublinHILARY SIMPSON Human Resources Manager, Oxfordshire County CouncilELIZABETH WILSON Professor of Cultural Studies, University of London

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