Women And Empowerment: Strategies For Increasing Autonomy

by C. Margaret Hall

Overview

Shows how women's decisions direct their lives in both public and private spheres. The book specifies critical conditions and possibilities for women who want to increase their opportunities. Patterns in women's behaviour and concerns are analyzed by applying the author's sociological theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781560322672
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/1992
Series:	Education Policy Perspectives
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Margaret Hall Department of Sociology Georgetown University Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Questions; Chapter 3 Self; Chapter 4 Gender; Chapter 5 Women and Families; Chapter 6 Women and Religion; Chapter 7 Women and Work; Chapter 8 Women in the World; Chapter 9 Feminism and Value Choices; Chapter 10 Empowerment; Chapter 11 Answers; Chapter 12 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

the principles could apply to other economic, racial, and ethnic groups, and even to a few men. A call for women to take person control over the direction of their lives rather than wait for the legal system and social attitudes to bestow equality on them. Filters research findings about patterns of women's behavior through the new clinical sociological theory of identity empowerment to show how women make decisions that move them into either private or public spheres, and either chart and fulfill their own life course or remain subject to the will of others. The study is largely limited to white, middle-class American women, with a hope that Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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