Economic Development and Women in the World Community

by Hans C. Blomqvist, Kartik Roy, Clement A. Tisdell

Overview

After reviewing theories about how women are likely to fare as a result of economic development, the editors and their contributors focus on the socioeconomic status of women and changes in it as a result of processes of economic development in individual countries in five continents. Economic development is supposed to remove impediments to the improvement in women's status. In some developing countries researchers have found that instead of lessening the forces of restrictions, economic development may, in fact, have strengthened them. The editors call for a greater involvement of women as active participants in the process of dismantling social, legal, and institutional barriers to women's development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275951344
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/16/1996
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

KARTIK C. ROY is Associate Professor, Department of Economics at the University of Queensland. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Swedish School of Economics and Business in Helsinki, Finland, and has authored of 19 previous books and 40 articles in international jourbanals.

CLEMENT A. TISDELL is Professor of Economics at the University of Queensland.

HANS C. BLOMQVIST is Associate Professor of Economics at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki, Finland.

Table of Contents

Preface
Economic Development and Women — An Overview of Issues by Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist, and Clement A. Tisdell
Discrimination and Changes in the Status of Women with Economic Development: General Views and Theories by Clement A. Tisdell
Women and Development in Taiwan: The Importance of the Institutional Context by Cal Clark, Janet Clark, and Bih-er Chou
The Socioeconomic Status of Today's Chinese Women by Gao Kun
Economic Development, Industrial Trends, and Women Workers in Malaysia by Jamilah Ariffin
Women in Japan by Jane Richardson and Paul Riethmuller
Women in South Asia with Particular Reference to India by Kartik C. Roy and Clement A. Tisdell
Women and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa with Special Reference to Tanzania by Felix J. Mlay, Kartik C. Roy, and Clement A. Tisdell
Finnish Gender Contracts by Harriet Silius
Women in the European Union: Equality Achieved? by Hans C. Blomqvist
The Status of American Women: Modernity, Material Progress, but Suffering from an "Individualistic" Culture by Cal Clark and Janet Clark
The Magic of the Market and the Price Women Pay: Examples from Latin America and the Caribbean by Helen I. Safa and María de los Angeles Crummett
Australia: Economic Issues of Women in Paid Employment by Sukhan Jackson
Conclusions by Kartik C. Roy, Clement A. Tisdell, and Hans C. Blomqvist

Editorial Reviews

Explores the relationship between economic development and the socioeconomic status of women in developed and less-developed countries, focusing on women's central role in development and the need for improvement of their economic conditions. Subjects include discrimination and changes in women's status with economic development; Finnish gender contracts; industrial trends and women workers in Malaysia; and the status of American women. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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