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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide [Six Volumes]
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Women are working internationally to build a world based on gender equality and justice. Their concerns are shaped by conditions in their own countries and regions, and also by conditions for women in other parts of the world. Links forged by globalization, international relations, United Nations gender equality and development programs, and women's nongovernmental organizations connect their futures. This groundbreaking reference set documents the achievements and current challenges for all women, providing distortion-free and newly available information about women's status, in matters from education to violence, in more than 130 countries in the world's most populated areas.
Written by an international host of contributing specialists, this set is accessible to high school students and above. Its consistent narrative coverage and relevant statistics are ideal for research and comparisons. Readers will find that conceptions of women's issues vary by country as the set illuminates diverse perspectives and contemporary practices that shape the variations in equality and well-being among women. Judicious inclusion of historical processes helps frame the issues in a holistic perspective. Volume maps, individual country maps, tables, photos, and indexes by set and volume are also included.
- ISBN-100313327874
- ISBN-13978-0313327872
- PublisherGreenwood
- Publication dateSeptember 30, 2003
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions1 x 1 x 1 inches
- Print length2500 pages
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Across the volumes, chapters are organized almost identically. A profile of the nation or region is followed by an overview of women's issues. Subsequent sections on education, employment and economics, family and sexuality, health, politics and law, religion and spirituality, violence, and the outlook for the twenty-first century offer a clear and comprehensive picture of women's everyday lives. Subsections under each heading allow for in-depth treatment. For example, "Politics and Law" is divided into smaller sections on "Suffrage," "Political Participation," "Women's Rights" (in turn subdivided into "Feminist Movements" and "Lesbian Rights"), and "Military Service." Chapter length averages 24 pages, with that for French Guiana, at 8 pages, being the shortest and that for Jordan, at 50 pages, being the longest. Both the volume introductions and the chapters conclude with notes; a resource guide listing suggested readings, videos and films, Web sites, and organizations; and a selected bibliography.
Clear black-and-white line maps begin each of the country or region chapters, and black-and-white photos, though infrequent, do extend the text. Each volume contains an index of subject and person entries, with a comprehensive set index at the end of the volume on sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the number of contributors, the text is remarkably uniform in its objective tone and clear sentence structure. The full page, noncolumnar layout is inviting, and the organizational structure facilitates ready access to information.
Though the excellent Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge (2000) is a bit stronger on statistical and demographic information, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide provides stiff competition with its wealth of information clearly and accessibly presented. There is room in most collections for both. Recommended for libraries serving patrons from high-school age and up and especially for colleges and universities with strong women's programs. RBB
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Students and faculty interested in comparative international data on women will find this set particularly useful. It is current, well written, and informative, providing scholarly content, useful detail, and sound documentation. Highly recommended. All collections.
―Choice
"Particularly useful for cross-national comparisons of data and issues that would normally be difficult to compare….This outstanding reference work serves general readers who are seeking an overview of the topic, as well as scholars pursuing further research. Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries."
―Library Journal, Starred Review
^IThe Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide^R is a must for all college libraries, and highly recommended for public and high school libraries.
―Feminist Collections
The organization of the information is what helps make this set so valuable. The outline provided acts as a guide for the user to quickly retrieve brief information, or use it as the starting place for in-depth research….[h]ighly recommended. It will be helpful for college and high school students studying a broad range of topics.
―Multicultural Review
The presentation of this work is very good and complements the huge amount and quality of information it contains. The volumes are well presented and attractive.
―Reference Reviews
[R]ecommended for libraries that wish to provide narrative descriptions of women's issues by country.
―College & Research Libraries
[R]ecommend it for addition to high school, public, college, and university libraries.
―Reference & User Services Quarterly
Can be recommended from high school age upwards [and] it will be a must for universities and colleges that offer women's studies courses.
―Reference Reviews
Major issues facing women worldwide are examined in this impressive set….This is an exceptional and thorough research tool.
―School Library Journal
This high quality, groundbreaking multivolume reference set documents the achievements and current challenges for women in more than 130 countries….A valuable resource for social studies, psychology, women's studies, world language and economic classes. Recommended.
―Library Media Connection
"There is more detail here on women's issues worldwide than readers will find in any other reference source…. The attention paid to developing nations helps make the set a boon to researchers, since information on women's lives in many of these places can be so hard to track down….The set's country-by-country approach and uniform structure make it easy to draw comparisons between different parts of the world…. Recommended for libraries serving patrons from high-school age and up and especially for colleges and universities with strong women's programs."
―Booklist, Starred Review
[f]or those attempting cross-cultural comparisons of countries on many of these issues, there simply is no more comprehensive resource available. Recommended for academic libraries.
―Gale-Larence Looks at Books
About the Author
LYNN WALTER is Professor of Social Change and Development and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
MANISHA DESAI is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York.
CHERYL KALNY is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin.
AMY LIND is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at Arizona State University, Tempe. Her research has focused on gender, development, and women's political participation in Latin America, particularly in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru.
BAHIRA SHERIF-TRASK is Associate Professor of Individual and Family Studies at the University of Delaware, Newark.
AILI MARI TRIPP is Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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- Publisher : Greenwood (September 30, 2003)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 2500 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0313327874
- ISBN-13 : 978-0313327872
- Item Weight : 15.84 pounds
- Dimensions : 1 x 1 x 1 inches
About the author
Bahira Sherif Trask is an author, professor, and speaker on issues of family change, family complexity, relationships, globalization, gender, work and family issues. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Trask is a professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Delaware. She is also the author and editor of five books including Women, Work and Globalization (2014) and Globalization and Families (2010), and she has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles, chapters and review articles on globalization, cultural and family diversity, gender roles, and work and family life in significant edited volumes and handbooks. Dr. Trask regularly speaks about the complex issues facing working families, and women in particular, to audiences at international organizations such as the United Nations, at major corporations such as DuPont and Microsoft, and at international conferences all over the world, In August 2012 she gave a TEDx lecture on Global Family Changes that has been widely viewed.
Much of Dr. Trask's scholarship has been informed through participation with a number of international, national and community based research projects that focus on diversity, gender and work, and strengthening low-income families. Dr. Trask's involvement on these projects reflects her belief that academics need to apply their knowledge towards bettering social conditions.
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