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Dear Colleagues,
I would like to draw your attention to a book just published on
"The gender dimension of social change. The contribution of dynamic
research to the study of women's life courses", which some of you may be
interested in.
Please find details below.
Kind regards
Elisabetta Ruspini
Elisabetta Ruspini
Department of Sociology and Social Research
Faculty of Sociology
University of Milano-Bicocca
Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8
Edificio U7,
20126 Milano (Italy)
Tel. ++39-02-64487542
Fax: ++39-02-64487561
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NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
The contribution of dynamic research to the study of women's life courses
Edited by Elisabetta Ruspini, Department of Sociology and Social Research,
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy and Angela Dale, Faculty of Economic
and Social Studies, University of Manchester
This study uses longitudinal data to provide new insights into the changing
dynamics of women's life courses today. In particular, it explores the
potential of longitudinal analysis as a powerful tool for appreciating the
gender dimension of social change. The contributors view the data from a
policy perspective and use comparative analysis from Britain, Germany, the
Netherlands, Sweden and Japan to expand our understanding of women's life
courses and systems of inequality.
Academics, students and researchers in sociology, gender studies, social
research, public and social policy will find this book an invaluable resource.
Contents: Part One: Introduction; Introduction Elisabetta Ruspini and
Angela Dale; Women and social change Elisabetta Ruspini; Survey designs for
longitudinal research Elisabetta Ruspini; Part Two: The issues; The role of
education on postponement of maternity in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands
and Sweden Siv Gustafsson, Eiko Kenjoh and Cecile Wetzels; The financial
consequences of relationship dissolution for women in Western Europe
Caroline Dewilde; Women's incomes over a snythetic lifetime Heather Joshi
and Hugh Davies; Fixed-term contracts and unemployment at the beginning of
the employment career in Germany: does gender matter? Karin Kurz; Women and
self-employment: the case of television production workers Shirley Dex and
Colin Smith; Gender wage differentials in Britain and Japan Yayoi Sugihashi
and Angela Dale; Longitudinal analysis and the constitution of the concept
of gender Jane Elliott;
Part Three: Conclusions; Concluding comments Elisabetta Ruspini and Angela Dale
Hardback £35.00 (US$63.00) ISBN 1 86134 332 9
234 x 156mm 312 pages May 2002
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