Women and the City

Visibility and Voice in Urban Space
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-349-65572-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

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. Women are shown as community activists, homeless women, carers, patients, travellers, rock musicians and workers. The book emphasizes women as active agents, and the contributors include women working in urban management as well as academics from diverse backgrounds.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Darke, J.

Woods, R.

Ledwith, Sue

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

MAVIS BAYTON Sociology Tutor, Ruskin College
SUE BROWNILL Lecturer, School of Planning, Oxford Brookes University
BEA CAMPBELL Visiting Professor of Women's Studies, Newcastle University
CHARLOTTE COLEMAN Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, Transport Planning, Oxford Brookes University
LIZ DOHERTY Oxford Brookes University, School of Hotel and Restaurant Management
SUSANNA GRAHAM-JONES Practising GP, Oxford
SARAH HARPER Senior Research Fellow and Director, Oxford Centre
SATYA KARTARA Equal Opportunities Officer, Oxford City Council
HELENA KENNEDY Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University
KAREN KUEHNE Author
SIMONETTA MANFREDI School of Languages, Oxford Brookes University
CECILIA NATHANSEN MILWERTZ Research Fellow, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen
CAROLINE MORRELL previously Ruskin College and Oxford Brookes University
SIOBHAN REILLY Research Associate, School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Manchester
HILARY ROLLIN School of Languages,Oxford Brookes University
VERNA ROWLAND Housing Practitioner
HELEN RUSSELL Research Officer, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin
HILARY SIMPSON Human Resources Manager, Oxfordshire County Council
ELIZABETH WILSON Professor of Cultural Studies, University of London