Synopses & Reviews
The contributors to this volume consider policy implications of gender research with an emphasis on its relevance for children—particularly girls; and gender inequality within a range of contexts from that of Cameroon society where basic education is an issue, to that of feminist family settings in the United States.
Table of Contents
List of contributors. Introduction: social change for women and children (V. Demos, M.T. Segal). For God and community: the Unitarian female ministers' tradition and Chicago sociology: 1892-1918 (M.J. Deegan, L.J. Rynbrandt). Gender inequality in employment and retirement income: effects of marriage, industrial sector, and self-employment (R. Hogan
et al.). Regulating knowledge: a critical institutional ethnography of the Indiana manpower placement and comprehensive training program (Impact) (C.D. Coffield). Women and democratization: lessons from Latin America (E. Cagan). Gender and the demand for primary education in Cameroon (M. Amin, G.E. Fonkeng). Creating possibilities: how young immigrant Latinas envision their futures (J.D. Weiler). Gender and youth mentoring (K.L. Hughes). Gender differences in aggressive and violent behavior among African American pre-adolescents: a comparison of the effects of social and psychological factors (L. Pierce, N. Shields). Girls and women growing together: integrating resources to develop the girls' circle programs (N.L. Ostrowski
et al.). Gender-related content of animated cartoons, 1930 to the present (H. Klein
et al.). Children and gender: the case of feminist kids (J.H. Sherwood, B.J. Risman). Index.