Technology and Women's Empowerment (Hardcover)

The near-ubiquitous spread of ICT offers unprecedented opportunities for social and economic agents, reshapes social and economic structures and drives the emergence of socioeconomic networks. This book contributes to the growing body of literature and present state of knowledge, offering the reader broad evidence on how new information and communication technologies impact women's economic and social empowerment and hence have an impact on overall welfare creation. More specifically, it concentrates on demonstrating how ICT may become "empowering technologies" through their implementation. The book is designed to provide deep insight into the theoretical and empirical evidence on ICT as a significant driver of women`s social and economic development. Special focus is given to examining the following broad topics: channels of ICT impact on women's development; the role of ICT in enhancing women's active participation in formal labor markets; examples of how ICT encourages education, skills development, institutions development et alia, and thus contributes to women's social and economic empowerment, as well as case-based evidence on ICT's role in fostering women's equality. The primary audience for the book will be scholars and academic professionals from a wide variety of disciplines but mainly those who are concerned with addressing the issues of economic development and growth, social development, the role of technology progress in the context of broadly defined socioeconomic progress. Chapters 1 and 3 of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. They have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Gender and Economics
Release date:	September 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Ewa Lechman
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-49371-4
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Microeconomics > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > Research & development management Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Information technology industries Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-367-49371-3
Barcode:	9780367493714

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