Women Encounter Technology - Changing Patterns of Employment in the Third World (Paperback, Revised)

This collection explores the effects of new technologies on women's employment and on the nature of women's work in the Third World. The challenges women face in less affluent communities in adjusting to new technologies are discussed along with their responses and organizing strategies. Contributors outline the roles that family, ideology, state policies and trade union structures can play in distributing information on technology-related employment between women and men. The differences in the interests and needs of different groups of women are highlighted, challenging the concept of a monolithic, specifically feminine vision of technology and science. A critique of postmodernism and ecofeminism is also provided. In looking at the impact of information technology on the working lives of women in the Third World, this volume lays a foundation for further debate and research in this area.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	UNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development
Release date:	April 1997
First published:	1995
Editors:	Swasti Mitter • Sheila Rowbotham
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	376
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-14118-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-415-14118-4
Barcode:	9780415141185

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