The gender dimension of social change : : The contribution of dynamic research to the study of women's life courses / / ed. by Elisabetta Ruspini, Angela Dale.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Dale, Angela,; Davies, Hugh,; Dewilde, Caroline,; Dex, Shirley,; Elliott, Jane,; Gustafsson, Siv,; Joshi, Heather,; Kenjoh, Eiko,; Kurz, Karin,; Ruspini, Elisabetta,; Smith, Colin,; Sugihashi, Yayoi,; Wetzels, Cécile,
• HerausgeberIn: Dale, Angela,; Ruspini, Elisabetta,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

The transformations that are now taking place in women's lives are of great interest to social scientists and policy makers, yet we know very little about the impact of this social change over time. This new study uses longitudinal data - information gathered over a considerable period of time - to provide new insights into the changing dynamics of lives of women today. In particular, it explores the potential of longitudinal or life course analysis as a powerful tool for appreciating the gender dimension of social life. 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 in relation to both men and women and the system of inequality.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Introduction -- Women and social change -- Survey designs for longitudinal research -- The issues -- The role of education on postponement of maternity in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden -- The financial consequences of relationship dissolution for women in Western Europe -- Women’s incomes over a synthetic lifetime -- Fixed-term contracts and unemployment at the beginning of the employment career in Germany: does gender matter? -- Women and self-employment: the case of television production workers in Britain -- Gender wage differentials in Britain and Japan* -- Longitudinal analysis and the constitution of the concept of gender -- Data sources -- Concluding comments -- Appendix: Description and characteristics of longitudinal data sets used in this book -- Index