Full Description
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.
Contents
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
