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OverviewThis 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 face in adjusting to new technologies are discussed along with their responses and organisting strategies. Contributors outline the roles that family, ideology, state policies and trade union structures can play in distributing information technology-related employment between women and men. The differences in the interests and needs of different groups of women are highlighted, challgenging 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 begins to redress the imbalance of literature which has so far tended to focus mainly on the experiences of first world countries. Presenting fresh research from leading academics from around the world this volume lays a vital foundation for further debate and research in this important area. Liliana Acero, Director of CIS, Argentina, Fatma Alloo, Journalist, Nirmala Banerjee, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, Maja Bucar, Centre for International Full Product DetailsAuthor: Swasti Mitter , Sheila RowbothamPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: No.1 Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780415126878ISBN 10: 0415126878 Pages: 374 Publication Date: 14 September 1995 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Beyond the politics of difference: an introduction 2 Information technology and working women’s demands 3 Feminist approaches to technology: women’s values or a gender lens? 4 Conflicting demands of new technology and household work: women’s work in Brazilian and Argentinian textiles 5 Changes in textiles: implications for Asian women 6 Information technology and women’s employment in manufacturing in Eastern Europe: the case of Slovenia 7 Restructuring and retraining: the Canadian garment industry in transition 8 Computerization and women’s employment in India’s banking sector 9 Information technology, gender and employment: a case study of the telecommunications industry in Malaysia 10 Women in software programming: the experience of Brazil 11 Something old, something new, something borrowed…The electronics industry in Calcutta 12 Women and information technology in sub-Saharan Africa: a topic for discussion? 13 Gender perspectives on health and safety in information processing: learning from international experience 14 Using information technology as a mobilizing force: the case of The Tanzania Media Women’s Association (TAMWA) 15 The fading of the collective dream? Reflections on twenty years’ research on information technology and women’s employmentReviewsAuthor InformationSwasti Mitter is the Deputy Director of the United Nations University Institute for New Technologies (UNU/INTECH), Maastricht, the Netherlands, and holds the Chair of Gender and Technology Studies at the University of Brighton, UK. Sheila Rowbotham has written extensively on women in history and the contemporary position of women. She is a Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, University of Manchester and an Honorary Fellow in Women’s Studies at the University of North London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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