Transforming psychology : gender in theory and practice / Stephanie Riger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riger, Stephanie, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stephanie Riger reveals how interpretive frameworks influence how we perceive research findings when dealing with the study of female behaviour. The author asks the reader to consider how he, or she, chooses amongst a range of explanations for behaviour.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

PART I: KNOWING GENDER

1 Introduction

2 Epistemological Debates, Feminist Voices: Science, Social Values, and the Study of Women

3 Rethinking the Distinction between Sex and Gender

4 From Snapshots to Videotape: New Directions in Research on Gender Differences

5 Women's Agency in Context

6 Working Together: Challenges in Collaborative Research on Violence against Women

7 Ways of Knowing and Community Research

PART II: GENDER, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES

8 Gender Dilemmas in Sexual Harassment Policies and Procedures

9 What's Wrong with Empowerment

10 Women in Management: An Exploration of Competing Paradigms

11 Low-Paying Jobs for Women: By Discrimination or by Choice?

12 Challenges of Success: Stages of Growth in Feminist Organizations

13 The Impact of Welfare Reform on Men's Violence against Women

Notes

Name Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-210) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-773718-8

1-280-44155-0

1-4237-3697-4

0-19-536065-6

1-60129-874-9

OCLC:

70731345