Women Encounter Technology : Changing Patterns of Employment in the Third World

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816423803321
• Autore: Mitter Swasti
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1997
• ISBN: 0-203-20861-7; 0-203-28852-1; 1-280-03164-6; 1-134-79951-9; 1-134-79950-0; 9786610031641
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (375 p.)
• Collana: UNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development
• Altri autori (Persone): RowbothamSheila
• Disciplina: 331.4091724
• Soggetti: Women
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Beyond the politics of difference: an introduction; Information technology and working women's demands; Feminist approaches to technology: women's values or a gender lens?; Conflicting demands of new technology and household work: women's work in Brazilian and Argentinian textiles; Changes in textiles: implications for Asian women; Information technology and women's employment in manufacturing in Eastern Europe: the case of Slovenia; Restructuring and retraining: the Canadian garment industry in transitionComputerization and women's employment in India's banking sector; Information technology, gender and employment: a case study of the telecommunications industry in Malaysia; Women in software programming: the experience of Brazil; Something old, something new, something borrowed The electronics industry in Calcutta; Women and information technology in sub-Saharan Africa: a topic for discussion?; Gender perspectives on health and safety in information processing: learning from international experience; Using information technology as a mobilizing force: the case of The ; Tanzania Media Women's Association (TAMWA)The fading of the collective dream? Reflections on twenty years' research on information technology and women's employment; Afterword; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection explores the effects of new technologies on women's employment and on the nature of women's work. The volume is edited by two pre-eminent scholars in the field and contains thirteen articles from leading academics worldwide. The book provides a critique of postmodernism and ecofeminism and demands that new technology is used as a vehicle for gender equality in the developing world.