Women's education in the Third World : comparative perspectives / / edited by Gail P. Kelly and Carolyn M. Elliott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816913603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1982
• ISBN: 1-4384-0870-6; 0-585-08997-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KellyGail Paradise; ElliottCarolyn M. <1937->
• Disciplina: 370/.9172/4
• Soggetti: Women - Education; Developing countries Education
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. 345-397.
• Nota di contenuto: ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1. Orientations Toward the Study of Women's Education in the Third World by GAIL P. KELLY AND CAROLYN M. ELLIOTT""; ""PART I: FACTORS AFFECTING WOMEN'S ACCESS TO EDUCATION""; ""2. The Participation of Women in Education in the Third World by MARY JEAN BOWMAN AND G. ARNOLD ANDERSON""; ""3. Educating Girls in Tunisia: Issues Generated by the Drive for Universal Enrollment by MARIE THOURSON JONES""; ""4. Social Origins and Sex-differential Schooling in the Philippines by PETER C. SMITH AND PAUL P. L. CHEUNG""; ""5. Sex and Ethnic Differences in Educational Investment in Malaysia: The Effect of Reward Structures by BEE-LAN CHAN WANG""""6. Lack of Time as an Obstacle to Women's Education: The Case of Upper Volta by BRENDA GAEL MCSWEENEY AND MARION FREEDMAN""; ""PART II: EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES AND DIFFERENTIAL MALE/FEMALE OUTCOMES""; ""7. Sex Differences in Educational Attainment: The Process by JEREMY D. FINN, JANET REIS, AND LORETTA DULBERG""; ""8. Church, State and Education in Belgian Africa Implications for Contemporary Third World Women by BARBARA A. YATES""; ""9. An Action-Research Project on Universal Primary Education The Plan and the Process by CHITRANAIK""""10. Images of Men and Women in Indian Textbooks by NARENDRA NATH KALIA""; ""11. The Impact of ; Western Schools on Girls' Expectations: A Togolese Case by KAREN COFFYN BIRAIMAH""; ""PART III: OUTCOMES OF WOMEN'S SCHOOLING: WOMEN AND WORK""; ""12. Sex Differences in the Labor Market Outcomes of Education by RATI RAM""; ""13. Women, Schooling, and Work in Chile: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study by ERNESTO SCHIEFELBEIN AND JOSEPH P. FARRELL""; ""14. Women, Work and Science in India by MAITHREYI KRISHNA RAJ""""15. The Impact of Education on the Female Labor Force in Argentina and Paraguay by CATALINA H. WAINERMAN""; ""PART IV: OUTCOMES OF WOMEN'S SCHOOLING: THE FAMILY""; ""16. Influences of Women's Schooling on Maternal Behavior in the Third World by ROBERT A. LE VINE""; ""17. Education and Fertility: An Expanded Examination of the Evidence by SUSAN H. COCHRANE""; ""18. New Directions for Research by CAROLYN M. ELLIOTT AND GAIL P. KELLY""; ""WOMEN AND SCHOOLING IN THE THIRD WORLD: A BIBLIOGRAPHY by DAVID H. KELLY AND GAIL P. KELLY""