Transforming psychology : gender in theory and practice / / Stephanie Riger [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Riger Stephanie
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; , : Oxford University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Disciplina: 150/.82
• Soggetto topico: Feminist psychology
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2000.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-210) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Transforming psychology
• ISBN: 0-19-773718-8; 1-280-44155-0; 1-4237-3697-4; 0-19-536065-6; 1-60129-874-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811032003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.