This handbook presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of
gender in demography, addressing the many different influences of
gender that arise from or influence demographic processes. It
collects in one volume the key issues and perspectives in this area,
whereby demography is broadly defined. The purpose in casting a wide
net is to cover the range of work being done within demography, but at
the same time to open up our perspectives to neighboring fields to
encourage better conversations around these issues. The chapters in
this handbook carefully document definition and measurement issues,
and take up parts of the demographic picture and focus on how gender
plays a role in outcomes. In other cases, gender often plays a
cross-cutting role in social processes; rather than having a single or
easily distinguishable role, it often combines with other social
institutions and even other statuses and inequalities to affect
outcomes. Thus, a key factor in this volume is howgender interacts
with race/ethnicity, class, nationality, and sexuality in any
demographic setting. While each section contains chapters that are
broad overviews of the current state of knowledge and behavior, the
handbook also includes chapters that focus on specific cultures or
events in order to examine how gender operates in a particular
circumstance.
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ISBN
9789402412901
Publisert
2019
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok