Slipping Through the Cracks: Status of Black Women

ISBN-13: 9781138532625 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 302 str.

Margaret C. Simms

Opis

The problems and special needs of black women are still given inadequate attention in social science analysis

Spis treści

Employment Issues S ection I ntroduction; Black Women And Labor Force Participation: An Analysis Of Sluggish Growth Rates; The Myth of the Double-Advantage: Black Female Managers; Comparable Worth and its Impact on Black Women; Book Reviews: When and Where I Enter Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow; DISCUSSION; Education and Training S ection In troduction; A Report on the Educational Status of Black Women During the un Decade of Women, 1976-85; Black Women in Employment and Training Programs; Black Women And The Job Training Partnership Act; Discussion; Single-Parent Families S ection I ntroduction; Black Women Who Head Families: An Economic Struggle; Strategies Used By Black Single Mothers Against Stress; Book Review Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980; Health Issues S ection I ntroduction; General Health Conditions And Medical Insurance Issues Concerning Black Women; Employment Implications Of A Changing Health-Care System; Public Policy And Health-Care Delivery: A Practitioner's Perspective; Discussion I; Discussion II; Development Issues S ection I ntroduction; Women And Self-Employment In Urban Tanzania; Jamaican Working-Class Women: Producers And Reproducers; You Have Struck A Rock: A Note On The Status Of Black Women In South Africa 1; Discussion; Research and Policy Implications S ection I ntroduction; A Research Agenda On The Economic Status Of Black Women; A Legislative/Policy Agenda To Improve The Status Of Black Women; About the Authors

O autorze

Margaret C. Simms