Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Egypt
Finland
France
Greece
Haiti
Hong Kong
India
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Singapore
South Africa, Republic of
The Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Era
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tibet
Turkey
United States
Bibliography
Index

Promotional Information

This reference traces the development of gender roles in more than thirty countries from around the world.

About the Author

LEONORE LOEB ADLER is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute for Cross-Cultural and Cross-Ethnic Studies at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York. An internationally recognized authority on gender roles and cross-cultural psychology, she has authored more than sixty articles in professional journals and organizational publications. Her books include Women in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Praeger, 1991), Cross-Cultural Research in Human Development (Praeger, 1989), and Cross-Cultural Topics in Psychology (Praeger, in press).

Reviews

.,."As the world shrinks and cultures interact, clash, and blend, an understanding of culturally defined gender roles is becoming as important as an understanding of different political and economic systems. The Handbook provides the information on which to base both that understanding and further study of a topic that touches everyone, every day."-Wilson Library Bulletin

.,."This handbook...provides general background for seminar discussions and for others seeking an overview of gender roles in specific countries."-Political Psychology

?. . . A significant cross-cultural summary and assessment of gender role research, offering a basis both for understanding discriminatory practices and for advancing the rights of all people irrespective of gender.?-Feminist Collections

?...As the world shrinks and cultures interact, clash, and blend, an understanding of culturally defined gender roles is becoming as important as an understanding of different political and economic systems. The Handbook provides the information on which to base both that understanding and further study of a topic that touches everyone, every day.?-Wilson Library Bulletin

?...This handbook...provides general background for seminar discussions and for others seeking an overview of gender roles in specific countries.?-Political Psychology

..."This handbook...provides general background for seminar discussions and for others seeking an overview of gender roles in specific countries."-Political Psychology

." . . A significant cross-cultural summary and assessment of gender role research, offering a basis both for understanding discriminatory practices and for advancing the rights of all people irrespective of gender."-Feminist Collections

..."As the world shrinks and cultures interact, clash, and blend, an understanding of culturally defined gender roles is becoming as important as an understanding of different political and economic systems. The Handbook provides the information on which to base both that understanding and further study of a topic that touches everyone, every day."-Wilson Library Bulletin