Table of Contents

Part 1 Overview: promise and disappointment of the modern era - equality for women, Jane L. Ziele; women's work, women's lives - a comparative economic perspective, Francine D. Blau and Marianne A. Ferber. Part 2 Modernizing regions: caught in the crisis - women in the economies of sub-Saharan Africa, Gordon Weil; development and changing gender roles in Latin America and the Caribbean, Helen I. Safa; women, employment, and social change in the Middle East and North Africa, Valentine M. Moghadam. Part 3 Socialist economies in transition: women and work in Communist and Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe, Sharon L. Wolchik; the interaction of women's work and family roles in the USSR, Gail W. Lapidus. Part 4 Industrial economies: women's labour market experiences in the two Germanies, Hedwig Rudolph; politics, progress and compromise - women's work and lives in Great Britain, Emma MacLennan; central in the family and marginal in the work force - women's place in Japanese society, Ann Cordilia and Kazuko Ohta; women and the welfare state in the Nordic countries, Elina Haavio-Mannila and Kaisa Kauppinen; work-family policies in the United States, Joseph H. Pleck. Part 5 Conclusion: progress or stalemate? a cross-national comparison of women's status and roles, Hilda Kahne.

About the Author

Gail W. Lapidus is senior fellow at the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.