Transforming Psychology

Gender in Theory and Practice

Stephanie Riger (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2000
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-507466-6 (ISBN)

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A collection of previously published essays by a prominent feminist/psychologist. Riger attempts to challenge the underlying assumptions and methods of psychology as they are applied to the study of women.

Over the last two decades, a rich, diverse, yet sometimes contradictory body of research has been gathered under the general rubric of 'psychology of women'. This burgeoning literature represents several disciplines, among them psychology, psychiatry, sociology, political science, and women's studies. To bring sense to this agglomeration of views, both for the layperson and the student, the author looks at research in this area as a social process and refutes the notion that science can be objective about its search for universal truths. She asks us to refect on how we choose among explanations of behavior, calling the need to examine the psychology of women in a social and historical context. Throughout the book, Riger reveals how interpretive frameworks shape how we perceive research findings. Her central theme suggests that social factors shape the meaning and experience of biological femaleness.

Stephanie Riger is Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.9.2000
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 231 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-19-507466-1 / 0195074661
ISBN-13	978-0-19-507466-6 / 9780195074666
Zustand	Neuware