Gender and the digital economy : perspectives from the developing world /
In the global discourse on ICTs, the concern so far has primarily been outsourcing and the loss of service sector jobs from the developed world. This book focuses, instead, on the positive aspects of the digital economy as they relate to women in the developing world. It illustrates--with case studi...
| Други автори: | Ng, Cecilia, 1950-, Mitter, Swasti, 1939-2016. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
2005.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=305632 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Gender and the digital economy. |
| Резюме: |
In the global discourse on ICTs, the concern so far has primarily been outsourcing and the loss of service sector jobs from the developed world. This book focuses, instead, on the positive aspects of the digital economy as they relate to women in the developing world. It illustrates--with case studies from Argentina, Morocco, India, Malaysia and the Philippines--how economic empowerment through the medium of ICTs can change the position of women within their families and the workplace, even in the face of uneven development processes. This timely volume, which is rooted in primary and original r. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9788132103622 8132103629 9780761934103 0761934103 9788178295732 8178295733 9788132112655 8132112652 |