Technology and Rural Women - Conceptual and Empirical Issues

First published in 1985, Technology and Rural Women synthesizes the fragmented empirical evidence and the wide range of theoretical approaches on the effects of modernisation on women in the developing world.

List of contents

Preface Editor’s Acknowledgements List of Contributors List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction Part I: Conceptual Approaches 2. Technological Change and Rural Women: A Conceptual Analysis 3. Effects of Technological Change on Rural Women: A Review of Analysis and Concepts Part II: Empirical Overviews 4. Women and Technological Change in Agriculture: The Asian and African Experience 5. Technologies for Rural Women: Impact and Dissemination Part III: Programmes and Projects 6. Modernisation, Production Organisation and Rural Women in Kenya 7. Technologies for Rural Women of Ghana: Role of Socio-Cultural Factors 8. Innovation and Rural Women in Nigeria: Cassava Processing and Food Production 9. Improved Technologies for Rural Women: Problems and Prospects in Sierra Leone 10. Conclusions Bibliography Index

About the author

Iftikhar Ahmed

Summary

First published in 1985, Technology and Rural Women synthesizes the fragmented empirical evidence and the wide range of theoretical approaches on the effects of modernisation on women in the developing world.

Product details

• Authors: Iftikhar Ahmed
• Assisted by: Iftikhar Ahmed (Editor), Ahmed Iftikhar (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032321516
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232151-6
• No. of pages: 398
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Rural communities, Developing Countries, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Global South / Developing countries, Rural communities / rural life