Introduction: why the gender divide in computer games is an important and timely issue -- The computer game industry, market, and culture -- Games and society: can games make a better world? -- Play preferences and the gendering of gaming -- Representation, image, and identity -- Game workers...

Gender economics: an introduction to contemporary gender economics / Susanne Moore -- A note on the history of gender economics and feminist economics: not the same story / Giandomenica Becchio -- Impact of microfinance on female empowerment: a review of the empirical literature / Sefa Kwami...

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The development of information and communication technologies enables dynamic social interaction through computer-mediated communication. This book describes the growing proliferation of CMC applications and the need for new perspectives, methods and tools for research and practice. It explores...

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Caste, class, and IT in India / Elizabeth Langran -- India's Dalits search for a democratic opening in the digital divide / P. Thirumal, Gary Michael Tartaw -- Exploring the notion of "technology as public good" : emerging characteristics and trends of the digital divide in East Asian education...

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