Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their...

Das Papier entwickelt einen vorläufigen Analyserahmen für den systematischen Vergleich unterschiedlicher Typen von Aktivierungspolitiken im Hinblick auf ihre Implikationen für das Wohlfahrtsdreieck zwischen Staat-Markt-Familie und Geschlechterungleichheiten. Ausgangspunkt ist die Erkenntnis,...

pt. 1. Glass ceilings, floors, and walls. -- Restraints on advancement -- Glass ceilings and floors: the court cases -- Prices of motherhood: stereotyping, work/life issues, and opting out -- In a different register: women in the governance model -- Bully broads, iron maidens, queen bees, and...

Offers empirically-grounded insights into various issues surrounding gender and migration into and within Europe. This work presents a comprehensive and critical overview of the historical, legal, policy and cultural framework underpinning different types of European migration.