Product Description: Feminist inquiry has affected the nature of research in all the social and natural sciences over the past decade, but most contemporary writing on feminist methods simply offers a critique of traditional methods. This book, one of the first to offer a practical guide to conducting research informed by feminist methods, is based on the premise that abstract discussion of methodological issues is most meaningful and instructive in conjunction with examples of actual research...read more

Product Description: This volume is distinctive because of its clear focus on gender stratification. It begins and ends with the question of structured inequality between the sexes. Because of this orientation, readers will find the book to be more crosscultural and historical than others available, and containing more information on theories of gender stratification...read more