Cracking the Digital Ceiling

Herausgeber: Frieze, Carol; Quesenberry, Jeria L

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Produktbeschreibung

A global examination of what influences women's participation in computing and what can be done to fix the gender gap.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 187mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781108497428
• ISBN-10: 110849742X
• Artikelnr.: 56030303

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Carol Frieze and Jeria L. Quesenberry; Part I. Global
Perspectives: 1. An inegalitarian paradox Tiffany Chow and Maria Charles;
2. Perspectives from the UNESCO Science Report 2015 Toward 2030 Sophia
Huyer; 3. Field studies of women in Europe, North America, Africa and the
Asia-Pacific Eileen M. Trauth; Part II. Regional Perspectives: 4.
Socio-cultural complexities of Latin American and Caribbean women in
computing Palma Buttles and Fred Valdez, Jr; 5. A gender perspective on
computer science education in Israel Orit Hazzan, Efrat Nativ-Ronen and
Tatiana Umansky; 6. Factors influencing women's ability to enter the IT
workforce Sophia Huyer and Nancy J. Hafkin; Part III. Cultural Perspectives
from the United States of America and Europe: 7. Against all odds Monica
Adya; 8. Cultures and context in tech Sally Applin; 9. Perspectives of
women with disabilities in computing Brianna Blaser, Cynthia Bennett,
Richard Ladner, Sheryl Burgstahler and Jennifer Mankoff; 10. An interview
with Dr Sue Black, OBE, computer scientist and computing evangelist Sue
Black; 11. An overview of the Swedish educational system with a focus on
women in computer science Sinna Lindquist and Ingrid Melinder; 12.
Portugal: perspective on women in computing Arminda Guerra Lopes; 13. Women
in computing: the situation in Russia Evgeniy K. Khenner; Part IV. Cultural
Perspectives from Asia-Pacific: 14. More Chinese women needed to hold up
half the computing sky Ming Zhang and Yichun Yin; 15. How the perception of
young Malaysians towards science and mathematics influences their decision
to study computer science Mazliza Othman and Rodziah Latih; 16. Of
pedestals and professions: female software engineers in Tamil cinema
Joyojeet Pal; 17. Women in computing education: a western or a global
problem? Lessons from India Roli Varma; 18. Challenging attitudes and
disrupting stereotypes of gender and computing in Australia Catherine Lang;
Conclusion.