Margaret Alston

Breaking Through Grass Ceiling (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Farm women are virtually absent from the leadership positions which structure agricultural organisations and policy and shape the industry. This book examines the contemporary position of women in agriculture, drawing on interviews and surveys with many hundreds of Australian women - farmers, bureaucrats, leaders and activists - and with powerful men in the industry. Giving a voice to rural women, the book presents a wide-ranging, rich tapestry of opinion and insight. Feminists, social scientists - both researchers and students - and others interested in gaining an understanding of gender relations in rural areas and organisations will find this book a fascinating read and an invaluable resource.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134435982
• Artikelnr.: 40823162

Autorenporträt

Margaret Alston is the Director of the Centre for Rural Social Research and Associate Professor of Social Work at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia. She is a long-time activist for rural women.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Australian Women
Agriculture and Leadership
1. Women at the Grass Roots - Potential Leaders or Disinterested Bystanders?
2. The Culture in Agriculture
3. The State
Agriculture and the Place of Women
4. Organisational Practices and Leadership
5. Women on Agricultural Decision-Making Bodies
6. Women in the Bureaucracy
7. Points of Resistance - Women's Organisations
8. Triple Jeopardy - Women of Non-English Speaking Background
9. Triple Jeopardy - Aboriginal Women
10. Increasing Women's Role in Agricultural Leadership
Bibliography
Appendix A - Board Chairs Questionnaire
Appendix B - Women in Representative Positions Questionnaire
Appendix C - Women at Grass Roots Questionnaire
Index