Gender and Science: Studies across Cultures

Neelam Kumar

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Gender and Science

Studies across Cultures

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Neelam Kumar, Scientist at the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies

Publisher:: Foundation Books
Online publication date:: May 2013
Print publication year:: 2012
Online ISBN:: 9789382264965
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9789382264965

Subjects:: History, History of Science: General Interest

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Science has been gender biased for centuries across cultural contexts. Different ideological constructions of gender through different eras have restricted women's access to science. The twentieth century, especially its second half, witnessed certain important changes in terms of women's status in society. Gender and Science: Studies across Cultures includes essays by leading academics and researchers from different parts of the world, who discuss gender and science in their society and explore the relevance of gender theories. The book is divided into two broad sections. The first section provides conceptual reflections on gendered science and the second section examines the gender-science relationship using examples from various cultural contexts. This unique volume tries to answer several important questions such as these: Could science become free from gender biases? Could gender and science issues go beyond race, class, colonization and social and geographical distinctions? Are gender and science relations universal as assumed by the 'ethos of science' or vary with the culture? The book also tries to strike a balance between analyses of the gender dimension of science itself and the role of the wider social, economic and cultural factors. This interdisciplinary volume will be an important resource for graduate students and research scholars of gender studies, social history, psychology and sociology. Those interested in gender and science as well as cross-cultural issues will also find this book useful.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Contributors
pp ix-xii

Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction: Reflections and Realities across Cultures
pp xv-xxx

Section I - Approaches and Perspectives
pp 1-2

1 - Getting More Women into Science: Knowledge Issues
pp 3-19

2 - Gender Imbalance in Science: Cultural Similarities and Diferences
pp 20-36

3 - Gender and Technology
pp 37-60

4 - Gender, Science, and the Psychology of Science
pp 61-75

5 - Women and Minorities in Science: Discrimination and the Solution
pp 76-92

Section II - Illustrative Examples
pp 93-94

6 - Women and Science in the Netherlands: A Dutch Case
pp 95-149

7 - Japanese Women Scientists: Trends and Strategies
pp 150-171

8 - Saudi Women: Their Role in Science and Education
pp 172-184

9 - Changing the Facts: Gender Dimensions of the South African Public Science System
pp 185-207

10 - Demographic Inertia and the Glass Ceiling in American Science (1979–2000)
pp 208-226

11 - Women in Science in France
pp 227-263

12 - Women and Science: Issues and Perspectives in the Indian Context
pp 264-292

Conclusion: The Persistent Patterns!
pp 293-300

Bibliography
pp 301-318

Index
pp 319-323

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