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Introduction sue armitage for the Frontiers Editorial Collective The articles in this issue of Frontiers cover a wide geographic range and an equally wide variety of theoretical approaches. Nevertheless, they are strongly linked by a concern with gender equality: ways of measuring it, ways of achieving it, and the costs of its absence. This is not a new theme in feminist scholarship, but as these articles resonate with each other in this issue we learn some new things. First, Laurie Wermuth and Miriam Ma'at-Ka-Re Monges tackle the issue of comparability. In "Gender Stratification: A Structural Model for Examining Case Examples of Women in Less-Developed Countries" they propose a structural /materialist sociological model to facilitate comparative measurement of gender equality in a rapidly changing world. Impelled by the dangers to women in traditional societies of global socioeconomic penetration, the authors first construct a taxonomy of types of societies and types of gender stratification. Illustrating their model with analyses of increasing gender inequality in three less-developed countries--Kerela, Malawi, and Cambodia-- they conclude with a set of specific policy recommendations. Their article both warns of the increased gender inequality caused by globalization and suggests some specifically useful tools to fight it. By http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies University of Nebraska Press

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sue armitage for the Frontiers Editorial Collective The articles in this issue of Frontiers cover a wide geographic range and an equally wide variety of theoretical approaches. Nevertheless, they are strongly linked by a concern with gender equality: ways of measuring it, ways of achieving it, and the costs of its absence. This is not a new theme in feminist scholarship, but as these articles resonate with each other in this issue we learn some new things. First, Laurie Wermuth and Miriam Ma'at-Ka-Re Monges tackle the issue of comparability. In "Gender Stratification: A Structural Model for Examining Case Examples of Women in Less-Developed Countries" they propose a structural /materialist sociological model to facilitate comparative measurement of gender equality in a rapidly changing world. Impelled by the dangers to women in traditional societies of global socioeconomic penetration, the authors first construct a taxonomy of types of societies and types of gender stratification. Illustrating their model with analyses of increasing gender inequality in three less-developed countries--Kerela, Malawi, and Cambodia-- they conclude with a set of specific policy recommendations. Their article both warns of the increased gender inequality caused by globalization and suggests some specifically useful tools to fight it. By

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Published: Jan 4, 2002

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