The present volume developed from a Conference, where one of us – Elisabetta Ruspini – organized the session “Engendering Longitudinal Data Analysis: the Contribution of Dynamic Research to the Study of Women’s Life Courses” (fifth International Conference on Social Research Methods, Koeln, October 2000). The session intended to explore the potential of longitudinal research as a powerful tool for appreciating the gender dimension of social life. The papers presented all used both a longitudinal and a gender-sensitive research approach; moreover, they all focussed on issues where gender differences are central: employment, family changes, motherhood, poverty, social exclusion, income. Thirdly, they combined longitudinal, gender-sensitive and comparative perspectives, a very fruitful paradigm of analysis. Finally, they used a number of different longitudinal data sources: from household panel studies to retrospective interviews, from cohort studies to retrospective life history data. The topic (how to engender longitudinal analysis) is of much interest and still largely unexplored: thus, together with Angela Dale – who also presented a paper at the Conference – we thought these papers could be collected in a volume aimed at making explicit the importance of a longitudinal perspective in understanding gender differences and their evolution over time.
Dale, A., Ruspini, E. (2002). Introduction [to: The Gender Dimension of Social Change]. In A. Dale, E. Ruspini (a cura di), The Gender Dimension of Social Change. The Contribution of Dynamic Research to the Study of Women’s Life Courses (pp. 3-9). Bristol : The Policy Press.
Introduction [to: The Gender Dimension of Social Change]
RUSPINI, ELISABETTA
2002
Abstract
The present volume developed from a Conference, where one of us – Elisabetta Ruspini – organized the session “Engendering Longitudinal Data Analysis: the Contribution of Dynamic Research to the Study of Women’s Life Courses” (fifth International Conference on Social Research Methods, Koeln, October 2000). The session intended to explore the potential of longitudinal research as a powerful tool for appreciating the gender dimension of social life. The papers presented all used both a longitudinal and a gender-sensitive research approach; moreover, they all focussed on issues where gender differences are central: employment, family changes, motherhood, poverty, social exclusion, income. Thirdly, they combined longitudinal, gender-sensitive and comparative perspectives, a very fruitful paradigm of analysis. Finally, they used a number of different longitudinal data sources: from household panel studies to retrospective interviews, from cohort studies to retrospective life history data. The topic (how to engender longitudinal analysis) is of much interest and still largely unexplored: thus, together with Angela Dale – who also presented a paper at the Conference – we thought these papers could be collected in a volume aimed at making explicit the importance of a longitudinal perspective in understanding gender differences and their evolution over time.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.