The industrial cities in the West are employing gentrification as urban policy. Women and families play an important role as gentrification pioneers. Analysing the case of Rotterdam (the Netherlands) understands the gender dimensions of the process. Genderfication refers to the production of space for different gender relations. Urban re-generation supplements regeneration in the form of …
Previous research has suggested that men are more engaged as citizens than are women. Little is known about gender cleavages across a variety of citizenship norms. This study examines the importance men and women assign various citizenship rights and responsibilities using 2004 ISSP data from 18 Western, industrialized nations. Using a disaggregated approach to understanding …
This paper analyzes whether the organization of child care services accounts for the low geographical mobility of Southern European countries. The Southern emancipated children live close to their family to take advantage of the low labor force participation rate of their mothers in order to reconcile work and family life once they have children. It …
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