Books in the Gender and Well-Being series

Drawing on both historical and contemporary European case-studies, this book offers an account of the relationship between gender and well-being. It focuses on key discussions of the changing conceptions of well-being from early twentieth century calculations of the relationship between income and the cost-of-living.

This book looks at how social, cultural, geographical and economic environment as well as different legal and juridical systems have shaped and influenced the access of women and men to the economy and to the market and how these systems allowed spaces for economic actions, according to a gendered perspective.

Social movements can improve the well-being of men and women but are frequently analysed through a gender-neutral lens. Taking an international and cross-disciplinary perspective, this book examines the impact of social movements on political and material well-being.

Includes chapters that focus on the following sub-topics: gender and welfare regimes; gender, well-being and the provision of care in the family and the household; and gender and well-being in the labour market.

The expansion of service sector employment, the emergence of more flexible working practices and the increased participation of women in European labour have been key trends in most European countries. This book includes essays that analyse these changes and situate them in a wider historical and geographical context.

Drugs are considered to be healers and harmers, wonder substances and knowledge makers; objects that impact on social hierarchies, health practices and public policies. This book focuses on the ways that gender, race/ethnicity and class, influence the design, standardisation and circulation of drugs throughout several highly medicalised countries.

Using case-studies from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, this book presents evidence of the evolution of the gender inequalities in Latin America during the twentieth century, using basic indicators of human development, namely education, health and the labour market.