Women and the City

Using case-studies from Oxford to Beijing and Chicago, Women and the City shows women constructing their lives in the urban environment, sometimes working against a system where needs are marginalized. Women are shown as community activists, homeless women, carers, patients, travellers, rock musicians and workers. The book emphasizes women as active agents, and the contributors include women working in urban management as well as academics from diverse backgrounds.

MAVIS BAYTON Sociology Tutor, Ruskin CollegeSUE BROWNILL Lecturer, School of Planning, Oxford Brookes UniversityBEA CAMPBELL Visiting Professor of Women's Studies, Newcastle UniversityCHARLOTTE COLEMAN Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, Transport Planning, Oxford Brookes UniversityLIZ DOHERTY Oxford Brookes University, School of Hotel and Restaurant ManagementSUSANNA GRAHAM-JONES Practising GP, OxfordSARAH HARPER Senior Research Fellow and Director, Oxford CentreSATYA KARTARA Equal Opportunities Officer, Oxford City CouncilHELENA KENNEDY Chancellor, Oxford Brookes UniversityKAREN KUEHNE AuthorSIMONETTA MANFREDI School of Languages, Oxford Brookes UniversityCECILIA NATHANSEN MILWERTZ Research Fellow, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, CopenhagenCAROLINE MORRELL previously Ruskin College and Oxford Brookes UniversitySIOBHAN REILLY Research Associate, School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of ManchesterHILARY ROLLIN School of Languages, Oxford Brookes University VERNA ROWLAND Housing PractitionerHELEN RUSSELL Research Officer, Economic and Social Research Institute, DublinHILARY SIMPSON Human Resources Manager, Oxfordshire County CouncilELIZABETH WILSON Professor of Cultural Studies, University of London