Urban girls are marginalised by poverty, ethnic discrimination, and stereotypes suggesting that they have deficits compared to their peers. This book explores the diversity of urban adolescent girls' development and the sources of support and resilience that help them to build the foundations of strength that they need as they enter adulthood.

The contrast between the benefits which the North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) was supposed to bring to Mexico and the actual consequences is the subject of thi s incisive analysis. '

Reviews the main features and policy issues of social funds, focusing on employment generation and the promotion of the gender perspective. Provides case studies of the structure, objectives and use of social funds in six developing countries. Highlights the role of community participation and the demand-driven approach to project identification.

Organized into four parts, this volume of 38 essays includes current research into African-American Vernacular English while expanding the scope of investigation and offering an assessment of the field. Following an introduction, part one focuses on language contact, including African, European, and Asian influences, and considers the interdependence involved. Part two elaborates on Southern dialect features, while part three emphasizes methods of collecting and analyzing data. The essays are the result of the second conference on Language Variety in the South. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Psychology in India Revisited - Developments in the Discipline is based on the fourth national survey of research in psychology and presents a current, analytical and critical review of basic and applied psychology.

This paper presents a series of sociopolitical reflections on the Turkish experience since the 1920s, when Mustafa Kemal Ataturk set the country on the path toward Western-style modernization, and on the results of this process, which has accelerated and generated countercurrents and a wide range of reactions. The author, who lived in Turkey for several years during the 1960s and returned after a 20-year absence, identifies significant issues for judging Turkey's future political, social, and economic evolution: the role of religion in society, the parameters of democracy, the implications of integration into Europe, and the importance of minority and extremist political forces.

The women who tell their stories in this extraordinary oral history worked in World War II defense plants.

This collection of theoretical and empirical research on gender and politics assembles contributions from a group of international scholars providing varied accounts of the political interests of gender. It examines how to bridge the gap between discursive and socio-materialist accounts of gender relations and politics. Offering new models for theoretical and empirical research, the first five chapters provide a theoretical framework for the collection, while the following eight chapters shed light on key concepts through detailed case studies of such topics as human rights, womens movements, gendered labor markets, international monetary policy, equality policy, and queer politics.--Publisher's description.