Changing Places

Introduction Women, Feminisms and Methods - Susan Yeandle PART ONE: WOMEN, WORK AND INCOME Women and Work - Susan Yeandle The Feminisation of Poverty - Carol Walker PART TWO: WOMEN AND HOME Househunting - Jane Darke The Englishwoman's Castle? - Jane Darke Women and Homelessness - Penny Lidstone PART THREE: CHALLENGES FOR PLANNING The Man-Shaped City - Jane Darke Women's Safety - Helen Morrell Women and Transport - Rosalie Hill Women Shopping - Dory Reeves Women and Leisure - Eileen Green PART FOUR: CHANGING PLACES Women and Consultation - Chris Booth Breaking down Barriers - Chris Booth

`This book provides a useful stepping stone for developing more focused arguments and research for the future roles of gender in cities. It can be recommended as a text... chapters contribute new perspectives and raise serious feminist agendas for empowerment and diversity' - Local Government Studies 'Changing Places provides an up-to-date account of women's transport use, of gendered patterns in shopping behaviour and of women's access to housing in Britain today, as well as of initiatives to involve women in planning decisions' - Local Economy 'A welcome addition since it brings together the diversity of women's experiences and a range of perspectives from recent studies in an accessible and thorough format' - Housing Studies 'This book is good value for money, especially if you are a housing student' - Environment and Planning B 'It is well researched, readable and thought-provoking, and it does not demand cover-to-cover reading; dipping into it would sacrifice neither sense nor clarity' - Chartered Surveyor Monthly