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| Author: | Alexander, A. C. Welzel, C. |
| Title: | Empowering women: The role of emancipative beliefs |
| Journal: | European sociological review
2011 : JUN, VOL. 27:3, p. 364-384 |
| Index terms: | empowerment gender women sociology |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The article concerns the empowerment of women as an encompassing social process that penetrates a wide range of social domains. The study is found the theory of 'belief-mediated social change' and hypothesizes that subjective beliefs mediate the influence of objective opportunities on empowerment. The findings show that objective opportunities coupled with the rise of knowledge societies advance women's empowerment. |
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