We are happy to announce the online publication of the first issue of Compaso – Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology. The first issue discusses gender through research articles that tackle it from a wide-range of perspectives, which are informed by empirical data coming from various cultural contexts.
You are kindly invited to read and comment on the articles, which are available at the following addresses:
Issue 1 / 2010: Women and Men
Volume 1, Number 1, May 2010
Invited article
Laura Grünberg / Gendering research. From skepticism to trust. General contexts, local comments
Research articles
Edgar Burns / Women teachers and policemen: different career transition paths to becoming lawyers
Catarina Delaunay / Gender differentiation and new trends concerning the division of household labour within couples: the case of emergency physicians
Bogdana Humă / Gender differences in impression formation
Marta Maia / Construction identitaire, relations amoureuses et comportements sexuels à risque de jeunes de la banlieue parisienne
Shirley Sun Hsiao-Li / The “final say” is not the last word. Gendered patterns, perceptions, and processes in household decision making among Chinese immigrant couples in Canada
Research notes
Akinyemi Akanni & Aransiola Joshua / Gender perspectives in self assessment of quality of life of the elderly in South-Western Nigeria. Are there variations in quality of life among ageing male and female?
Chioma Daisy Ebeniro / Knowledge and beliefs about HIV/AIDS among male and female students of Nigerian Universities
Michael Olakunle Folami / Women’s response to the question of development in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Review articles
Lavinia Alexe / Romantic relationships and their transformation in the reflexive society – themes and methods in Jean-Claude Kaufmann’s surveys
Simona Ciotlăuș / Questioning subordination: women and feminism in anthropology
Irina Zamfirache / Women and politics – the glass ceiling