دانلود کتاب Reconstructions of Gender and Information Technology: Women Doing IT for Themselves

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Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Women Fighting Gender Stereotypes in a Gender Egalitarian Culture
Introduction: Continuous Gender Disparity in Technology
What makes Women Enter IT?
Women’s Underrepresentation—A Multidimensional Challenge
Theoretical and Methodological Framework for the Book
Empirical Material
Analytical Framework
Structure of the Book
Chapter 2: The Unsolved Mystery of the Gender Imbalance in IT
Introduction: A Western Challenge
Numbers Talking
Barriers for Women’s Participation in IT
A Nordic Gender Equality Paradox
What Brings Women to IT?
Effects of Recruitment Measures
Alternative Training Arenas
Stereotypes Affecting Supporters
Challenging the Notion of Gender Equality
Chapter 3: Women’s Chronological Pathways to IT Education
Introduction: Looking for Positive Drivers and Turning Points
A Chronological Drawing of the Pathways to IT
Pathway 1: Interest in IT as a Driving Factor
Pathway 2: Recruited into IT Education
Pathway 3: An Unintended and Accidental Study Choice
Pathway 4: An Alternative Platform
Pathway 5: A Detour before “Discovering” IT
Pathway 6: Encouraged because IT is Suitable for Girls
Lessons from the Pathways
Chapter 4: Girl Power: Reconstructing the Gendered Space of IT
Introduction: Space Invader Experiences
Gamers, Geeks, and Hackers—Identifying the Norm as Masculine
Claiming Visibility—Claiming Space
Cracking the Code of Being a Girl in IT
Alternative Interests, Motivations, and Competences
The Space Invaders’ Penalty Round
Is it Enough to Feel like an Insider?
Reconstructions
Chapter 5: Girls Don’t Walk Alone: Supporters’ Investment in Welcoming Girls and Women into Fields of IT
Introduction: Shifting Perspective to Supporters
Schools’ Attitudes and Strategies for Supporting Women into IT
Hesitating to Focus on Gender Differences
Distrusting Women’s Interest in Technology
Sorting Women by Interest
A Burden of Doubt Paired with Postfeminist Assumptions
When Doing Nothing Appears to be the Right Thing to Do
The Schools’ Responses Versus the Women’s Experiences
Avoiding Gender Issues Reduces Schools’ Role as Supporters for Women
A Narrow Definition of Interest in IT Excludes Alternative Types of Interest
When Gender Barriers are Cleared Away, Free Choice Remains
Girls Still Doing IT for Themselves
Chapter 6: Gender Patterns, Equality Paradoxes, and Lessons for an Inclusive Digital Future
Introduction: A Global Digital Transformation
Space Invader Lessons: Barriers, Turning Points, and Reconstructions
Paradoxes, Postfeminism, and a Non-performative Policy
Reconstructing Motivation with Interest as Key
Doing IT Together with the Ecosystem
The International Picture
Closing Reflections: The Untapped Potential
References