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A Geography of Gender Relations: Role Patterns in the Context of Different Regional Industrial Development

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  • Karen Stuyck
  • Sarah Luyten
  • Chris Kesteloot
  • Henk Meert
  • Katleen Peleman

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Stuyck K., Luyten S., Kesteloot C., Meert H. and Peleman K. A geography of gender relations: role patterns in the context of different regional industrial development, Regional Studies. Feminist geographers state that gender relations produce spatial structures and that, in turn, these structures help to maintain these relations. In order to explore this idea, the paper considers the household role pattern of women in two different economic regions in Belgium with different histories of industrial activity: the textile region in Ghent and the coal basin in Limburg. The paper emphasizes the influence of these regional economic developments on the time budget of women and on the effect of their activities on their use and experience of space. It pays particular attention to the crucial role played by the social infrastructure available at different spatial levels. A comparison of both regions discloses a remarkable and lingering difference in women's role pattern and, by extension, the male role pattern. [image omitted] Stuyck K., Luyten S., Kesteloot C., Meert H. et Peleman K. Une geographie des rapports entre les sexes - la repartition des roles dans le contexte du developpement industrialo-regional variable, Regional Studies. Des geographes feministes affirment que les rapports entre les sexes creent des structures geographiques et, a leur tour, ces structures renforcent ces rapports-la. Pour expliquer cette idee, cet article cherche a considerer la repartition des roles des femmes au menage dans deux regions economiques distinctes dont les histoires industrielles sont differentes; a savoir, la region du textile de Gand et le bassin minier de Limbourg, en Belgique. Cet article met l'accent sur l'influence de ces developpements economiques regionaux sur les occupations journalieres des femmes et sur l'impact de leurs activites sur leur emploi et leur experience de l'espace. On prete une attention particuliere au role primordial que joue la disponibilite de l'equipement social a divers niveaux geographiques. Une comparaison des deux regions laisse voir un ecart a la fois remarquable et persistant de la repartition des roles des femmes et, par la suite, de la repartition des roles des hommes. Geographie regionale Repartition des pouvoirs Sentiers temporels geographiques Geographie feministe Gand Limbourg Stuyck K., Luyten S., Kesteloot C., Meert H. und Peleman K. Eine Geografie der Beziehungen zwischen den Geschlechtern. Rollenmuster im Kontext unterschiedlicher regionaler Industrieentwicklung, Regional Studies. Feministischen Geografinnen und Geografen zufolge produzieren die Beziehungen zwischen den Geschlechtern raumliche Strukturen, welche ihrerseits zum Erhalt dieser Beziehungen beitragen. Um diese Idee weiterzuverfolgen, untersuchen wir in diesem Beitrag die Muster der Haushaltsrollen von Frauen in zwei verschiedenen Wirtschaftsregionen mit einer unterschiedlichen Geschichte industrieller Aktivitat: der Textilregion von Gent und des Kohlebeckens von Limburg (beide in Belgien). In unserem Beitrag betonen wir den Einfluss dieser regionalen Wirtschaftsentwicklungen auf den Zeitetat der Frauen und auf die Auswirkung ihrer Aktivitaten hinsichtlich ihrer Nutzung und Erfahrung von Raum. Besondere Beachtung findet die wesentliche Rolle der gesellschaftlichen Infrastruktur, die auf verschiedenen raumlichen Ebenen zur Verfugung steht. Bei einem Vergleich der beiden Regionen zeigt sich ein bemerkenswerter, noch andauernder Unterschied hinsichtlich des Rollenmusters der Frauen und - durch Erweiterung - der Manner. Regionalgeografie Machtbeziehungen Zeit-Raum-Pfade Feministische Geografie Gent Limburg Stuyck K., Luyten S., Kesteloot C., Meert H. y Peleman K. Una geografia de relaciones entre sexos. Los modelos de roles en el contexto de diferentes desarrollos industriales regionales, Regional Studies. Los geografos feministas defienden que las relaciones entre sexos producen estructuras espaciales y que estas estructuras ayudan a su vez a mantener estas relaciones. A fin de explorar esta idea, en este ensayo analizamos el modelo del rol familiar de las mujeres en dos regiones economicamente diferentes con historias distintas de actividad industrial: la region textil de Gante y la cuenca hullera de Limburgo, en Belgica. En este articulo recalcamos como influyen estos desarrollos economicos regionales en el presupuesto de tiempo de las mujeres y en el efecto que sus actividades tienen en su uso y experiencia del espacio. Prestamos especial atencion al rol decisivo desempenado por la infraestructura social disponible en diferentes niveles espaciales. Comparando ambas regiones descubrimos una diferencia notable y persistente en el modelo de rol femenino, y por extension el modelo del rol masculino. Geografia regional Relaciones de poder Rutas de tiempo-espacio Geografia feminista Gante Limburgo

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  • Karen Stuyck & Sarah Luyten & Chris Kesteloot & Henk Meert & Katleen Peleman, 2008. "A Geography of Gender Relations: Role Patterns in the Context of Different Regional Industrial Development," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(1), pages 69-82.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:42:y:2008:i:1:p:69-82
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400701291492
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    1. Nihan Akyelken, 2017. "Mobility-Related Economic Exclusion: Accessibility and Commuting Patterns in Industrial Zones in Turkey," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(4), pages 175-182.
    2. Welter, Friederike & Brush, Candida & De Bruin, Anne, 2014. "The gendering of entrepreneurship context," Working Papers 01/14, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn.

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