Buch
Monografie
Unpacking globalization : markets, gender, and work
Herausgegeben von:
Lucas, Linda E.
Lanham, Md. [u. a.]:
Lexington Books
,
2007
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333 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Herausgegeben von: | Lucas, Linda E. |
| Jahr: | 2007 |
| Maße: | 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 073912157X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| The 28 chapters conduct a gender analysis of globalization and its impact on women and gender equity from a variety of theoretical and geographical perspectives. The volume has been organized into sections that provide historical background and analysis of global economic changes; present case studies of women and men coping with shifting economic realities in Burkina Faso, Canada, India, Malaysia, South Africa, and Uganda; describe feminist research on globalization and gendered structures of work; and explore the role of women as entrepreneurs and networking agents. Contents: Gender perspectives on economics, solidarity and survival -- Unpacking globalization : markets, gender and work / Linda E. Lucas -- Gender, the economy and the workplace : issues for the women's movement / Margaret Snyder -- Countergeographies of globalization : the feminization of survival / Saskia Sassen -- Globalization, structural adjustment and women's transitional solidarities / Manisha Desai -- Engendering human security : intersections of security, globalization and gender / Kristen Timothy -- Sub-Saharan Africa : globalization, trade liberalization and impact on the lives of the poor / Ngila Mwase -- Sustainability of rural communities in a global perspective : limitations and opportunities / MartaB. Chiappe and Emma Zapata Martelo -- Shifting realities: women and men moving in the economy -- Gender and work in Malaysia : forces behind the work patterns / Noor Rahamah Hj. Abu Bakar -- Locating women : structure and work in the Ugandan macroeconomy / Linda E. Lucas -- Inquiries into women's perceptions of what constitutes their well-being / Akello Zerupa -- Urban employment for rural women--gains and challenges / Mahua Mukerjee -- Family responsibilities : the politics of love and care / Meg Luxton -- Social security of elderly women and men in Burkina Faso / Claudia Roth and Fatoumata Badini-Kinda -- Traditional female sex workers of Rajasthan, India : an ethnographic study of the Nat community / Ramesh Chand Swarankar -- Gendering the economy : some experiments from the Indian sub-continent / Sakuntala Narasimhan -- Women as wealth creators and managers in Uganda / Margaret Kigozi -- Has affirmative action reached South African women? / Vannie Naidoo -- Engendering the world of commerce -- Re-thinking organizational theory from a feminist perspective / Ronit Kark -- "Translating empowerment" : Swedish immigrant women and state sponsored employment projects / Lena Sawyer -- The empowerment of women and productive backyard projects in Mexico / Esperanza Tunon Pablos -- Mainstreaming gender into NGO work : a case study from Nigeria / Patricia Daniel -- Rethinking female entrepreneurship discourse : the perilous problems of cultural mythicizing in a globalizing society / Julius Kikooma -- Women entrepreneurs : a challenge to a gendered economy / Elsje Dijkgraaff -- Out of the house : entrepreneurship, savings and networking as empowerment -- Women in business networks / Catherine Komugisha Tindiwensi -- Women's entrepreneurship : the empowerment of women through enterprise development training / Angela Beigaruraho Bazaare and Juliet Nazziwa Musoke -- Empowerment of women through credit facilities : a case of FINCA in Jinja District, Uganda / Harriet Muwanika Kiwemba -- Possiblities for saving money? female slum dwellers in Bangalore / Signe Ekenberg -- Analysis of factors influencing the survival of women's economic groups in Tanzania / Aurelia N. Kamuzora and Faustin R. Kamuzora. | |
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