Orthodox views of globalization assume that it has the same features and impact everywhere, i.e. the feminization of poverty, labour and even peace. As these ideas circulate in official documents and scientific writings, they settle practically as truths. This challenging and unique book is amongst the first to deconstruct these orthodoxies, using a multi-layered gender analysis where globalization is not treated as a linear and top-down process with a known outcome and a pre-conceived definition of gender. Instead, the authors scrutinize the dynamics of each context on its own merits, including the agency of women and men, resulting in unexpected and groundbreaking insights into the variety of differences apparent, even in sometimes seemingly similar global processes. Through this gender lens, different and new meanings of gender appear, rooted in multiple modernities. The book will be a seminal contribution to debates in the fields of international labour, sexuality, identity, feminism, peace studies and migration.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780754673224
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96671404
Product Key Features
Author
Francien Van Driel
Publication Name
The Gender Question in Globalization: Changing Perspectives and Practices
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
246 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
386g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Francien Van Driel
Series Title
Gender in a Global/Local WORLD
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Editor
Tine Davids
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