Global Empowerment of Women: Responses to Globalization and Politicized ReligionsCarolyn M. Elliott Routledge, 2007 M12 12 - 416 pages The empowerment of women is a broadly endorsed strategy for solving a host of difficult problems, from child poverty to gender violence to international development. The seventeen international scholars in this multi-disciplinary volume offer thoughtful critiques of the notion of empowerment based on their studies in twenty countries in all regions of the world. The comparative introduction places concepts of empowerment in the context of models of the market and of community, showing how contradictions in these models as they are enacted on the ground provide both spaces and constraints for women. The chapters consider opportunities for women in the context of globalization, resurgent nationalism and politicized religion, cultures of masculinity, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. They show how initiatives at national or global levels are transformed by local cultures and power structures, and demonstrate the fruitfulness of tensions between universal values of human rights and contextualized understandings. This landmark, multi-disciplinary collection of original studies by distinguished international feminist scholars will be an essential addition to the fields of Political Science, Women’s Studies, Economics, Sociology, International Development, and Environmental Studies. |
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... economic terms, this translates into a preference that the market allocate most resources, that individuals exercise choice, and that property rights be protected. Proponents of the market claim equality and inclusion, though markets ...
... economy of care does not enter into national economic accounts and is neglected in government policy . Pressures by international economic institutions to reduce inflation led many governments to cut back state expenditures on services ...
... economic policy has hastened the spread of market capitalism but not otherwise affected government functioning, it ... economy, eroding food security and propelling women to seek wage work in exploitative urban factories.16 Part of the ...
... economic institutions over the human rights/ social development agencies places commitments made to the Beijing Platform for Action and the UN Millennium Development Goals at risk. Possible links between market reforms and the new ...
... economic environment , as well as to cultural assumptions and discourses , in which women and men in poor communities seek power , empowerment strategies cannot reach their goals . Parpart , Rai , and Staudt call for " historically ...
Contents
Reproductive Technologies | |
Opportunities and Contradictions | |
Women in Saudi Arabia | |
Negotiating with Multiple Patriarchies | |
The Case of | |
Commissions | |
Rape Trauma and Meaning | |
What Have Boys | |
Religion Violence and Womens | |
What Does | |
The Criminalization of Youth | |
Feminists the Catholic Church and | |
Works Cited | |
Law as a Site of Struggle | |
Shariah Activism in Nigeria Under Hudud | |
Gender and EU Accession | |
Contributors | |
Index | |
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Global Empowerment of Women: Responses to Globalization and Politicized ... Carolyn M Elliott No preview available - 2012 |