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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... Scholars' Statement identifies two major concerns of international feminist scholarship and advocacy that are often seen as alternatives and in opposition: globalization and the politicization of religions. The scholars' investigations ...
... scholars have pointed out that liberalism and markets tend to disadvantage women who have the responsibility for children; their inadequate resources (educational, social, financial, and time) make it difficult for them to compete in ...
... Scholar Isabella Bakker , whose previous work traced the gendered effects of structural adjustment , emphasizes the gendered impact of neoliberal governance , a process that has shifted many government functions to private institutions ...
... scholars deplore, such as trafficking and exploitative migration as well as ethnic tensions and religious politics, would likely be occurring even if neoliberalism had not become dominant internationally. These outcomes owe as much or ...
... scholars have suggested that neoliberalism's focus on market individualism has destroyed any notion of the common good, other than the market, in many societies. The coincidence of pro-market forces and growing global inequalities has ...
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 |