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Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World
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Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World Hardcover - 1999

by H. Afshar (Editor); S. Barrientos (Editor)


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The process of globalization has had a dramatic impact on the lives of women in developing countries in the past decade. They have been increasingly drawn into insecure flexible employment working for the world market. The feminisation of the labour market has increased the burdens on women, and the inability of men to access full-time well-remunerated employment has exacerbated the process of male out-migration and has left many families headed by women. At the same time the reduction in state services and welfare has increased the burdens placed on women. Nevertheless the consequences of globalization have been different for different women in different places. In some circumstances it has created opportunities for greater empowerment, whilst in others it has stimulated a reaction and increased the subordination of women. This book explores the experiences of women in diverse local contexts within different cultures and faiths, drawing on case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America. It draws out the contradictory and fragmented impact of globalization at the local level on the lives of women in the developing world.

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  • Title Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World
  • Author H. Afshar (Editor); S. Barrientos (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 230
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Palgrave MacMillan, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-10-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780312216597 / 0312216599
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.83 x 5.73 x 0.97 in (22.43 x 14.55 x 2.46 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Developing World
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Women - Developing countries - Social, Women in development - Developing countries
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-23858
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.420

About the author

SYLVIA CHANT Reader in Geography, London School of Economics NOHA EL-MIKAWY Research Fellow, University of Er-langen COLETTE HARRIS currently working on her PhD, Institute of Development Research, Amsterdam University RACHEL KURIAN Senior Lecturer in International Labour Economics, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague JAHNAVI PHALKEY Research Fellow, Asiatic Society, Bombay DIANE PERRONS Lecturer in Geography, London School of Economics SHIRIN RAI Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Warwick INES SMYTH has a PhD in Social Anthropology, University College London SINTIKI TARFA Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
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