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Women, Democracy, and Globalization in North America
A Comparative Study
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This book examines the impact of globalization upon Canada, Mexico and the United States. It investigates changes in the structures and practices of federalism, in public policies and practices of governance and politics, and in economic livelihoods in all three nations. It also provides comparisons of the effects of globalization on women's lives.
PART I: CANADA
Women in the Canadian Political Economy; L.Harder
Gender and Globalization: National and Transnational Challenges in Canada; L.Macdonald
PART II: MEXICO
Women in the Mexican Political Economy; P.Begne
Gender and Globalization: National and Transnational Challenges in Mexico; L.Gonzalez
PART III: THE UNITED STATES
Women in the Political Economy in the United States; M.Hawkesworth
Gender and Globalization: National and Transnational Challenges in the United States; J.Bayes
JANE BAYES is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute of Gender, Globalization and Democracy at California State University, USA. She is author/editor of six books including Gender, Globalization and Democratization (Rowman and Littlefield, 2001) and Globalization, Gender, and Religion (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001).
PATRICIA BEGNÉ is a Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Guanajuato in Guanajuato, México, where she has taught since 1980. She has also practiced law and serves as a consultant to law firms in the U.S. Her publications include MujereS. (2004) and Women and Law in the State of Guanajuato (2003).
LAURA GONZALEZ is currently the Director of the University of Texas at Dallas Angel Palerm Field Station based in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, USA. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Anthropology both at the University of Texas at Dallas and at Mountain View Community College, a campus of the Dallas Community College District. Her publications include Respuesta Campesina a la Revolución Verde en el Bajío [Peasant Response to the Green Revolution in the Bajío Region] (1992) and Political Brokers, Ejidos, and State Resources in Guanajuato, Mexico (1996), both published by the Social Science Research Centre at the Universidad de Guanajuato.
LOIS HARDER is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. She has written extensively on women and politics in Canada, including the book State of Struggle: Feminism and Politics in Alberta (2003). Her current research focuses on welfare reform in Canada and the United States.
Description
This book examines the impact of globalization upon Canada, Mexico and the United States. It investigates changes in the structures and practices of federalism, in public policies and practices of governance and politics, and in economic livelihoods in all three nations. It also provides comparisons of the effects of globalization on women's lives.
Contents
PART I: CANADA
Women in the Canadian Political Economy; L.Harder
Gender and Globalization: National and Transnational Challenges in Canada; L.Macdonald
PART II: MEXICO
Women in the Mexican Political Economy; P.Begne
Gender and Globalization: National and Transnational Challenges in Mexico; L.Gonzalez
PART III: THE UNITED STATES
Women in the Political Economy in the United States; M.Hawkesworth
Gender and Globalization: National and Transnational Challenges in the United States; J.Bayes
Authors
JANE BAYES is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute of Gender, Globalization and Democracy at California State University, USA. She is author/editor of six books including Gender, Globalization and Democratization (Rowman and Littlefield, 2001) and Globalization, Gender, and Religion (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001).
PATRICIA BEGNÉ is a Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Guanajuato in Guanajuato, México, where she has taught since 1980. She has also practiced law and serves as a consultant to law firms in the U.S. Her publications include MujereS. (2004) and Women and Law in the State of Guanajuato (2003).
LAURA GONZALEZ is currently the Director of the University of Texas at Dallas Angel Palerm Field Station based in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, USA. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Anthropology both at the University of Texas at Dallas and at Mountain View Community College, a campus of the Dallas Community College District. Her publications include Respuesta Campesina a la Revolución Verde en el Bajío [Peasant Response to the Green Revolution in the Bajío Region] (1992) and Political Brokers, Ejidos, and State Resources in Guanajuato, Mexico (1996), both published by the Social Science Research Centre at the Universidad de Guanajuato.
LOIS HARDER is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. She has written extensively on women and politics in Canada, including the book State of Struggle: Feminism and Politics in Alberta (2003). Her current research focuses on welfare reform in Canada and the United States.
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