Overview
- Editors:
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Haleh Afshar
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Department of Politics, University of York, UK
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Stephanie Barrientos
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Department of Economics, University of Hertfordshire, UK
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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- Haleh Afshar, Stephanie Barrientos
Pages 1-17
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- Stephanie Barrientos, Diane Perrons
Pages 150-173
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Back Matter
Pages 226-230
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Politics, University of York, UK
Haleh Afshar
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Department of Economics, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Stephanie Barrientos
About the editors
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