Unpacking globalization
Subtitle: markets, gender, and work
By: edited by Linda E. Lucas
Contributors: Lucas, Linda E
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780739121573; 9780739121580
Subjects: Women -- Economic conditions; Globalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Gender perspectives on economics, solidarity and survival; title: Unpacking globalization : markets, gender and work / Linda E. Lucas; title: Gender, the economy and the workplace : issues for the women's movement / Margaret Snyder; title: Countergeographies of globalization : the feminization of survival / Saskia Sassen; title: Globalization, structural adjustment and women's transitional solidarities / Manisha Desai; title: Engendering human security : intersections of security, globalization and gender / Kristen Timothy; title: Sub-Saharan Africa : globalization, trade liberalization and impact on the lives of the poor / Ngila Mwase; title: Sustainability of rural communities in a global perspective : limitations and opportunities / MartaB. Chiappe and Emma Zapata Martelo; title: Shifting realities: women and men moving in the economy; title: Gender and work in Malaysia : forces behind the work patterns / Noor Rahamah Hj. Abu Bakar; title: Locating women : structure and work in the Ugandan macroeconomy / Linda E. Lucas; title: Inquiries into women's perceptions of what constitutes their well-being / Akello Zerupa; title: Urban employment for rural women; title: gains and challenges / Mahua Mukerjee; title: Family responsibilities : the politics of love and care / Meg Luxton; title: Social security of elderly women and men in Burkina Faso / Claudia Roth and Fatoumata Badini-Kinda; title: Traditional female sex workers of Rajasthan, India : an ethnographic study of the Nat community / Ramesh Chand Swarankar; title: Gendering the economy : some experiments from the Indian sub-continent / Sakuntala Narasimhan; title: Women as wealth creators and managers in Uganda / Margaret Kigozi; title: Has affirmative action reached South African women? / Vannie Naidoo; title: Engendering the world of commerce; title: Re-thinking organizational theory from a feminist perspective / Ronit Kark; title: "Translating empowerment" : Swedish immigrant women and state sponsored employment projects / Lena Sawyer; title: The empowerment of women and productive backyard projects in Mexico / Esperanza Tuñón Pablos; title: Mainstreaming gender into NGO work : a case study from Nigeria / Patricia Daniel; title: Rethinking female entrepreneurship discourse : the perilous problems of cultural mythicizing in a globalizing society / Julius Kikooma; title: Women entrepreneurs : a challenge to a gendered economy / Elsje Dijkgraaff; title: Out of the house : entrepreneurship, savings and networking as empowerment; title: Women in business networks / Catherine Komugisha Tindiwensi; title: Women's entrepreneurship : the empowerment of women through enterprise development training / Angela Beigaruraho Bazaare and Juliet Nazziwa Musoke; title: Empowerment of women through credit facilities : a case of FINCA in Jinja District, Uganda / Harriet Muwanika Kiwemba; title: Possiblities for saving money? female slum dwellers in Bangalore / Signe Ekenberg; title: Analysis of factors influencing the survival of women's economic groups in Tanzania / Aurelia N. Kamuzora and Faustin R. Kamuzora