Globalization and Feminist Activism

Informationen zum Autor Mary E. Hawkesworth is professor of political science and women's and gender studies at Rutgers University and editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Klappentext In this comprehensive overview! Mary E. Hawkesworth explores transnational feminist efforts to produce a more just global order. Arguing that globalization is a feminist issue! she considers how social! economic! and political inequalities between men and women of different races! classes! ethnicities! and nationalities have been produced and contested over the past two centuries of capitalist development. The author demonstrates how women have forged international networks and alliances to address specific gender issues beyond the borders of the nation-state. By providing critical new insights into the gendered nature of the global system and the gendered dynamics of international institutions and nation states! this work will be invaluable for all those engaged in the interdisciplinary fields of globalization studies and feminist studies. Zusammenfassung Explores transnational feminist efforts. Arguing that globalization is a feminist issue! this work considers how social! economic! and political inequalities between men and women of different races! classes! ethnicities! and nationalities have been produced and contested in capitalist development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Engendering Globalization Chapter 2 Feminists Go Global: Reclaiming a History Chapter 3 Outsiders! Insiders! and Outsiders Within: Feminist Strategies for Global Transformation Chapter 4 Global Feminist Circuits: Contemporary Contestations Chapter 5 Global Feminist Futures: The Struggle Continues

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: M. E. Hawkesworth, M.e. Hawkesworth, Mary E. Hawkesworth
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.03.2006
• EAN: 9780742537828
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3782-8
• Pagine: 230
• Serie: Globalization; Globalization
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali