Gender, Development and Globalization: Economics as if All People Mattered

by Lourdes Beneria

With Cold War politics lost as the organizing principle behind international politics, development has become the most import policy goal of every international organization. There is an underside (and a human side) to development, and feminism has made inroads into the highly technical debates and frothy prophecies by examining what the future really holds for the people who will live it. This book highlights the ways in which feminist analysis has contributed to a richer understanding of international development and globalization. By combining theoretical, empirical, and political perspectives and discussing cutting-edge debates around development, globalization, economic restructuring, and feminist economics, Gender, Development and Globalization presents the ultimate primer on global feminist economics.

Genres: Feminism, Economics, Nonfiction, Gender

228 pages, Paperback

First published May 16, 2003

Reviews

[Luaba · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the decade since this book was first published, the world landscape has greatly changed. The Muslim world has gone through a revolution, democracy has swept through developing nations causing in the case of the later, an emergence of a new middle class.

Change can truly last only when women are part of the decision making process. A society can not found it's balance without this crucial element and reality. Lourdes Beneria explain in this book this truism beautifully.

[alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

stimulating, with one of the best expositions and explorations of polanyi i have read...