Gender, Development and Globalization

Economics as if People Mattered

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by Lourdes Beneria

Routledge

Due/Published April 2003, 272 pages, paper

ISBN 0415927072

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 discusses cutting-edge debates around development, globalization, economic restructuring, and feminist economics, Gender, Development and Globalization presents a primer on global feminist economics.

Contents

Introduction
1. On Development, gender and economics
2. The Study of Women and Gender in Economics: An Overview
3. Markets, Globalization and Gender
4. Global/local Connections: Employment Patterns, Gender and Informalization
5. Paid and Unpaid Labor: Meanings and Debates
6. Development as if People Mattered
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