Gender and the Politics of Possibilities Rethinking Globablization

by Desai, Manisha

• ISBN13: 9780742563780
• ISBN10: 0742563782
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Gender and the Politics of Possibilities explores the lesser-known side of globalization beyond the effects of national governments and multinational cooperations by taking a look at grassroots movements by women that have shaped and continue to shape globalization today. Manisha Desai highlights the significant role that women play in cross-border trade in Africa, in transborder activism on issues that affect women, and in cultural change and social justice. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Manisha Desai is associate professor of sociology and women and gender in global perspectives at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Women Cross-Border Traders	p. 13
Transnational Feminists	p. 31
Modemmujers and the New Cultures of Globalization	p. 59
Engendering Globalization, Policies, and the Global Justice Movement	p. 89
Bibliography	p. 97
Index	p. 113
About the Author	p. 123
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