Social Justice and Gender Equality: Rethinking Development Strategies and Macroeconomic Policies

by Berik; Gnnseli

• ISBN13: 9780415956512
• ISBN10: 041595651X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The contributors to this edited volume explore the effects of various development strategies and associated macroeconomic policies on women#xE2;#xAC;"s well-being and progress towards gender equality. Detailed analyses of major UN reports on gender reveal the different approaches to assessing absolute and relative progress for women and the need to take into account the specifics of policy regimes when making such assessments. The book argues that neoliberal policies, especially the liberalization of trade and investment, make it difficult to close gender wage and earnings gaps, and new gender sensitive policies need to be devised. These and other issues are all examined in more detail in several gendered development histories of countries from Latin America and Asia.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
List of Acronyms	p. xi
Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Engendering Development Strategies and Macroeconomic Policies: What's Sound and Sensible?	p. 1
The Road to Gender Equality: Global Trends and the Way Forward	p. 44
Making Policy Work for Women: Gender, Foreign Direct Investment and Development	p. 71
Child Under a Gender Lens: From Import Substitution to Open Markets	p. 97
Changes in Economic Policy Regimes in Uruguay from a Gender Perspective, 1930-2000	p. 127
Growth with Gender Inequity: Another Look at East Asian Development	p. 154
The Gender Implications of Macroeconomic Policy and Performance in Malaysia	p. 187
Gender Dimensions of Viet Nam's Macroeconomic and Structural Reform Policies, 1975-2005	p. 213
Contributors	p. 245
Index	p. 249
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