| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 208 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: A Multicentric World Order -- The neoliberal feminist "cover story" -- Theorizing a gendered, multicentric world order -- The past and present of neoliberalism's gender order -- 2 Neoliberalism's Pre-histories -- The American "liberal" deal: modernity through economic opportunity for White families -- The Soviet Union's deal with women: "Build socialism alongside men" -- India: forging indigenous nationalism between capitalism and socialism -- Conclusion -- 3 Investing in "Empowered" Women |
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The era of competing ideologies: postcoloniality, modernization, and communism during the Cold War -- Empowerment discourse: a brief genealogy -- Women's empowerment -- Education for all -- American theories of social work -- Human capital tames empowerment -- Freire's radical push for schooling for all, and why the United States eventually killed it -- Gender equality and economic growth -- Conclusion -- 4 Neoliberalism's Gendered Architecture -- Cooking up neoliberalism: East-West circuits of power and expertise -- Structuring condition #1: States protect elites and global capital |
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Structuring condition #2: Strengthened national borders support global trade but restrict migration -- Key Actor #1: Individuals -- Key actor #2: Nation-states -- Imperialism, hegemony, and aspiration in US neoliberalism -- A complete break from the socialist past in the FSU -- Meritocracy, free markets, and an emerging economy: India's neoliberal turn -- Conclusion -- 5 Moving Toward Modernity -- Global economic restructuring and the limits of human capital theory -- Modernity threat: migrant domestic workers -- Philippines: the labor brokerage state and "export quality" women |
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Former Soviet Bloc countries: becoming European -- Modernity promise: marriage migrants -- Conclusion -- 6 Manly Protectors -- Anxious men, exhausted women -- "Irrelevant" men in three regions -- Affect and nation: the opening for an oppositional modernity -- Othering through misogyny -- Othering through homophobia -- Putin: fantasies of empire -- Modi: building a "global" Hindu nation from the inside out -- Trump: uniting the right -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion: A Fairer Multipolar Future -- Gender and national belonging: a view from COVID-19 times |
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Remembering the historical roots of Russia's war in Ukraine -- Justice not modernity: centering human flourishing and care -- A final note: the need for joy -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Introduction: A Multicentric World Order -- Chapter 2 Neoliberalism's Pre-histories -- Chapter 3 Investing in "Empowered" Women -- Chapter 4 Neoliberalism's Gendered Architecture -- Chapter 5 Moving Toward Modernity -- Chapter 6 Manly Protectors -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: A Fairer Multipolar Future -- References -- Index -- EULA |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 14, 2023) |
| Subject |
Neoliberalism.
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Neoliberalism.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Solari, Cinzia D., author.
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| ISBN |
9781509558865 |
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1509558861 |
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