| Description |
xvii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Unpacking globalization : markets, gender & work -- Unpacking globalization : markets, gender and work / Linda E. Lucas -- Gender, the economy and the workplace : issues for the women's movement / Margaret Snyder -- Counter geographies of globalization : the feminization of survival / Saskia Sassen -- Globalization, structural adjustment and women's transitional solidarities / Manisha Desai -- Engendering human security : intersections of security, globalization and gender / Kristen Timothy -- Shifting realities: women and men moving in the economy -- Sub-Saharan Africa : globalization, trade liberalization and impact on the lives of the poor / Ngila Mwase -- Sustainability of rural communities in a global perspective : limitations and opportunities / Marta chiappe and Emma Zapata Martelo -- Gender and work in Malaysia : forces behind the work patterns / Noor Rahamah -- Locating women : structure and work in the Ugandan macroeconomy / Linda E. Lucas -- Inquiries into women's perceptions of what constitutes their well-being / Akello Zerupa -- Urban employment for rural women-gains and challenges / Mahua Mukerjee -- Family responsibilities : the politics of love and care / Meg Luxton -- Social security of elderly women and men in Burkina Faso / Claudia Roth and Fatoumata Badini-Kinda -- Traditional female sex workers of Rajasthan, India : an ethnographic study of the Nat community / R. C. Swarankar -- Gendering the economy : some experiments from the Indian sub-continent / Sakuntala Narasimhan -- Women as wealth creators and managers in Uganda / Margaret Kigozi -- Engendering the world of commerce has affirmative action reached South African women? / Vannie Naidoo -- Re-thinking organizational theory from a feminist perspective / Ronit Kark -- "Translating empowerment" : Swedish immigrant women and state sponsored employment project / Lena Sawyer -- The empowerment of women and productive backyard projects in Mexico / Esperanza Tunon Pablos -- Mainstreaming gender into NGO work : a case study from Nigeria / Patricia Daniel -- Rethinking female entrepreneurship discourse : the perilous problems of cultural mythicizing in a globalizing society / Julius Kikooma -- Entrepreneurship, savings and networking as empowerment -- Women entrepreneurs : a challenge to a gendered economy / Elsje Kijkgraaff -- Women in business networks / Catherine Komugisha Tindiwensi -- Women's entrepreneurship : the empowerment of women through enterprise development training / Angela Beigaruraho Bazaare and Juliet Nazziwa Musoke -- Empowerment of women through credit facilities : a case of Finca in Jinja District, Uganda / Harriet Muwanika Kiwemba -- Possiblities for saving money? the case of female slum dwellers in a Bangalore slum / Signe Ekenberg -- Analysis of factors influencing the survival of women's economic groups of Tanzania / Aurelia Kamuzora and Faustin Makusora |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Women -- Economic conditions.
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Globalization.
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| Author |
Lucas, Linda E.
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| LC no. |
2007008655 |
| ISBN |
9780739121573 cloth alkaline paper |
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073912157X cloth alkaline paper |
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9780739121580 paperback alkaline paper |
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0739121588 paperback alkaline paper |
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