Buch
Sammelband
Social justice and gender equality : rethinking development strategies and macroeconomic policies
Verfasst von:
Berik, Günseli
New York [u. a.]:
Routledge
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2009
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255 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Berik, Günseli |
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Routledge UNRISD research in gender and development
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Jahr: | 2009 |
| ISBN: | 041595651X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| This book, part of the series Routledge/UNRISD Research in Gender and Development, delves into the gendered impacts of neoliberal reforms by using two approaches: comparative country case-studies, and reform-focused evaluation of the theoretical predictions and empirical evidence. Country cases include Chile, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan Province of China, Uruguay and Viet Nam, which provide useful evidence for assessing the various debates on gender and trade liberalization. It is now well recognized that men and women are affected differently by policies and processes associated with economic development. In particular, between the 1980s and 1990s when most developing countries adopted policies based in neoliberal economics, it has become more obvious that gender-blind macroeconomic models tend to bring social injustice and economic crisis as well. Especially harmful has been the high international mobility of capital, including foreign direct investment, which, in many developing countries, has made it difficult to close gender wage gaps and has made policy makers more reluctant to enforce labour laws that could improve the well-being of workers. Moreover, financial liberalization has subjected domestic policies to the short-term decision-making horizons of financial markets, resulting in restrictive monetary and fiscal policies that undermine well-being as well as putting economies at risk of macroeconomic instability. Contributors to this book argue that in order to achieve gender-equitable well-being, it is crucial to adopt reforms at the multilateral and national levels to regulate international capital flows and labour standards, and to release domestic policy from the short time horizons that are used to evaluate financial capital flows. Contents: Engendering Development Strategies and Macroeconomic Policies: What's Sound and Sensible? (G. Berik and Y. van der Meulen Rodgers) * The Road to Gender Equality: Global Trends and the Way Forward (S. Seguino) * Making Policy Work for Women: Gender, Foreign Direct Investment and Development (E. Braunstein) * Chile Under a Gender Lens: From Import Substitution to Open Markets (R. Todaro) * Changes in Economic Policy Regimes in Uruguay from a Gender Perspective, 1930-2000 (A. Espino and P. Azar) * Growth with Gender Inequity: Another Look at East Asian Development (G. Berik) * The Gender Implications of Macroeconomic Policy and Performance in Malaysia (A. Doraisami) * Gender Dimensions of Viet Nam's Macroeconomic and Structural Reform Policies, 1975-2005 (L.A. Tu Packard) | |
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Includes index. Literaturangaben |
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