Unpacking globalization : markets, gender, and work / edited by Linda E. Lucas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Gender perspectives on economics, solidarity and survival. -- Unpacking globalization : markets, gender and work / Linda E. Lucas -- Gender, the economy and the workplace : issues for the women's movement / Margaret Snyder -- Countergeographies of globalization : the feminization of survival / Saskia Sassen -- Globalization, structural adjustment and women's transnational solidarities / Manisha Desai -- Engendering human security : intersections of security, globalization and gender / Kristen Timothy -- 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 B. Chiappe and Emma Zapata Martelo -- pt. 2. Shifting realities: women and men moving in the economy. -- Gender and work in Malaysia : forces behind the work patterns / Noor Rahamah Hj. Abu Bakar -- 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 Mukherjee -- 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 / Ramesh Chand Swarankar -- Gendering the economy : some experiments from the Indian sub-continent / Sakuntala Narasimhan -- Women as wealth creators and managers in Uganda / Margaret Kigozi -- Has affirmative action reached South African women? / Vannie Naidoo -- pt. 3. Engendering the world of commerce. -- Re-thinking organizational theory from a feminist perspective / Ronit Kark -- "Translating empowerment" : Swedish immigrant women and state sponsored employment projects / Lena Sawyer -- The empowerment of women and productive backyard projects in Mexico / Esperanza Tuñón 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 -- Women entrepreneurs : a challenge to a gendered economy / Elsje Dijkgraaff -- pt. 4. Out of the house : entrepreneurship, savings and networking as empowerment. -- 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 -- Possibilities for saving money? Female slum dwellers in Bangalore / Signe Ekenberg -- Analysis of factors influencing the survival of women's economic groups in Tanzania / Aurelia N. Kamuzora and Faustin R. Kamuzora.

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