Globalization and Third World Women

Ligaya Lindio-McGovern is Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University Kokomo, USA and former Director of Women's Studies. Isidor Wallimann is Visiting Professor at the University of North Texas, USA.

• Chapter 1 Introduction, Ligaya Lindio-McGovern, Isidor Wallimann; Chapter 2 Globalization and Regional Inequalities, Shireen Ally; Chapter 3 Global Capitalism and Women, Martha Gimenez; Chapter 4 Migration, Transnational Politics, and the State, Robyn Magalit Rodriguez; Chapter 5 Identities, Nation, and Imperialism, Anne E. Lacsamana; Chapter 6 The Struggle for Land and Food Sovereignty, Leigh Brownhill, Terisa E. Turner; Chapter 7 Alternative Economies, Ann Ferguson; Chapter 8 Towards a Global Economy of Commoning, Terisa E. Turner, Leigh Brownhill; Chapter 9 Neo-liberalism in Women in Development Discourse, Christobel Asiedu; Chapter 10 Globalization and Women’s Empowerment in Africa, Robert Dibie; Chapter 11 Globalization and the Sexual Commodification of Women, Bandana Purkayastha, Shweta Majumdar;

'This timely and engaging collection of essays provides a range of examples of Third World women's responses to global processes of change in both the North and South.' Gender and Development 'This inter-disciplinary and international collection of essays defies attempts to pigeon-hole it. The diverse chapters speak to an array of specialisms... The volume’s interdisciplinary and international scope means it spans literatures that often exist in ignorance of each other... the chapters in the volume offer many insights into the complex and often pernicious impacts of neo-liberal globalization. They detail the global economic, social, and political contexts within which resistance occurs and chart some inspiring efforts to create a more equitable and sustainable world.' Social Movement Studies 'Globalization and Third World Women [...] is a timely addition to the expanding volumes devoted to uncovering the complex outcomes of global flows of capital in search for cheap labour and resources... Overall, this book is a useful source for students and scholars who are interested in migration and economic globalisation... I would recommend this book to students and scholars in the areas of Asia and the Pacific studies, because it gives an important theoretical and political framework that links globalisation with power relations and social inequalities. Empirical evidence from the case studies included in this volume can also be used for a comparative understanding of global capitalist expansion in Asia and the Pacific.' Intersections 'This multitude of essays written by academics and activists makes a significant contribution to academic discourse in addressing the pertinence of de-marginalising the experiences of third world women in the context of aggressive globalisation... The book under review is largely successful in de-marginalising the position and response of third world women to the threat of aggressive neoliberal globalisation and the ramifications of glob