Del i serien Routledge Studies in Development and Society

Searching for Security

Women's Responses to Economic Transformations

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

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Human Security is a development buzzword of the 1990s. To attain security people need to be safe from natural disasters, such as famine, and 'man-made' problems, such as unemployment. Women are a particularly insecure section of society with the impact of deprivation disproportionately shouldered by women throughout the developing world.Searching for Security examines how economic, political and environmental factors have contributed to increased gender insecurity in the last decade. Analyzing the impacts of insecurity-inducing global changes on the lives of women throughout the developing world, the book discusses the gender responses to these changing circumstances from Africa to Malaysia, Hungary to the Caribbean.By examining the impact of liberal economic policies, and to a lesser extent the impact of war, rape and environmental damage on the lives of women, this collection of essays makes a timely contribution to emerging policy efforts to recognize and address the issue of gender insecurity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1996-11-28
Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt490 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Development and Society
Antal sidor176
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415142274

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1. SEARCHING FOR SECURITY: Women's Responses to Economic Transformations Isa Baud and Ines Smyth 2. GLOBAL CHANGE AND INSECURITY: Are Women the Problem of the Solution? Ruth Pearson 3. THE RETREAT OF THE STATE IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN: The Impact on women and their Responses Gemma Tang Nain 4. INFORMAL SOCIAL SECURITY IN AFRICA FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE Gudrun Lachenmann 5. IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: Gender Issues in Health Policy and their Implications for the 1990s Jo Beall 6. HOW CAN HUNGARIAN WOMEN LOSE WHAT THEY NEVER HAD? Maria Adamik 7. ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING IN MALAYSIA: Implications for Women Workers Chee Heng Leng and Cecilia Ng Choon Sim 8. TARGETING WOMAN-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS AND WOMAN-MAINTAINED FAMILIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Mayra Buvinic and Geeta Rao Gupta