Women, Work, and Globalization

Bahira Sherif Trask is Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Delaware.

• Part 1: An Overview of Gender, Work-Family Issues, and Global Restructuring 1. Perspectives on Women, Work-Family Life, and Global Transformations 2. Globalizing Forces: Neo-liberalism, Economic Restructuring, and the Transformation of the Global Work Force 3. The Global Spread of Feminist Principles: The Expansion of an International Women's Rights Movement and Concepts of Gender Equality Part 2: Women's Unique Experiences in the Global Economy 4. Gender Role Socialization: Setting the Stage 5. Vulnerable Girls and Women: Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking 6. New Directions: Migration, Women, and Transnational Motherhood 7. The Globalization of Caring Labor: The Re-Arrangement of Social Relationships In and Outside of Families Part 3: Policy Responses in Developing and Industrialized Countries 8. Investing in Girls and Women to the Developing World: Ensuring an Equal Start 9. Supporting Working Families and Gender Equality: Policy Responses in the Industrialized World 10. Empowerment through Globalization: Transformed Gender Roles, Work-Family Supports, and Transnational Collaborators

"This text provides a thoughtful and compelling analysis of women’s paid and unpaid work in the global economic and social arena by examining the contexts in which women and girls are experiencing new opportunities, expectations, and risks." – Katherine R. Allen, Virginia Tech University, USA"Women, Work, and Globalization is a powerful, important, and timely account of global social change. Trask succeeds brilliantly in crossing cultural boundaries to uncover the lives of women as they wrestle with paradoxes of globalization." – Antoinette Hetzler, Lund University, Sweden"Trask’s global, feminist perspective offers keen insight for understanding the lives of women, and shows sobering realities while pointing to the role of women in creating positive change." – Stephen T. Russell, Arizona State University, USA"This text would be great for classes on work and family, social work, women’s studies, and diversity. ... Including the cross culture analysis and within culture comparisons is unique. ... It is essential for students today to understand work and family from a global perspective in order to be effective in their chosen profession."—Sandra J. Bailey, Montana State University, USA"I find the cross cultural approach to be especially well done. ... I would adopt this book as a text for my Issues in Work and Family Class. ... This book is … ideal for how I approach the subject matter and hopefully can be used in a variety of fields including human development and family studies, sociology, psychology, women studies, business, and even resource management from a global perspective."—Cynthia Schmiege, Unioversity of Idaho, USA"An invaluable theoretical and research synthesis of the significant relationship between family, women’s and girl’s employment, and the processes of globalization … The … book would be very useful in undergraduate courses ... focusing on the relationship between gender, employment, and family. ... It … synthesizes much data and many diverse perspectives. It challenges western notions of proper family life with examples from developing countries." —Lynn Walter, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, USA"The topic is very timely and the content is presented in a clear and interesting manner. .... I see this book as being valuable to both practitioners and students. ... It sounds very interesting and I am already excited to have an opportunity to read it!"—Tara Newman, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA"The project is unique. ... I would definitely recommend it to my colleagues. ... I am encouraged by the diversity of sources. ... I … look forward to reading it."—Anisa M. Zvonkovic, Texas Tech University, USA"Women, Work, and Globalization is both provocative and socially activist in promoting a gender-equitable society through policy and social reform." - Jean Lau Chin, Adelphi University, PsycCRITIQUES"The author provides students in a variety of social science disciplines more than just a book about women, work and globalisation. This book covers a wide range of topics and approaches that are likely to leave a reader wanting to explore some of these topics in greater depth with an appreciation of how globalization leads to a multiplicity of outcomes that can only be understood when individuals’ social location is taken into account and societal forces and individual agency are acknowledged." – Carol J. Auster