Analyzing gender, intersectionality, and multiple inequalities global, transnational and local contexts

The papers in this volume were selected and revised from among those presented at the conference: Gender and Social Transformation: Global, Transnational, and Local Realities and Perspectives, Beijing, China in 2009. Through case studies and interview data from across the globe we see how intersecti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Chow, Esther Ngan-ling, 1943- (-), Segal, Marcia Texler, 1940-, Tan, Lin
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald 2011.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Advances in gender research ; v. 15.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798133906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Analyzing gender, intersectionality, and inequality in global, transnational and local contexts / Marcia Texler Segal, Esther Ngan-ling Chow
  • Globalization and multiple inequalities / Sylvia Walby
  • Strategies of feminist research in a globalized world / Judith Lorber
  • Masculinity research and global society / Raewyn Connell
  • A theoretical view of the globalizing sex industry : world system position, local patriarchy, and state policy in South Korea / Kyoung-Ho Shin
  • Globalization and locality : the gendered impact of the economic crisis on intersectionality, migration, and work in China / Esther Ngan-ling Chow, Yuchun Zou
  • Gender, division of labor, and social mobility in small-scale restaurants in China / Tong Xin
  • Gender and labor within the Turkish context of local development in the era of globalization / Dilek Hattatoglu
  • Constructing gender across borders : a transnational approach / Peggy Levitt
  • Transnational migration and transformation among African women in the United States : change-agents locally and globally / Mary Johnson Osirim
  • An intersectional approach to the complexity of social support within German-Ukrainian transnational space / Anna Amelina
  • Social security and aged widows in conflict situations : social transformation at the international border in northwest India / Abha Chauhan
  • Diversity, activism, and global concerns in the U.S. peace movement / Laura Toussaint
  • Women's absence in peace-building policies : the case of the feminist organizations in Israel / Rachel Amram.