Gender, Development and Globalization

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Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics and development. Lourdes Benería, a pioneer within the field of feminist economics, is joined on this second edition by Gunseli Berik and Maria Floro to update the text to reflect the major theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions and global developments within the last decade. Its interdisciplinary investigation remains accessible to a broad audience interested in an analytical remedy of the have an effect on of globalization processes on development and wellbeing typically and on social and gender equality in particular.

The revision will continue to supply a wide-ranging discussion of the strategies and policies that hold essentially the most promise in promoting equitable and sustainable development. The authors make the case for feminist economics as a useful framework to address major up to date global challenges, such as inequalities between the global South and North in addition to within single countries; persistent poverty; and increasing vulnerability to financial crises, food crises, and climate change. The authors’ approach is grounded within the intellectual current of feminism and human development, drawing on Amartya Sen’s capability approach and focused at the importance of the care economy, increasing pressures faced by women, and the failures of neoliberal reforms to bring about sustainable development, reduction in poverty, inequality, and vulnerability to economic crisis.


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