The gender impacts of liberalization: towards embedded liberalism?
In the last two decades public policies have reflected a drive for accelerated global economic integration associated with greater economic liberalization. The outcomes have been largely disappointing, even in the estimate of their designers. Rural livelihoods have become more insecure, and the expected growth has rarely materialized. Insecurity is also etched into the growth of informal economies across the world. Yet the economic policy agenda that has been so adverse to many people around the world has also provided new opportunities to some social groups, including some low-income women. In response to widespread discontent with the liberalization agenda, more attention is now being given to social policies and governance issues, viewed as necessary if globalization is to be "tamed" and "embedded". The key questions are whether states have the capacity to remedy the social distress unleashed by liberalization in the absence of any major revision of their macroeconomic policies and whether the proposed social policy reforms can redress gender-based inequalities in access to resources and power.
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New York (USA) Routledge/UNRISD
2009
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| Subjects: | GENDER, WOMEN, EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, GLOBALIZATION, SOCIAL CHANGE, AGRARIAN REFORM, FEMALE LABOUR, PARTICIPATION, MIGRATION, POVERTY, SOCIAL POLICIES, IMPACT ASSESSMENT, CHANGEMENT SOCIAL, REFORME AGRAIRE, MAIN D'OEUVRE FEMININE, PAUVRETE, POLITIQUE SOCIALE, EVALUATION DE L'IMPACT, GENRE (FEMMES/HOMMES), FEMME, EMPLOI, CONDITION SOCIALE, DEVELOPPEMENT SOCIOECONOMIQUE, DEVELOPPEMENT AGRICOLE, MONDIALISATION, CAMBIO SOCIAL, REFORMA AGRARIA, MANO DE OBRA FEMENINA, PARTICIPACION, MIGRACION, POBREZA, POLITICA SOCIAL, EVALUACION DEL IMPACTO, GENERO, MUJERES, EMPLEO, CONDICIONES SOCIALES, DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y SOCIAL, DESARROLLO AGRICOLA, GLOBALIZACION, |
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