Global governance : feminist perspectives / edited by Shirin M. Rai and Georgina Waylen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rai, Shirin.

Waylen, Georgina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Political aspects.

Feminism.

Feminist theory.

Women--Political activity.

Women.

Physical Description:

xiv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

How are global institutions gendered? Do they play a role in continuing global inequality? Can anything be done to change them? In the first comprehensive study of global governance from a feminist perspective, this collection gathers together an exemplary line-up of internationally-renowned scholars to provide a theoretically-informed and empirically-based analysis of both the institutions of global governance and the attempts to transform them.

Bringing together interdisciplinary and multi-level analyses of global governance within a coherent theoretical framework, this volume demonstrates the diversity and breadth within feminist approaches, including case studies from institutions such as the International Criminal Court and the World Bank, as well as regional organisations, such as the EU, and covering an array of policy areas including security, trade, agriculture and macroeconomics. This book provides an invaluable addition to the literature on global governance and will be essential reading for all those who study it.

Contents:

Introduction: Feminist Perspectives on Analysing and Transforming Global Governance / Shirin M. Rai, Georgina Waylen 1

1 Analysing Global Governance / Shirin M. Rai 19

2 Gender and the Making of Global Markets: An Exploration of the Agricultural Sector / Elisabeth Prugl 43

3 Global Governance as Neo-liberal Governmentality: Gender Mainstreaming in the European Employment Strategy / Stefanie Woehl 64

4 Governing Intimacy in the World Bank / Kate Bedford 84

5 Governing the EU: Gender and Macroeconomics / Catherine Hoskyns 107

6 Gender Mainstreaming and Regional Trade Governance in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) / Jacqui True 129

7 The International Criminal Court: A New Arena for Transforming Gender Justice / Louise Chappell 160

8 Mainstreaming Gender in UN Security Policy: A Path to Political Transformation? / Carol Cohn 185

9 Governing Globalization: Feminist Engagements with International Trade Policy / Debra J. Liebowitz 207

10 Gender, Governance, and Globalization at Borders: Femicide at the US-Mexico Border / Kathleen Staudt 234

11 Transforming Global Governance: Challenges and Opportunities / Georgina Waylen 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-307) and index.

ISBN:

0230537049

9780230537040

OCLC:

213600531

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