Searching for Security : Women's Responses to Economic Transformations
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| Title: | Searching for Security : Women's Responses to Economic Transformations |
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| Description: | Human Security is a development buzzword of the 1990s. To attain security people need to be safe from natural disasters, such as famine, and'man-made'problems, such as unemployment. Women are a particularly insecure section of society with the impact of deprivation disproportionately shouldered by women throughout the developing world.Searching for Security examines how economic, political and environmental factors have contributed to increased gender insecurity in the last decade. Analyzing the impacts of insecurity-inducing global changes on the lives of women throughout the developing world, the book discusses the gender responses to these changing circumstances from Africa to Malaysia, Hungary to the Caribbean. By examining the impact of liberal economic policies, and to a lesser extent the impact of war, rape and environmental damage on the lives of women, this collection of essays makes a timely contribution to emerging policy efforts to recognize and address the issue of gender insecurity. |
| Authors: | Isa Baud, Ines Smyth |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Economic security--Developing countries, Women--Developing countries--Economic conditions, Women in development--Developing countries |
| Categories: | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Human Security is a development buzzword of the 1990s. To attain security people need to be safe from natural disasters, such as famine, and'man-made'problems, such as unemployment. Women are a particularly insecure section of society with the impact of deprivation disproportionately shouldered by women throughout the developing world.Searching for Security examines how economic, political and environmental factors have contributed to increased gender insecurity in the last decade. Analyzing the impacts of insecurity-inducing global changes on the lives of women throughout the developing world, the book discusses the gender responses to these changing circumstances from Africa to Malaysia, Hungary to the Caribbean. By examining the impact of liberal economic policies, and to a lesser extent the impact of war, rape and environmental damage on the lives of women, this collection of essays makes a timely contribution to emerging policy efforts to recognize and address the issue of gender insecurity. |
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| ISBN: | 9780415142274 9781317798828 9781317798835 9781315812533 |
