Unpacking Globalization Book

List of Tables     ix
List of Figures     xiii
Foreword     xv
Acknowledgments     xvii
Gender Perspectives on Economics, Solidarity and Survival
Unpacking Globalization: Markets, Gender and Work   Linda E. Lucas     3
Gender, the Economy and the Workplace: Issues for the Women's Movement   Margaret Snyder     11
Countergeographies of Globalization: The Feminization of Survival   Saskia Sassen     21
Globalization, Structural Adjustment and Women's Transnational Solidarities   Manisha Desai     35
Engendering Human Security: Intersections of Security, Globalization and Gender   Kristen Timothy     47
Sub-Saharan Africa: Globalization, Trade Liberalization and Impact on the Lives of the Poor   Ngila Mwase     59
Sustainability of Rural Communities in a Global Perspective: Limitations and Opportunities   Marta B. Chiappe   Emma Zapata Martelo     71
Shifting Realities: Women and Men Moving in the Economy
Gender and Work in Malaysia: Forces behind the Work Patterns   Noor Rahamah Hj. Abu Bakar     87
Locating Women: Structure and Work in the Ugandan Macroeconomy   Linda E. Lucas     101
Inquiries into Women's Perceptions of What Constitutes Their Well-Being   AkelloZerupa     117
Urban Employment for Rural Women-Gains and Challenges   Mahua Mukherjee     127
Family Responsibilities: The Politics of Love and Care   Meg Luxton     131
Social Security of Elderly Women and Men in Burkina Faso   Claudia Roth   Fatoumata Badini-Kinda     145
Traditional Female Sex Workers of Rajasthan, India: An Ethnographic Study of the Nat Community   Ramesh Chand Swarankar     155
Gendering the Economy: Some Experiments from the Indian Sub-Continent   Sakuntala Narasimhan     167
Women as Wealth Creators and Managers in Uganda   Margaret Kigozi     175
Has Affirmative Action Reached South African Women?   Vannie Naidoo     177
Engendering the World of Commerce
Re-thinking Organizational Theory from a Feminist Perspective   Ronit Kark     191
"Translating Empowerment": Swedish Immigrant Women and State Sponsored Employment Projects   Lena Sawyer     205
The Empowerment of Women and Productive Backyard Projects in Mexico   Esperanza Tunon Pablos     215
Mainstreaming Gender into NGO Work: A Case Study from Nigeria   Patricia Daniel     225
Rethinking Female Entrepreneurship Discourse: The Perilous Problems of Cultural Mythicizing in a Globalizing Society    Julius Kikooma     239
Women Entrepreneurs: A Challenge to a Gendered Economy   Elsje Dijkgraaff     253
Out of the House: Entrepreneurship, Savings and Networking as Empowerment
Women in Business Networks   Catherine Komugisha Tindiwensi     259
Women's Entrepreneurship: The Empowerment of Women Through Enterprise Development Training   Angela Beigaruraho Bazaare   Juliet Nazziwa Musoke     269
Empowerment of Women Through Credit Facilities: A Case of FINCA in Jinja District, Uganda   Harriet Muwanika Kiwemba     279
Possibilities for Saving Money? Female Slum Dwellers in Bangalore   Signe Ekenberg     295
Analysis of Factors Influencing the Survival of Women's Economic Groups in Tanzania   Aurelia N. Kamuzora   Faustin R Kamuzora     307
Index     321
About the Editor     329
About the Contributors     329