Women in a Globalizing World

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Publication Year:
2013

ISBN-13: 9781926708720

An exciting Canadian collection of feminist articles that pro- vide cutting-edge gender analysis for understanding diverse personal and political challenges and opportunities in our fast-changing global world. Canadian and international au- thors offer varied social justice, anti-racist, Indigenous, and subsistence perspectives on environmental, social, cultural, and political issues in women’s local and global struggles and visions for another world. Anyone wanting to under- stand Canadian and international neo-liberal policies’ im- pact on women and women’s growing understanding and resistance to these policies will be interested in this book. As well as women’s studies courses, this collection will be an indispensable resource for teachers seeking globally-in- formed, gender-, race-, class-, and Indigenous- aware Cana- dian resources for the study of sociology, international devel- opment, environmental studies, political economy, women’s human rights, labour studies, social policy, social work, international relations, migration/immigration, violence, poverty, militarism, colonialism and post-colonialism, social movements, global feminisms, peace, community organizing, sustainability and alternative possibilities.Canadian and international authors offer ground-breaking work in this

collection that brings together almost seventy articles by formative

feminist writers, researchers, activists and visionaries to illuminate

the profound&nbsp;<span class="il">globalizing</span>&nbsp;processes of our time.&nbsp;Critical analyses of current<span class="il"> globalization</span>&nbsp;and

possible alternatives are presented in the context of global feminist

dialogue and activism since the 1980s.&nbsp; Together, the articles provide a

comprehensive overview of the agenda and processes of neo-liberal&nbsp;<span class="il">globalization</span>;&nbsp;<span class="il">women</span>’s

activist responses to the consequent environmental and social

destruction; and visionary feminist alternatives and worldviews. As well

as&nbsp;<span class="il">women</span>’s studies courses, this collection

will be an indispensable resource for teachers seeking

globally-informed, gender-, race-, class-, and Indigenous- aware

Canadian resources for the study of sociology, international

development, environmental studies, political economy,&nbsp;<span class="il">women</span>’s

human rights, labour studies, social policy, social work, international

relations, migration/immigration, violence, poverty, militarism,

colonialism and post-colonialism, social movements, global feminisms,

peace, community organizing, sustainability and alternative

possibilities.