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essays on the new mobility of people and money
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Sassen, Saskia
- Publish Year
- 1998
- Shelfmark
- WER 1L 1998 - B
- Thesaurus
- globalisering, economie, migratie, gelijke behandeling, geld, macht, bundel
- Description
- In this collection of essays Saskia Sassen deals with such current topics as 'the global city' gender and migration, information technology and the new dynamics of inequality.
perspectives from the developing world
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Ng, Cecilia > (ed.)
- Creator
- Mitter, Swasti > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Marcelle, Gillian M.
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- WER 5 2005
- Thesaurus
- ICT, internet, globalisering, empowerment, feminisme, sociale netwerken, gelijke behandeling, ontwikkelingslanden, bundel
- Description
- This volume comprises articles from various issues of the journal Gender, Technology and Development (GTD) aboyt gender-related facets of the information society and implications of the digital economy on women's work and lives.
the role of social rights and trade union leadership
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Moghadam, Valentine M. > (ed.)
- Creator
- Franzway, Suzanne > (ed.)
- Creator
- Fonow, Mary Margaret > (ed.)
- Creator
- Schwartz, Michal
- Creator
- Chekir, Hafidha
- Creator
- [et al.]
- Contributor
- Curtin, Jennifer
- Publish Year
- 2011
- Shelfmark
- WER 5 2011 - B
- Thesaurus
- vakbonden, mensenrechten, sociale zekerheid, gelijke behandeling, globalisering, feminisme, wereld, bundel
- Description
- Describes the potential for trade unions to defend the socioeconomic rights of women in a global context. Looking at labor policies and interviews with people in unions and nongovernmental organizations, the essays explore the problems faced by women workers across the world and the progress that unions in various countries have made in responding to those problems. Some concerns addressed are: the masculine culture of many unions and the challenges of female leadership within them, laissez-faire governance, and the limited success of organizations working on these issues globally.
what is equality and how do we get there?
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- Book/Boek
- Contributor
- Heide, Ingeborg
- Publish Year
- 2001
- Shelfmark
- B1897 - B
- Thesaurus
- arbeid, gelijke behandeling, gelijke beloning, arbeidsverdeling naar sekse, managers, glazen plafond, sociale zekerheid, globalisering, EU, positieve actie, methoden van onderzoek, seksuele intimidatie, ILO, bundel
- Description
- Selectie artikelen uit het multidisciplinaire tijdschrift International Labour Review, met aandacht voor kwesties als hoe gelijkheid gedefinieerd moet worden, wat gelijke kansen betekenen en wat statistieken ons vertellen over de verschillen tussen mannen en vrouwen bij de arbeid, hoe gezinnen geconfronteerd worden met globalisering en wat de rol van de wet is bij het verwerven van gelijkheid. Aandacht voor overheidsbeleid t.a.v. seksuele intimidatie en ongelijke beloning van bijv. parttime werk, glazen plafond, sociale zekerheid e.d.
toward a global theory of social change
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Contributor
- Khoury, Laura
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- WER 1E 2005
- Thesaurus
- emancipatie, discriminatie, gelijke behandeling, globalisering, theorieën, overheidsbeleid, wetgeving, demografie, anticonceptie, abortussen, huwelijken, familierelaties, geweld, onderwijs, participatie, inkomen, leidinggevende beroepen, wereld, 20e eeuw, bundel
- Description
- Case studies written by country teams of scholars, educators, and policy analysts from around the world which document key trends from 1900 to 2000 in infant mortality, maternal mortality, literacy, life expectancy, education, work, income, family structure, and political power. The teams analyse the trends in light of the century's major events, legislative initiatives, social policies, and leadership.
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Staveren, Irene van > (ed.)
- Creator
- Elson, Diane > (ed.)
- Creator
- Grown, Caren > (ed.)
- Creator
- [et al.]
- Contributor
- Williams, Mariama
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- WER 5 2007
- Thesaurus
- handel, feminisme, economie, gelijke behandeling, inkomen, man vrouw verschillen, betaalde arbeid, industrie, beleid, ontwikkelingslanden, globalisering, wereld, bundel
- Description
- This book about the relationship between international trade and gender relations brings together fourteen contributions from a variety of economic perspectives, including structuralist, institutionalist, neoclassical and Post-Keynesian. The authors describe what feminist economics contributes to the analysis of international trade, through theoretical modelling, econometric analysis and policy-oriented contributions. It includes examples from different types of economies, using country case studies and cross-country analysis.
feminist pathways to global change : an analytical anthology
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Dickinson, Torry D. > (ed.)
- Creator
- Schaeffer, Robert K. > (ed.)
- Creator
- Bhattacharayya, Gargi
- Creator
- Mohanty, Chandra Talpade
- Creator
- Skrobanek, Siriporn
- Creator
- [et al.]
- Contributor
- Smith, Andrea
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- WER 6 2008
- Thesaurus
- sociale bewegingen, duurzame ontwikkeling, globalisering, democratie, gelijke behandeling, mensenrechten, vrouwenorganisaties, internationaal, wereld, 1990-1999, 2000-2009, 20e eeuw, 21e eeuw, bundel
- Description
- Examination of the rise of intersecting, women-centered movements that contribute to alternative development and the rise of new societies. The authors feminist movements and humanistic transformations that create new work and market relations, promote democray and equality, redefine gender and sexuality, regenerate the environment, and construct nonviolent and peaceful relations. Each chapter contains the editors’ analysis of a feminist-driven movement, literature reviews (with examples in side-bars), and related anthology selections.
transformations of intimacy in the contemporary world
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Padilla, Mark B. > (ed.)
- Creator
- Hirsch, Jennifer S. > (ed.)
- Creator
- Muñoz-Laboy, Miguel > (ed.)
- Creator
- [et al.]
- Contributor
- Constable, Nicole
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- WER 3 2007
- Thesaurus
- liefde, seksualiteit, relaties, leefvormen, seksindustrie, sociale klasse, butch femme, gelijke behandeling, geboorteregeling, voortplantingstechnologie, cultuur, globalisering, internet, wereld, bundel
- Description
- Anthropologists and sociologists discuss how global forces shape marriage, commercial sex, the political economy of intimacy, and lesbian and gay expressions of companionship.
Caribbean perspective, visions and possibilities
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Bailey, Barbara > (ed.)
- Creator
- Leo-Rhynie, Elsa > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Vassell, Linnette
- Publish Year
- 2004
- Shelfmark
- B6539 - B
- Thesaurus
- vrouwenstudies, feminisme, mannelijkheid, vrouwelijkheid, vrouwbeelden, macht, vaderschap, globalisering, mensenrechten, films, bevrijdingstheologie, arbeidsmarkt, overheidsbeleid, internationaal, gelijke behandeling, emancipatie, gender mainstreaming, duurzame ontwikkeling, milieu, ICT, uiterlijk, lichamen, aids, leidinggevende beroepen, politieke participatie, wetgeving, vrouwenbewegingen, meisjes, rolgedrag, identiteit, Caraïbisch gebied, bundel
- Description
- This volume commemorates the pioneering work of feminists, scholars and activists by reflecting on some of the issues which have engaged them and influenced their work since the early 1980s. It also addresses issues at the cutting edge of Gender and Development Studies, adopting a strong policy focus for treating current social and gender inequity. It looks to the future and speculates on the place of gender in the academy and its outreach, and explores aspects of the present state of Gender Studies.
a reader
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Ghadially, Rehana > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Raman, Vasanthi
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- V IND 1A 2007
- Thesaurus
- middenklasse, globalisering, bruidsmoorden, geweld, seksuele intimidatie, vrouwbeelden, media, vrouwenbewegingen, infanticide, feminisme, werkgelegenheid, ICT, internet, empowerment, gelijke behandeling, politieke participatie, hindoeïsme, Indiaas, Verenigde Staten, bundel
- Description
- This anthology explores the impact of globalisation on Indian urban women, particularly from the educated middle class, and the struggle for gender equality.
muslim women in the global era
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Contributor
- Sharify-Funk, Meena
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- WER 1N 2005
- Thesaurus
- communicatie, internet, televisie, populaire cultuur, globalisering, gelijke behandeling, mensenrechten, burgerschap, democratie, netwerken, moslima's, islam, feminisme, hoofddoeken, fundamentalisme, Midden-Oosten, bundel
- Description
- The rise in global communications is one of the many forces of change transforming – and being transformed by – the lives of Muslim women. This collection highlights the positive implications of globalization for Muslim women by describing how women from across the Islamic world make use of the media.
Bilanzen und Visionen
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- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Klingebiel, Ruth > (Hrsg.)
- Creator
- Randeria, Shalini > (Hrsg.)
- Contributor
- Mohanty, Chandra Talpade
- Publish Year
- 2000
- Shelfmark
- A175 - A
- Thesaurus
- globalisering, gelijke behandeling, mensenrechten, vrouwennetwerken, politieke participatie, migratie, oorlog en vrede, strafrecht, VN, gender mainstreaming, bevolkingspolitiek, reproductieve rechten, economie, arbeid, internationaal, wereld, bundel, adreslijst
- Description
- 1e dr.: 1998. Verzameling bijdragen over de impact van globalisering op de positie en emancipatie van vrouwen wereldwijd. Bevat: Globalisierung und Geschlechterfrage: zur Einführung / door Shalini Randeria: Vereinte Nationen: Sprungbrett oder Stolperstein auf dem langen Marsch zur Durchsetzung von Frauenrechten? / door Ines Holthaus en Ruth Klingebiel: Frauennetzwerke im Spannungsfeld von Globalisierung und Vielfalt / door Anja Ruf: Frauen und politische Entscheidungsmacht: von fernen Zielen und drohenden Rückschritten / door Bettina Knaup: Die Feminisierung der Migration: eine Analyse im Kontext neoliberaler Arbeits- und Aufenthaltsverhältnisse / door Maritza le Breton Baumgartner: Gleichheit und Reform: zur Teilhabe von Frauen an der Gewaltprävention in internationalen Konflikten / door Hanne-Margret Birckenbach: Als wäre es das erste Mal: Frauen und Internationale Strafgerichtsbarkeit / door Elenor Richter-Lyonette: Feministische Debatten über Bevölkerungspolitik und reproduktive Rechte: Einmischungen und Abgrenzungen / door Diana Hummel: Bevölkerung, Situation der Frauen und nachhaltige Entwicklung in Afrika / door Paulina Makinwa-Adebusoye: Geschlechterfrage und Umwelt: Anregungen aus Indien / door Bina Agarwal: Strukturanpassung aus Frauensicht: Entwicklungskonzepte und Transformationsprozesse / door Gudrun Lachenmann: Arbeiterinnen und die globale Ordnung des Kapitalismus: Herrschaftsideologien, gemeinsame Interessen und Strategien der Solidarität / door Chandra Talpade Mohanty. In de bijlage een overzicht van internationale vrouwennetwerken.
globalization, development, and gender equity
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Najafizadeh, Mehrangiz > (ed.)
- Creator
- Lindsey, Linda L. > (ed.)
- Contributor
- [et al.]
- Publish Year
- 2019
- Shelfmark
- WER 5 2019 - B
- Thesaurus
- globalisering, gelijke behandeling, empowerment, gender, geweld, politiek, Azië, bundel
- Description
- Volume on the transformative process of globalization and both harmful and beneficial consequences for Asian women. In thirty-two chapters issues are addressed at the intersections among gender, globalization and development. These issues include economic empowerment, family-work balance, gender violence and politics. The volume concentrates on the four major geographic regions: East Asia, Southeast Easia, South Asia and Central Asia.