Women, Work, and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415883385 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said Five Stars. A++. "This novel be a great supplement to any course centered around women" according to Neda Moinolmolki. In her novel Women, Work, and Globalization, Bahira Trask focuses on the microlevel impacts of globalization on women today. She incorporates ecological, socio-historical, as well as cultural perspectives within her examination of globalization and women in our modern day world. Unlike most scholars who focus solely on the political and economic components of globalization and gender, Trask delves deeper into the microlevel impacts of globalization on women, such as familial and individual. She provides readers with a relational approach to assessing globalization and gender, in whi. Wonderful supplemental piece, expands upon existing literature exploring Women's experiences in truly innovative ways In "Women, Work, and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities", Bahira Sherif Trask begins by bringing gender research to the forefront by introducing our current understanding from a global cross-cultural perspective. From there the book leads us into practical implications of how policy reform and varying changes in the workplace are not monolithic, but also may not be bringing about the kinds of change we assume. Sherif Trask does an excellent job of demonstrating the wide range of experiences of women, globally, by conveying their similarities and differences in a personal, a
Practical implications are examined including the consequences of these changes for men. The commonalities and the differences of women’s experiences depending on their social class, education, and location in industrialized and developing countries are highlighted throughout. Key literature from family studies, IO, sociology, anthropology, and economics.The changing role of men in the global work-family arena.The impact of sexual trafficking and exploitation, care labor, and transnational migration on women.Best practices and policies that have benefited women, men, and their families.Part 1 reviews the research on gender in the industrialized and developing world, global changes that pertain to women’s gender roles, women’s labor market participation, globalization, and the spread of the women’s movement. Programs and policies that have effectively assisted women are explored in Part 3 including initiatives instituted by NGOs and governments in developing countries and (programs) policies that help women balance work and family in industrialized countries. The soc
Trask succeeds brilliantly in crossing cultural boundaries to uncover the lives of women as they wrestle with paradoxes of globalization." – Antoinette Hetzler, Lund University, Sweden"Trask’s global, feminist perspective offers keen insight for understanding the lives of women, and shows sobering realities while pointing to the role of women in creating positive change." – Stephen T. This book covers a wide range of topics and approaches that are likely to leave a reader wanting to explore some of these topics in greater depth with an appreciation of how globalization leads to a multiplicity of outcomes that can only be understood when individuals’ social location is taken into account and societal forces and individual agency are acknowledged." – Carol J. Including the cross culture analysis and within cul
Bahira Sherif Trask is Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Delaware.