Obstacles and Opportunities to Women's Empowerment under Neoliberal Reform
| Autor: | Cathy A. Rakowski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Developing Societies. 16:115-138 |
| ISSN: | 1568-5225 0169-796X |
| DOI: | 10.1163/156852200512012 |
| Popis: | Although neoliberal economics purports to be “ gender neutral” and focused on “ individuals” and “ markets,” ample evidence exists that it is gender biased both in its outcomes and in its implicit assumptions about gender roles. However, in spite of the gender bias in reforms and — conversely — the attention given to gender issues in some compensatory social policies, the specie c nature of their impacts are variable. Their impacts may be negative under some conditions and positive under others. Even the negative impacts of reforms can have a positive side; women may be empowered personally, socially and politically even as (or because) their workload and poverty increases. Moreover, some researchers argue that under neoliberal economic restructuring women’ s roles as shock absorbers lead to a breakdown in patriarchal norms, and thereby increase the opportunities for women to empower themselves. This article reviews the arguments and evidence for these different perspectives. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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