Gender, Globalization, & Democratization

Women's voices and experiences from around the world are brought to bear upon issues of globalization and democratization in this volume of strikingly original and diverse essays. From the Comfort Women of Japan to the Mexican maquiladoras, from the debt burdened nations of Africa to the 'new settler societies' of Oceania, the impact of globalizing forces and uneven democratization yields gender dislocations everywhere. This volume charts these trends with original research, first-hand interviews and surveys, and fresh theoretical perspectives.

Women's voices and experiences from around the world are brought to bear upon issues of globalization and democratization in this volume of strikingly original and diverse essays. From the Comfort Women of Japan to the Mexican maquiladoras, from the debt burdened nations of Africa to the 'new settler societies' of Oceania, the impact of globalizing forces and uneven democratization yields gender dislocations everywhere. This volume charts these trends with original research, first-hand interviews and surveys, and fresh theoretical perspectives. Gender regime change may be built on the understandings begun here.

Chapter 1 Globalization, Democratization, and Gender Regimes
Chapter 2 Gender, Globalization and Democratization: Some Lessons from Oceania
Chapter 3 Globalization and Gender: A European Perspective
Chapter 4 Gender and Social Implications of Globalization: An African Perspective
Chapter 5 Mexico/ U. S. Migration and Gender Relations: The Guanajuatense Community in Mexico and the United States
Chapter 6 Globalization and Asian Indian Immigrant Women in the United States
Chapter 7 Income Control and Hosehold Work-Sharing
Chapter 8 Japan and the Global Sex Industry
Chapter 9 Political Spaces, Gender, and NAFTA
Chapter 10 Democratization and Gender Politics in South Korea
Chapter 11 Transforming Governance Agendas: Insights from Grassroots Initiatives in Local Governments in Two Districts of India
Chapter 12 Engendering the Japanese "Double Standard" Patriarchal Democracy: The Case of the "Comfort Women" and Military Sexual Slavery
Chapter 13 Democratization: Reflections on Gendered Dislocations in the Public Sphere
Chapter 14 References