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Searching for security : women's responses to economic transformations

Title
Searching for security : women's responses to economic transformations / edited by Isa Baud and Ines Smyth.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Baud, I. S. A.
  • Smyth, Ines, 1948-
Description
xiii, 161 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
Human security is a development buzzword of the 1990s. To attain security people need to feel safe from natural disasters, such as drought, and 'man-made' problems, such as unemployment. Women are a particularly insecure section of society with the impact of deprivation disproportionately shouldered by women throughout the developing world. Searching for Security examines how economic, political and environmental factors have contributed to increased gender insecurity in the last decade. Analysing the impacts of insecurity induced by global changes on the lives of women throughout the developing world, the book discusses women's responses to these changing circumstances from Africa to Malaysia, and Hungary to the Caribbean. By examining both the causes of insecurity and the gendered responses to it, this collection of essays makes a timely contribution to emerging policy efforts to recognise and address the issue of gender insecurity.
Series Statement
Routledge studies in development and society ; 1
Uniform Title
Routledge studies in development and society ; 1.
Subject
  • Börngen, ..
  • Women > Developing countries > Economic conditions
  • Women in development > Developing countries
  • Economic security > Developing countries
  • Economic security
  • Women > Economic conditions
  • Women in development
  • Soziale Sicherheit
  • Sozioökonomischer Wandel
  • Kongress
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Frau
  • Vrouwen
  • Ontwikkelingslanden
  • Sociaal-economische verandering
  • Bestaansonzekerheid
  • Femmes dans le développement > Pays en voie de développement
  • Sécurité économique > Pays en voie de développement
  • Femmes > Pays en voie de développement > Conditions économiques
  • Developing countries
  • Entwicklungsländer
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Searching for Security: Women's Responses to Economic Transformations / Isa Baud and Ines Smyth -- 2. Global Change and Insecurity: Are Women the Problem or the Solution? / Ruth Pearson -- 3. The Retreat of the State in the English-Speaking Caribbean: The Impact on Women and their Responses / Gemma Tang Nain -- 4. Informal Social Security in Africa from a Gender Perspective / Gudrun Lachenmann -- 5. In Sickness and in Health: Gender Issues in Health Policy and their Implications for Development in the 1990s / Jo Beall -- 6. How Can Hungarian Women Lose What They Have Never Had? / Maria Adamik -- 7. Economic Restructuring in Malaysia: Implications for Women Workers / Chee Heng Leng and Cecilia Ng Choon Sim -- 8. Targeting Woman-Headed Households and Woman-Maintained Families in Developing Countries / Mayra Buvinic and Geeta Rao Gupta.
ISBN
  • 041514227X
  • 9780415142274
LCCN
96021815
OCLC
  • ocm34742429
  • 34742429
  • SCSB-2103466
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library