The Globalization of Gender

This book provides an insightful approach to understanding the contemporary circulations of feminist repertoires and shows how the international/transnational circulations of gender are interconnected, even coextensive, with the globalization process itself.

Autorentext

Ioana Cîrstocea is a Sociologist at the Scientific Research National Center and member of the European Center for Sociology and Political Science in Paris, France.

Delphine Lacombe is a Sociologist at Paris University and the Scientific Research National Center. She is a member of the Migration and Society Research Unit (URMIS) in Paris, France.

Elisabeth Marteu is a Political Scientist and Associate Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, UK.

Inhalt

Editors' Introduction - Gender: A Globalized Category of Public Policy and Knowledge Production Part I: Expertise 1. Gender as a Transnational Socialization Platform (Eastern Europe, 1990-2000s) 2. Becoming Gender Expert: Trajectories and Strategies in Tajikistan 3. Cosmopolitanism and Feminism Part II: Mobilization and Politicization 4. Violence against Women and (de)Colonization of the "Body-Territory": From War to Neoliberal Extractivism in Guatemala 5. Globalized Gender and Creative Strategies against Inequalities in Turkey: Capital City Women's Platform (Bakent Kadn Platformu Dernei) 6. Gender Globalization and Human Rights: The Politicization of Intra-familial and Sexual Violence in Nicaragua (1979-1996) 7. Local Strategies to Appropriate UNSC Resolution 1325 "Women, Peace and Security" in Israel-Palestine 8. Becoming Lesbian in China: A Path to Emancipation Part III: Bureaucratic and Economic Diversion of Gender 9. The Creation of an International "Cause" and its Implementation in a National Context: The Fight against Sexual and Gender-based Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo 10. Women as Financial Subject 11. "Women's Rights Washing": The Selective Circulation of "Saudi Women's Rights" between Diplomacy, Media and Activism. Editors' Conclusion - Gender: A "Useful Category" for Studying Globalization