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Patriarchy and Development

Women's Positions at the End of the Twentieth Century

At the end of the twentieth century, after four world conferences on women, debates on the impact of economic development on the lives and status of women - including their life-options and opportunities for betterment - continue unresolved. Is patriarchy on the decline, or is it merely its form that is changing? What effect does development have on gender relations, and how do patriarchal structures affect the development process? The chapters in this book were written for a UNU/WIDER research conference convened to explore two parallel phenomena: the changing position of women and gender relations and the relevance of the concept of patriarchy, and the impact of development—and especially industrialization and wage work—on women and gender. They address questions through theoretical, historical, and empirical approaches, and provide critical analysis and macro- and micro-level data for Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian sub-continent, the Nordic region, and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Following an introduction and overview (Part 1), the book is divided into two main parts. Part II offers historical and theoretical perspectives on the evolution of women's positions in the course of development, with contributions by Sylvia Walby, John Lie, Elizabeth Dore, Sheila Carapico, Leela Kasturi, and Jane Parpart. Part III focuses on industrialization, state policies, and women workers, with contributions by Ruth Pearson, Helen Safa, Rita Gallin, Valentine Moghadam, Guy Standing, and Tuovi Allén. The book ends with an appendix of statistical tables providing descriptive data on women in the countries under consideration and others. The contributors are well-known academics and researchers who utilize the methods of economics, sociology, history, and feminist analysis in their case studies of economic development and women's positions.

Table of contents
  1. 1. Introduction and Overview
    Valentine M. Moghadam
  2. Part I: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
    2. The ‘Declining Significance’ or the ‘Changing Forms’ of Patriarchy?
    Sylvia Walby
  3. Part I: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
    3. From Agrarian Patriarchy to Patriarchal Capitalism: Gendered Capitalist Industrialization in Korea
    John Lie
  4. Part I: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
    4. Patriarchy and Private Property in Nicaragua, 1860-1920
    Elizabeth Dore
  5. Part I: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
    5. Gender and Status Inequalities in Yemen: Honour, Economics, and Politics
    Sheila Carapico
  6. Part I: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
    6. Development, Patriarchy, and Politics: Indian Women in the Political Process, 1947-1992
    Leela Kasturi
  7. Part I: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
    7. Gender, Patriarchy, and Development in Africa: The Zimbabwean Case
    Jane Parpart
  8. Part II: Industrialization, the State, and Female Labour
    8. Industrialization and Women’s Subordination: A Reappraisal
    Ruth Pearson
  9. Part II: Industrialization, the State, and Female Labour
    9. Gender Inequality and Women’s Wage Labour: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
    Helen I. Safa
  10. Part II: Industrialization, the State, and Female Labour
    10. State, Gender, and the Organization of Business in Rural Taiwan
    Rita S. Gallin
  11. Part II: Industrialization, the State, and Female Labour
    11. Development Strategies, State Policies, and the Status of Women: A Comparative Assessment of Iran, Turkey, and Tunisia
    Valentine M. Moghadam
  12. Part II: Industrialization, the State, and Female Labour
    12. Cumulative Disadvantage?: Women Industrial Workers in Malaysia and the Philippines
    Guy Standing
  13. Part II: Industrialization, the State, and Female Labour
    13. The Nordic Model of Gender Equality: The Welfare State, Patriarchy, and Unfinished Emancipation
    Tuovi Allén
  14. Part II: Industrialization, the State, and Female Labour
    14. Patriarchy and Post-communism: Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
    Valentine M. Moghadam
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