1st Edition

The Globalization of Gender Knowledge, Mobilizations, Frameworks of Action

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

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. Fed by a shared reflexivity on relations among activist groups, state institutions, and international actors involved in the production... Read more

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 (Bașkent Kadın Platformu Derneği)  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



 

Biography

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.