Global exchanges and gender perspectives in Africa / / edited by Jean-Bernard Ouedraogo, Roseline M. Achieng'

• Pubblicazione: Dakar, : Codesria; Kampala, : Fountain Publishers, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.4096
• Soggetto topico: Sex role and globalization - Africa; Globalization - Social aspects - Africa; Women - Africa - Economic conditions
• Altri autori: OuedraogoJean-Bernard <1958-> Achieng'Roseline M
• Note generali: "Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; 1. Introductions Gender in a Global Market Society; 2. The Difference in the System of the Self: A Philosophical Contribution to the Gender Approach; 3. ""Celebrating"" the female Body in Global Trade: Fashion, Media and Music in Kenya; 4. The Impact of Globalization on Women Peasants and Traders in Nigeria's Delta Region (1986-2002); 5. Globalization and the Question of Women Smugglers in East Africa: Observations of a Cross Kenya-Uganda Boundary (1980-2002); 6. Gender and Fair Trade in Cameroon ; 7. Trade and Information Systems: The Case of Wrap Sellers in Brazzaville (Congo)8. The Role of Social Capital in the Establishment and Sustenance of Women's MIcro-businesses: A Case Study of Butere-Mumias District, Kenya; 9. Gender, Trade Liberalization and the Multilateral trading System: Towards an African Perspective; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: The global perspectives adopted in this volume by the authors, from different academic disciplines and social experiences, ought not to be locked in sterile linearity which within process of globalisation would fail to perceive, the irreversible opening up of the worlds of the south. There is the need within the framework of the analyses presented here, to quite cogently define the sense of the notion of the market. The market here does not refer to saving or the localised exchange of goods, a perspective which is imposed by normative perceptions. In fact, a strictly materialistic reading of
• Titolo autorizzato: Global exchanges and gender perspectives in Africa
• ISBN: 1-280-12745-7; 9786613531339; 2-86978-525-9; 2-86978-524-0; 2-86978-526-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828856203321
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