Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 138
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Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-0-7425-6377-3 • Hardback • December 2008 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
978-0-7425-6378-0 • Paperback • January 2009 • $39.00 • (£30.00)
978-0-7425-6515-9 • eBook • December 2008 • $37.00 • (£30.00)
Manisha Desai is director of women's studies and associate professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Cross Border Traders
Chapter 3 Transnational Feminists
Chapter 4 Modemmujers
Chapter 5 Conlcusion
Gender and the Politics of Possibilities stresses the agency of actors within a globalized world, and hence emphasizes the capacities – or in Desai's own words, 'possibilities” and “creativity – of African informal cross-border traders, transnational feminists, and cultural producers.
— Valentine M. Moghadam, Northeastern University
Manisha Desai provides an important contribution to the literature on globalization by showing why “grassroots” women's activities in these areas need to be reassessed, arguing effectively that they are neglected, undervalued or underappreciated.
— Robert K. Schaeffer, professor of sociology, California Polytechnic State University
I think this book gives a clear and new look at globalization with a gender lens
— Mazie Hough, University of Maine