Globalization, Gender And The Davos Man

Lourdes Beneria

Feminist Economics, 1999, vol. 5, issue 3, 61-83

Abstract: Using Karl Polanyi's analysis of the social construction of markets in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe, the paper applies his analysis to the formation of global markets in the late twentieth century. The paper argues that Polanyi's work needs to be engendered in order to take into consideration women's and men's different links to the market and to understand the construction of "economic man" gone global. The paper also addresses the feminization of the labor force across the globe and the possible effects on women's behavior and on the construction of "economic woman." The concluding section discusses alternative interpretations of this behavior.

Keywords: Markets; Globalization; Economic Man; Feminization Of The Labor Force; Gender; Alternative Models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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