Institutions and Gender Empowerment in the Global Economy

Edited by Kartik Roy, Hans Blomqvist and Cal Clark

in World Scientific Books from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Since women account for almost 50 percent of the world's population, the sustainability of development of the global economy can be greatly impaired if the state authorities in individual countries pay less attention to the improvement in the socio-economic status of women relative to men. Improvement in socio-economic status which facilitates empowerment of individuals is greatly dependent on conducive informal institutions and state institutions. This book is the first of its kind to critically examine the role of these institutions in women's empowerment in five continents in the world. The analysis of the role of institutions in individual countries is underpinned by a robust theoretical background presented in the first three chapters. The chapters on individual countries also include a section dealing with recommendations for changes in state policies affecting women's empowerment.

Keywords: Institutions; Gender Based Discrimination; Women; Substantative Freedom; Empowerment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
ISBN: 9789812709967
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Development and Gender Empowerment: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues , pp 1-20

Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark

Ch 2 Dimensions of Poverty and Discrimination Against Women , pp 21-49

Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark

Ch 3 Can the State and its Institutions Facilitate Gender Empowerment? , pp 51-66

Kartik C. Roy, Hans C. Blomqvist and Cal Clark

Ch 4 Institutions and Gender Empowerment in India , pp 67-102

Kartik C. Roy

Ch 5 Gender, Institutions, and Empowerment: Lessons from China , pp 103-129

Jude Howell

Ch 6 Institutions and Gender Empowerment in Taiwan , pp 131-150

Cal Clark and Janet Clark

Ch 7 Institutions and Women's Empowerment in Kenya , pp 151-192

Tabitha W. Kiriti-Nganga

Ch 8 Institutions and Gender Empowerment in the Global Economy: The Peruvian Case, 1990–2005 , pp 193-221

Patricia Fuertes Medina

Ch 9 Institutions and Gender Empowerment in the Fiji Islands , pp 223-240

Biman C. Prasad and Nalini Lata

Ch 10 Gender Empowerment and the Status of Women in Great Britain , pp 241-254

Rene P. McEldowney

Ch 11 Institutions and Women's Empowerment in the United States , pp 255-275

Cal Clark and Janet Clark

Ch 12 Institutions and Gender Empowerment in Greece , pp 277-292

Rosita Dellios

Ch 13 Institutions and Women's Empowerment in the Contemporary World , pp 293-303

Cal Clark, Kartik C. Roy and Hans C. Blomqvist

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