Institutions and Women's Empowerment in the Contemporary World

Cal Clark, Kartik C. Roy and Hans C. Blomqvist
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Cal Clark: Department of Political Science, 7030 Haley Centre, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 39849-5209, USA
Kartik C. Roy: School of Economics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
Hans C. Blomqvist: Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, POB 287, FIN-65101 Vasa, Finland

Chapter 13 in Institutions and Gender Empowerment in the Global Economy, 2008, pp 293-303 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThis volume has examined the degree of women's empowerment in the contemporary world. It argues that the institutions that exist in a society exercise a powerful and determining influence on the status and rights of women in a particular nation. This conclusion summarizes our major results. The first section provides the theoretical overview that was developed in Chapters 1 to 3, the second tests this model with the case studies in Chapters 4 through 12, and the last tries to draw the implications of these results for the dynamics of women's empowerment in the early 21st century.

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