Gender, law and justice in a global market

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Abstract

Theories of gender justice in the twenty-first century must engage with global economic and social processes. Using concepts from economic analysis associated with global commodity chains and feminist ethics of care, Ann Stewart considers the way in which 'gender contracts' relating to work and care contribute to gender inequalities worldwide. She explores how economies in the global north stimulate desires and create deficits in care and belonging which are met through transnational movements and traces the way in which transnational economic processes, discourses of rights and care create relationships between global south and north. African women produce fruit and flowers for European consumption; body workers migrate to meet deficits in 'affect' through provision of care and sex; British-Asian families seek belonging through transnational marriages.

Item Type: Book
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
K Law [LC] > K Law (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Women -- Legal status, laws, etc., Sex role and globalization, Equality before the law, Sex discrimination against women
Series Name: Law in context
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge
ISBN: 9780521746533
Official Date: 2011
Dates:
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Event
2011
Published
Number of Pages: 376
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
URI: https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/37483/

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