Remaking of Social Contracts : Feminists in a Fierce New World.: Feminists in a Fierce New World. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Sen, Gita
• Contents: Pt. I INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW -- Social contracts revisited: the promise of human rights / Marina Durano -- pt. II GOVERNING GLOBALIZATION: CRITIQUING THE REPRODUCTION OF INEQUALITY -- ch. 1 Financialization, distribution and inequality / Stephanie Seguino -- Box II. 1 Multilateralism: from advancement to self-defence / Barbara Adams -- Box II. 2 Women's status and free trade in the Pacific / Lice Cokanasiga -- ch. 2 New poles of accumulation and realignment of power in the twenty-first century / Hibist Wendemu Kassa -- ch. 3 The modern business of war / Oscar Ugarteche -- Box II. 3 Militarization, illicit economies and governance / Adebayo Olukoshi -- Box II. 4 Commodity exports and persistent inequality under Latin American progressive governments / Nicole Bidegain Ponte -- ch. 4 The convergences and divergences of human rights and political economy / Aldo Caliari. pt. III POLITICAL ECOLOGY AND CLIMATE JUSTICE: TACKLING SUSTAIN ABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- ch. 5 Climate non-negotiables / Anita Nayar -- BOX III. 1 Primitive accumulation revisited / Gita Sen -- ch. 6 Geoengineering: a gender issue? / Diana Bronson -- Box III. 2 Green rhetoric in the Asian fiscal stimulus / Marina Durano -- ch. 7 Land grabs, food security and climate justice: a focus on sub-Saharan Africa / Zo Randriamaro -- Box III. 3 African feminist resistance and climate change politics / Hibist Wendemu Kassa -- pt. IV SECULARISM AND BIOPOLITICS: CONFRONTING FUNDAMENTALISM AND DECIPHERING BIOPOLITICS -- ch. 8 Negotiating sexual and reproductive health and rights at the UN: a long and winding road / Francoise Girard -- ch. 9 The making of a secular contract / Magaly Pazello -- Box IV. 1 The abortion debate in Latin America and the Caribbean: one step forward, two steps back / Erika Troncoso. Box IV. 2 MDGs, SRHR and poverty-reduction policies: evidence from a DAWN project / Bhavya Reddy -- ch. 10 Sexuality as a weapon of biopolitics: rethinking Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill / Rosalind P. Petchesky -- Box IV. 3 HIV and SRHR / Rodelyn Marte -- Box IV. 4 Sexuality and human rights in Brazil: the long and winding road / Sonia Correa -- pt. V frontier challenges: building nation-states and social movements -- ch. 11 The state of states / Claire Slatter -- Box V.1 ICTs: efficient exploitation or feminist tool? / Cai Yiping -- ch. 12 Religious fundamentalism and secular governance / Amrita Chhachhi -- Box v. 2 Case study of engagement and responses by women's groups in the face of violence in Gujarat -- ch. 13 Reframing peace and security for women / Kumudini Samuel -- Box V.3 LBT rights and militarization in post-conflict context / Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala. Ch. 14 Feminist activisms for new global contracts amidst civil indignation / Peggy Antrobus -- Box v. 4 The promise and pitfalls of UN Women / Nicole Bidegain Ponte -- Box V.5 Young people: shattering the silence on sexual and reproductive health and rights / Fadekemi Akinfaderin-Agrau.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.4091724; Feminist theory; Social contract; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Feminist theory; Social contract; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781780321608; 1780321600; 1322097984; 9781322097985; 9781780321592; 1780321597; 9781780321585; 1780321589; 9781780321615; 1780321619; 9781780321622; 1780321627
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Print version record.
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