Globalization and the transformation of gender relations in Asia

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Habibul Haque Khondker, Zayed UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Source of Publication

Global Trends and Regional Development

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Abstract

© 2012 Taylor & Francis. Asia is the most populous continent on earth, home to 57.6% of the world’s 6.9 billion people. Some of the fastest growing economies in the world are in Asia, as are some of the most impoverished ones. The context of our analysis includes the twists and turns associated with globalization, which implies in the most general sense macro-level social transformation that affects the entire world or large sections of it. The impact of these global social processes on gender relations in selected Asian countries is the main focus of the analysis. Social and economic transformation in Asia often has a dramatic quality about it, which makes tracking changes in gender relations both interesting and challenging at the same time.

ISBN

9781136633478

Publisher

Taylor and Francis

First Page

155

Last Page

172

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Scopus ID

85076185605

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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