The Gendered Impacts of Liberalization: Towards "Embedded Liberalism"?

In the last two decades public policies have reflected a drive for accelerated global economic integration ("globalization"), associated with greater economic liberalization. The outcomes have been largely disappointing, even in the estimate of their designers. Rural livelihoods have become more insecure, and the expected growth has rarely materialized. Insecurity is also etched into the growth of informal economies across the world. Yet the economic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415897424
• ISBN13: 9780415897426
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"