Gender Equality in a Global Perspective

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-19324-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 591 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

Gender Equality in a Global Perspective looks to discuss whether Gender Equality can be adopted as it has been defined in international documents anywhere, or whether it needs to be adapted in a more local context; discuss which factors and perspectives need to be taken into account when adapting Gender Equality to specific contexts; suggest research approaches for studies on whether a universal (Western) concept of Gender Equality fits in certain specific contexts; and finally suggests challenges to the existing interpretation of Gender Equality (e.g., theory of intersectionality); and the development of legal and policy framework.

This book is situated within the tradition of comparative gender studies. While most other such books take up and compare various ways of implementing (or not implementing) gender equality, this book studies and compares whether or not (and to what extent) a specific definition of Gender Equality (GE) could be adopted by various nations. Thus, all chapter contributors will engage with the same definition of GE, which will be presented within the book, and discuss the possibilities and constrains related to applying such a definition in their particular national context.

The readers will learn about the problems of applying a universal concept of Gender Equality and the possible reasons for and modes of adapting Gender Equality to different contexts. Gender Equality in a Global Perspective looks to maintain a critical and reflexive stance towards the issues raised and will seek to present multiple perspectives and open-ended answers. As such it hopes to contribute to the international discussion of human rights more broadly and Gender Equality specifically.

The intended audience is not limited only to but will include policy makers, scholars and students with an interest in Gender issues, Organizational Theory, Political Science, Human Development, Policy Analysis, Globalization and other management sub-disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ortenblad, Anders

Marling, Raili

Vasiljevic, Snjezana

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Background and Introduction

1. Introduction: Different Dimensions of Gender Equality in a Comparative Perspective

Snježana Vasiljevic, Raili Marling and Anders Örtenblad

Part 2: Examining Gender Equality in a Global Perspective

2. Gender Equality in Nigeria

Funmi Josephine Para-Mallam

3. Gender Equality in the Arab and Muslim World: Whither Post-Revolutionary Egypt?

Mohamed Arafa and Ahmed El-Ashry

4. (Un)doing Gender Equality in China

Yan Zhao

5. A "Fair Go" in the Lucky Country? Gender Equality and the Australian Case

Archana Preeti Voola, Kara Beavis and Anuradha Mundkur

6. Gender Equality in Uruguay

Alma Espino

7. Structural and Ideological Gender Equality in Mexico

Sonia M. Frías

8. Gender Equality in the United States

Colleen E. Arendt and Patrice M. Buzzanell

9. Gender Equality in Serbia

Suzana Ignjatovic and Aleksandar Boškovic

10. Gender Equality in Croatia

Snježana Vasiljevic

11. Gender Equality in Estonia

Raili Marling

Part 3: Comments and Conclusions

12. Commentary: The Nature and Impact of Gender Equality Initiatives Around the Globe – Tensions and Paradoxes

Patrice M. Buzzanell

13. Conclusion

Raili Marling, Snježana Vasiljevic and Anders Örtenblad

Über Autor(innen)

Anders Örtenblad is Professor of Organization and Leadership at Nord University, Norway.

Raili Marling is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Tartu, Estonia.

Snježana Vasiljevic is Professor of European Law and Fundamental Rights, European Anti-discrimination Law, EU Law and Gender at the Zagreb University, Croatia.