The Gender Order of Neoliberalism

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5095-4490-5
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

What do mompreneurs, angry working-class men, and migrant domestic workers all have in common? They are all gendered subjects responding to the economic, political, and cultural realities of neoliberalism’s global gender order.

In this ambitious book, Radhakrishnan and Solari map the varied gendered pathways of a global hegemonic regime. Focusing on the US, the former Soviet Union, and South and Southeast Asia, they argue that the interconnected histories of imperialism, socialism, and postcolonialism have converged in a new way since the fall of the Soviet Union, transforming the post-war international order that preceded it. Today, the ideal of the empowered woman – a striving, entrepreneurial subject who overcomes adversity and has many “choices” – symbolizes modernity for diverse countries competing for status in the global hierarchy. This ideal bridges the painful gap between aspiration and lived reality, but also spurs widespread discontent.

Blending social theory, rich empirical evidence, and a multi-sited understanding of neoliberalism, this book invites all of us to question taken-for-granted knowledge about gender and capitalism, and to look to grassroots international movements of the past to chart the path to a fairer future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Radhakrishnan, Smitha

Solari, Cinzia D

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: A Multicentric World Order

2. Neoliberalism’s Pre-histories

3. Investing in “Empowered” Women

4. Neoliberalism’s Gendered Architecture

5. Moving Towards Modernity

6. Manly Protectors

7. Conclusion: A Fairer Multipolar Future

Über Autor(innen)

Smitha Radhakrishnan is Marion Butler McLean Professor of the History of Ideas and Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College.
Cinzia D. Solari is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston.