Gender, Globalisation and Marginalisation in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12124690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lai Olurode (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2005-08-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0850-3907 • E-ISSN: 2521-9863 |
| Publisher | Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (PUBLISHER • SN) |
| DOI | 10.4314/ad.v28i2.22177 |
| OpenAlex | W2119482438 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
Globalisation is discussed as an all-encompassing historical process of change that has been with humanity for generations. Yet it is a system of domination and disempowerment which impacts social groups differently and some detrimentally. Globalisation is altering gender relations in societies as well as distancing people from the very cultural resources within their societies. In the latter sense globalisation deepens dependency in all its facets. The paper’s main objective is to demonstrate how globalisation is producing marginalisation between gender groups. In its recent ramification globalisation is portrayed as liberalisation of the economy (structural adjustment programmes) and of politics (democratisation). But men and women differ in their responses to globalisation and in the strategies that are being employed to smuggle genderspecific agendas into the state arena. As its methodology the paper employs content analysis observation and personal interview to enrich the analysis. The paper in its conclusion cautions against an undiscriminatory consumption of the products (whether material or immaterial) of globalisation. It also describes the forms of resistance women have deployed in the face of globalisation. (authors)
Development economics · Economics · Globalization · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Education, and Development Issues · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2020 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |