Neoliberalism, Mobility and Cook Islands Men in Transit

Bibliographic Data

ID18993123
AuthorsKalissa Alexeyeff (0000-0003-2033-4334, Gender Studies, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume19
Issue2
Pages136-149
Publication date2008-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Australian Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1035-8811 • E-ISSN: 1757-6547
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1835-9310.2008.tb00118.x
OpenAlexW2170259569
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited16

From the 1990s, neoliberalism has been vigorously promoted by aid agencies operating in the Cook Islands. The solution to the country's economic problems has been sought in the privatisation of government assets and services and the development of free‐market principles. Social Impact Assessment reports of these reforms have included information on their effect on women and children under the heading of ‘gender’; men, however, are notably absent as a category of analysis. Building on recent work about men, masculinities and development, this paper begins to address this imbalance by examining how Cook Islands men have been effected by, and how they react to, neoliberalism in a series of gender specific ways. In particular, it explores the relationship between masculinity, class, status, and migration

Geography · Masculinity · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Engineering · Gender Studies · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Migration and Labor Dynamics

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub