The gendering of global finance

The gendering of global finance

Assassi, Libby

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This book explores the gendered nature of the historical emergence of modern finance markets and their expansion to a now global scale. It analyses the ways in which women were and still are marginalized in terms of financial activity and associated structures of power which play a critical role in shaping thecontemporary global political economy. INDICE: Introduction to the Gendering of Global Finance - Period of Historical Change and the 'New' Social Ontology - Property and Gender: Irrational Women and Rational Men - The Emergence of Gendered Credit and Financial Institutions - From Formal Financial Institutions and Orderly Men to Informal Markets and the Disorderly Women - Global Financial Markets: 'Add women and stir'? - Deepening the Circuits of Credit - Gender and 'a Deeper Share of Wallet' - Bibliography - Index

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-51793-6
  • Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 224
  • Fecha Publicación: 22/10/2009
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés