Wages of Empire: Neoliberal Policies, Repression, and Women's Poverty (Hardcover)

PART I: The Policies and Ideologies of Neoliberal Globalization Introduction Chapter 1: The Vicious Cycle of AIDS, Poverty, and Neoliberalism Bernardo Useche and Amalia L. Cabezas Chapter 2: In Her Name: The Gender Order of Global Poverty Management Ananya Roy Chapter 3: Under the Western Eyes of Fashion: Marie Claire's Construction of Global Feminism Jennifer Lynn Stoever PART II: Impacts of Neoliberal Policy and Ideology: Case Studies Chapter 4: Tea's Fortunes and Famines: Global Capital, Women Workers, and Survival in Indian Plantation Country Piya Chatterjee Chapter 5: Macroeconomics and Microentrepreneurs: Comparing Two Island Nations' Responses to Neoliberalism and Its Impact on Women's Lives Marina Karides Chapter 6: Politicians, Think Tanks, and the Global Promotion of the "Wisconsin Model" of Welfare Reform Ellen Reese Chapter 7: Service Provisioning as Political Activity: Struggles for Citizenship in Britain's Declining Welfare State Tracy Fisher PART III: Laboring Under Corporate Globalization: Case Studies Chapter 8: Neoliberalism, Globalization, and the International Division of Care Joya Misra and Sabine N. Merz Chapter 9: The Tortilla Behemoth: Sexualized Despotism and Women's Resistance in the Transnational Mexican Tortilla Factory Carolina Bank Munoz Chapter 10: Roses, Thorns, and Seven Dollars a Day: Women Workers in Colombia's Export Flower Industry Cynthia Mellon Chapter 11: The Process of Exporting Neoliberal Development: The Consequences of the Growth of Export Processing Zones in El Salvador Jill Esbenshade PART IV: War and Military Repression Chapter 12: Bacteria, Bioterrorism, and the Geranium Ladies of Guatemala Caitilyn Allen Chapter 13: Globalization Denied: Gender and Poverty in Iraq and Palestine Jennifer C. Olmsted Chapter 14: Amazons Go to War Without Weapons: Women and the Conflict in Escravos, Niger Delta Joy Ngozi Ezeilo Chapter 15: Building Empire on the Backs of Women: U.S. Actions or the Role of the United States in Afghanistan Sonali Kolhatkar