Description
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.
Author: Smitha Radhakrishnan, Cinzia D. Solari
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 10/23/2023
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781509544905
ISBN10: 1509544909
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
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.
Author: Smitha Radhakrishnan, Cinzia D. Solari
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 10/23/2023
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781509544905
ISBN10: 1509544909
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
About the Author
Smitha Radhakrishnan is Luella LaMer Professor of Women's Studies and Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College.
Cinzia D. Solari is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston.