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Globalization creates growth without jobs in the North, structural adjustment in the South, privatization in the East and the dismantling of states everywhere. The author of this extraordinary book uses a mixture of case studies, examples and quotations to illustrate some hard facts. She looks at women across the world to show how their lives have been turned upside down, by industrialization in the South and a return to homeworking in the North. From New York to Phnom Penh, from Moscow to Dakar, we see the devastating effects of the unfettered power of transnational corporations on women’s lives.
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Noting that the rapid expansion of the unfettered power of transnational corporations and the neoliberal agenda that is euphemistically called "globalization" by the powerful is far from a gender neutral process, freelance journalist Wichterich switches back and forth from an analysis of the macro forces driving what she calls "turbo-capitalism" to the deleterious effects it has had on specific women's lives across the globe. She looks at the economic travails of women in Phnom Penh, New York, Dakar, Moscow to name just a few. Translated from the German work Der Globalisierte Frau . Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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