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