Global cities, transnational flows and gender dimensions, the view from Singapore
Flow ; Gender ; Globalization ; International migration ; Singapore ; Urban area ; Urban policy ; World city
The paper focuses on Singapore, an aspiring global city, to investigate how global city spaces are transgressed by transnational migrants who may challenge, inflect or reaffirm the gendered spatial boundaries with which the city is scripted
. It focuses on three groups of women to unmask the gendering at work as well as the gendered implications of transnationalism in Singapore's state-led drive to global city status.
Cultural identity ; Cultural studies ; Gender ; Gender difference ; Social inequality
This paper engages with current debates concerning reflexive research processes. It applies a relational concept of difference - recently envisaged as betweenness - to highlight how gender and class difference can be used to reflect other
Walking the walk? The state and gender transformations in the new South Africa
Citizenship ; Feminism ; Gender ; Policy ; Power ; Society ; South Africa ; State control ; Woman
The paper engages feminist debates about gender and the state through the specific context of post-apartheid South Africa. It outlines recent feminist debates which tend to be western oriented and therefore ignore the experiences of women in post
Art ; Developing countries ; Economic aid ; Ethnicity ; Gender ; Handicrafts ; Kenya ; Professional organization
Investigation of the pottery business in a developing country containing information on the gender, age and ethnic origins of the potters, craft lineage and distribution, the status and organisational set-up of the potters and development programs
The ethnic and gender division of labor compared among immigrants to Los Angeles
California ; Division of labour ; Ethnic community ; Gender difference ; Labour market ; Los Angeles ; Professional structure ; United States of America ; Urban economy ; Urban immigration ; Urban society