The Political Economy of Gender in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean

Download or read book The Political Economy of Gender in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean written by V. Barriteau and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eudine Barriteau exposes the precarious position of women in twentieth century Caribbean societies through analyzing the operations of gender systems. She reveals the absence of gender justice and equity, and demonstrates that after twenty-five years of policies on women, Caribbean societies still have not confronted the fundamental problem of women's subordination and the conditions that maintain this. The strategies used by developing states to focus on women are criticised as inadequate and it is recommended that state and society pay more attention to understanding the lives of women.