The Remaking of Social Contracts: Feminists in a Fierce New World

Citation:

Sen, Gita, and Marina Durano, eds. 2014. The Remaking of Social Contracts: Feminists in a Fierce New World. Zed Books. 

Authors: Gita Sen, Marina Durano

Abstract:

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) argues that social contracts must be recreated if they are to fulfil the promise of human rights. In The Remaking of Social Contracts, leading thinkers and activists address a wide range of concerns - global economic governance, militarism, ecological tipping points, the nation state, movement-building, sexuality and reproduction, and religious fundamentalism. These themes are of wide-ranging importance for the survival and well-being of us all, and reflect the many dimensions and inter-connectedness of our lives. Using feminist lenses, the book puts forward a holistic and radical understanding of the synergies, tensions and contradictions between social movements and global, regional and local power structures and processes, and it points to other alternatives and possibilities for this fierce new world.

Table of Contents

1. Front Cover
2. About the Editors
3. About DAWN
4. Title
5. Copyright
6. Contents
7. Foreword (Josefa Franscisco)
8. Part I: Introductory Overview (Gita Sen & Marina Durano)
9. Part II: Governing Globalization: Critiquing the Reproduction of Inequality
10. Chapter 1: Financialization, Distribution and Inequality (Stephanie Seguino)
11. Chapter 2: New Poles of Accumulation and Realignment of Power in the Twenty-first Century (Yao Graham & Hibist Wendemu Kassa)
12. Chapter 3 The Modern Business of War (Oscar Ugarteche)
13. Chapter 4: The Convergences and Divergences of Human Rights and Political Economy (Aldo Caliari)
14. Part III: Political Ecology and Climate Justice: Tackling Sustainability and Climate Change
15. Chapter 5: Climate Non-negotiables (Anita Nayar)
16. Chapter 6: Geoengineering: A Gender Issue? (Diana Bronson)
17. Chapter 7: Land Grabs, Food Security and Climate Justice: A Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa (Zo Randriamaro)
18. Part IV: Secularism and Biopolitics: Confronting Fundamentalism and Deciphering Biopolitics
19. Chapter 8: Negotiating Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at the UN: A Long and Winding Road (Alexandra Garita & Francoise Girad)
20. Chapter 9: The Making of a Secular Contract (Fatou Sow & Magaly Pazello)
21. Chapter 10: Sexuality as a Weapon of Biopolitics: Rethinking Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill (Rosalind P. Petchesky)
22. Part V: Frontier Challenges: Building Nation-States and Social Movements
23. Chapter 11: The State of States (Claire Slatter)
24. Chapter 12: Religious Fundamentalism and Secular Governance (Amrita Chhachhi)
25. Chapter 13: Reframing Peace and Security for Women (Kumudini Samuel)
26. Chapter 14: Feminist Activisms for New Global Contracts amidst Civil Indignation (Josefa Franscisco & Peggy Antrobus)
27. Contributors
28. Index
29. Back Cover

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Summary:

In The Remaking of Social Contracts, leading thinkers and activists address a wide range of concerns - global economic governance, militarism, ecological tipping points, the nation state, movement-building, sexuality and reproduction, and religious fundamentalism. These themes are of wide-ranging importance for the survival and well-being of us all, and reflect the many dimensions and inter-connectedness of our lives.

Using feminist lenses, the book puts forward a holistic and radical understanding of the synergies, tensions and contradictions between social movements and global, regional and local power.

Topics: Economies, Gendered Power Relations, Governance, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarism, Religion, Sexuality

Year: 2014