Citation

Denis AB. Int. Sociol. 2003; 18(3): 491-512.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/02685809030183003

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Contemporary globalization is conceptualized as a gendered phenomenon and its impact on the (in)equity women experience is examined for Barbados, a small island nation, which has been experiencing shifts in economic and social policies which are informed by the neoliberal orthodoxy of globalization. After considering how recent globalization has affected the Barbados political economy, the article examines how these changes affect the productive and reproductive activities of women in different social locations. The resulting benefits and disadvantages for women are considered, together with the latter's strategies of resistance.