The World System Theory And Developmental Studies

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Forces of globalization are real and their influences are felt everywhere. It entails free

trade, free mobility of both financial and real capital, and rapid diffusion of products,

technologies, and information and consumption patterns. As indicated in the 1999 World Survey

on the Role of Women in Development, in the age of globalization, Governments’ policy choices

have shifted in favor of openness of trade and financial flow. Policies calling for lighter

regulation of industry, privatization of state-owned enterprises and lower public spending have

characterized the programs of governments around the world. The world-systems theory, social

movement theory and developmental studies should take account of female labor and of

oppositional transnational feminist networks.

So how did we come about this issue of economic inequality in terms of the labor force?

The employment of women has had many cultural repercussions and entails gender conflicts.

During the 1980’s the increasing participation of women in the labor force in Middle Eastern

Countries was accompanied by subtle presumes on them to conform to religious dictates

concerning dress. In Egypt many professional women came to work in modest dresses which

were to cover their head. One may hypothesis that in the earlier stage of the Islamist movement,

the influx of women in the work force raised fears of competition with men, leading to calls for

the domestication of women. In the current stage
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