scholarly journals Neoliberalism, Hindutva and Gender

2020 ◽  
pp. 50-93
Author(s):  
Amrita Chhachhi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Relations ◽  
Population Regulation ◽  
Welfare Analysis ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Labour Rights ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Creation ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Legal Interventions

This article explores the convergence and contradictions between the two hegemonic projects of neoliberalism and Hindutva and the reinforcement/reconstruction of patriarchal gender relations in relation to welfare. Analysis of some key social policies and specific legal interventions show the fusion of the two in the construction of the family/nation/gender related to population regulation, governance of populations, the forging of a paternal contract, the move from welfare to financialization and the undermining of labour rights through regulatory and disciplinary labour codes. The convergence of neoliberalism and Hindutva results in a shift from rights-based entitlements to further commodification and digital financialization and the creation of a hindutvatised neoliberal subjectivity. Keywords: Neoliberal authoritarianism, Hindutva, Welfare, Gender, Labour

Vietnamese Kinship: Structural Principles and the Socialist Transformation in Northern Vietnam

1989 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 741-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hy van Luong
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Framework ◽  
Socioeconomic Transformation ◽  
The Family ◽  
Structural Principles ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Theoretical Analyses

In the literature on the process of socioeconomic transformation, a major debate centers on the questions of how and how much indigenous traditions, including kinship structures, are transformed by the larger political economic framework (Sahlins 1985, Hobsbawm 1983, Wolf 1982). Marxist theoretical analyses tend to emphasize the eventual demise of gender inequality and male-oriented (patrilineal, patrilocal, and patriarchical) kinship systems—kinship systems within which gender relations are also embedded (cf. Engels 1972). The analytical literature on Vietnamese kinship and gender in the socialist era is certainly not an exception in this regard. It is pervaded with general propositions regarding the nuclearization of the family (Houtart and Lemercinier 1981, Werner 1981) and the political-economy-based transformation of the system toward a structure of egalitarian gender relations (e.g., Lê thḷ Nhâm-Tuyêt 1973).

scholarly journals Strategic Gender Egalitarianism in Rural China: The Impacts of Husbands’ Migration on Gender Relations

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 1192-1213
Author(s):  
Hong Zhang ◽  
Elizabeth Fussell
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Gender Egalitarianism ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Family ◽  
Economic Necessity ◽  
And Gender

When men migrate for work and couples live separately, gender relations may be altered in response. Our research in rural China about husbands’ and wives’ perceptions of household decision making and gender-related attitudes examines hypotheses derived from Connell’s theory of gender structures using the Gansu Survey of Children and Families. Consistent with previous research, we find that both migrant husbands and their wives perceive that women have more decision-making power over household production and consumption. In contrast, the effects of husbands’ migration on gender attitudes are not uniformly positive. Both migrant husbands and their wives are more likely than nonmigrant spouses to agree that women and men can achieve the same given equal opportunities. Moreover, migrant husbands hold more gender egalitarian views toward their children’s education than nonmigrant husbands. However, migrant husbands and their wives are no more likely to question sons’ obligations or men’s and women’s roles in the family than their nonmigrant counterparts. We interpret our findings as strategic gender egalitarianism, that is, gender egalitarianism born of necessity, particularly economic necessity. Strategic gender egalitarianism does not, however, challenge dominant gender structures that define family relationships and allocate power unequally.

Provoking Disorder: The Politics of Speech in Protectorate Middlesex

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 885-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Boswell
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Political Order ◽  
Interpersonal Conflicts ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThis article explores the impact of the 1654 ordinance against challenges, duels, and provocations. Despite the Council of State's original intentions, this legislation offered non-elites the opportunity to prosecute threatening and abusive language as “provocations,” recasting interpersonal conflicts as dangerous to society rather than to an individual's “common fame.” Indeed, many of the cases prosecuted at the Middlesex sessions centered on “provocative” behavior that questioned normative social and gender relations, revealing how the Protectorate's anti-dueling legislation provided a new weapon in contests over social power. Comparing the creation and implementation of the 1654 ordinance, this article argues that the Protectorate's legislation exposed the connections between the regulation of social interactions and the preservation of the social and political order.

scholarly journals GENDER RELATIONS AND SUBJECTIVE FAMILY WELL-BEING AMONG FARMER FAMILIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN UPLANDS AND LOWLANDS AREAS IN WEST JAVA PROVINCE, INDONESIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Herien Puspitawati ◽  
Paula Faulkner ◽  
Ma'mun Sarma ◽  
Tin Herawati
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
External Support ◽  
Economic Pressure ◽  
West Java ◽  
The Family ◽  
Poor Farmer ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Husband And Wife

<p>The objectives of this study are described as follows: (1) To examine the conditions of<br />social, economic and demographic characteristics of poor farmer families who live at<br />uplands and lowlands areas, (2) to describe the social-cultural and agroecosystem<br />conditions of poor farmer families who live at uplands and lowlands areas, (3) To<br />explain type of gender relations of poor farmer families who live at uplands and<br />lowlands areas, and (4) to analyze factors that influenced subjective family well-being<br />of poor farmer families who live at uplands and lowlands areas. The chosen research<br />sites were Nanggung Sub-district, Bogor District as an upland area, and West Teluk<br />Jambe Sub-district, Karawang District, West Java Province as a lowland area. The total<br />of 189 farmer families was used for this study (n= 90 in uplands district areas, and n=<br />99 in lowlands district areas). It was found that the conditions of social-cultural and<br />agroecosystem differ between upland and lowland areas. In general, both upland and<br />lowland areas gender roles on farming activities, in terms of access and control to<br />agricultural resources, were dominated by men. Family well-being was directly<br />influenced by higher education of husband and wife, indirectly influenced by less<br />economic pressure of the family, directly influenced by higher gender relations between<br />husband and wife, and directly influenced by less or higher external support. Thus,<br />wealthy farmer families were the family that had educated husband and wife, less<br />economic pressures, equal gender relations and partnerships, and less or more receive<br />external supports. It is recommended that the next study should add variables of family<br />coping strategies related to family economic pressure and gender roles between husband<br />and wife.</p>

scholarly journals Peran Wanita dan Relasi Gender dalam Keluarga Buruh Tani Wanita di Regu Tanam Mulyo Asri Desa Pontang Kecamatan Ambulu Kabupaten Jember

Jurnal KIRANA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Aulia Syifa Abdillah ◽  
Diah Puspaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Farm Workers ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
The Family ◽  
Data Validity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Emic Perspective ◽  
Reproductive Activities

This study aims to determine gender roles and gender relations in the family of female farm workers in the Mulyo Asri women's planting team in Pontang Village, Ambulu Sub-district, Jember District. The theory used in the research uses the theory of Gender. This study used a qualitative approach, with the method of determining informants using purposive sampling technique. Data collection techniques in this study by means of in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation study. Methods of data analysis in this study using the analysis method of Harvard and Miles and Huberman. The data validity test used technical triangulation and source triangulation testing techniques. The results of this study are the division of labor in the family of female farm workers, which includes productive activities, reproductive activities, and social activities. From an emic perspective, the participation of a wife in work is something that is normal and often happens. From an ethical perspective, there is a gender issue, namely the existence of a heavier workload experienced by the wife. The relationship that exists in the family of female farm workers is in the form of access to control over resources and benefits carried out by the family of female farm workers in Pontang Village, Ambulu Sub-district, Jember District. Keywords: Gender Roles, Gender Relations, Farm Workers, Family

Migration and Gender among Mexican Women

2005 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 606-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio A. Parrado ◽  
Chenoa A. Flippen
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mexican Women ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Qualitative Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
And Gender

Despite their importance to women's empowerment and migrant adaptation more generally, the social and cultural processes that determine how gender relations and expectations evolve during the process of migration remain poorly understood. In this article, data from a survey conducted in Durham, North Carolina and four sending communities in Mexico are used to examine how the structures of labor, power, and emotional attachments within the family vary by migration and U.S. residency, women's human capital endowments, household characteristics, and social support. Using both quantitative and qualitative information, the main finding of the study is that the association between migration and gender relations is not uniform across different gender dimensions. The reconstruction of gender relations within the family at the place of destination is a dynamic process in which some elements brought from communities of origin are discarded, others are modified, and still others are reinforced. Results challenge the expectation that migrant women easily incorporate the behavior patterns and cultural values of the United States and illustrate the importance of selective assimilation for understanding the diversity of changes in gender relations that accompany migration.

FAMILY AS AN OBJECT IN THE FORMATION OF A NEW GENDER ORDER

2021 ◽  
pp. 238-245
Author(s):  
Elena L. Kruglova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Financial Independence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Simultaneous Transfer ◽  
And Gender

The article presents the main characteristics inherent in the Russian family as a small social group in line with a new gender order. In the 21st century one may see the new traits, characteristics and functions of the gender and gender relations, which is reflected in the emergence of a new gender order, which sociologists and feminologists have started talking about. The concept of a gender order is briefly defined and a historical retrospective of its emergence is given. The author marks three main subjects in which the changes taking place in the Russian family in recent decades are analyzed. First of all, it is the variability of family scenarios, which consists in different gender compositions of families (if we take the example of a country with officially permitted homosexual marriages); in matters of the childbirth, divorce, housekeeping practices, etc. Secondly, it is a change in gender roles, which is manifested in the growth of economic activity of women, their growing financial independence within the family, with the simultaneous transfer of the household responsibilities to a man. That plot leads to a third feature: changes in the family lifestyle what is most clearly evidenced by the strengthened educational function of the father. The family simultaneously reflects changes in a gender order and generates them, which speaks in favor of the relevance of the topic being studied.

scholarly journals Matrimônio e questão de gênero. Considerações teológico-sacramentais em perspectiva latino-americana

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (267) ◽  
pp. 532
Author(s):  
Francisco Taborda
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
National Conference ◽  
American Perspective ◽  
Married Life ◽  
The Creation ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Lex Orandi

Em perspectiva latino-americana, o autor aborda o tema das relações entre matrimônio e gênero. A partir do axioma: lex orandi – lex credendi, descreve o matrimônio na prática habitual latino-americana, com destaque para dois aspectos: o rito do enlace matrimonial e a vida matrimonial. Pergunta, como, neles, se espelha a relação de gênero, e observa uma contradição entre o modo de praticar o rito e a experiência da vida conjugal e familiar de todo dia. Constata a presença de duas concepções que geram uma tensão entre a praxe cultural e as propostas do Evangelho, o que é normal, visto ser o matrimônio um dado da criação, antes de ser instituído um sacramento. O autor analisa também a liturgia do casamento aprovada pela CNBB e pergunta, se ela resolve ou não a tensão cultura X Evangelho. Sublinha, enfim, o desafio que essa tensão significa para o matrimônio cristão.Abstract: The author deals with the relationship between marriage and gender from a Latin-American perspective. Starting from the axiom: lex orandi-lex credendi, he describes marriage as it is usually practiced in LatinAmerica, emphasizing two of its major aspects: the matrimonial rite and married life. Asking how gender relations influence these two aspects of marriage, he notices a contradiction between the way the rite is practiced and the every day experience of married and family life. He also notices the presence of two concepts that produce some tension between the cultural praxis and the Gospel’s proposals and sees this as a normal occurrence since, before being instituted as a sacrament, marriage was already a datum of the Creation. The author analyses the matrimonial liturgy sanctioned by the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops and wonders whether or not it solves the tension “culture versus Gospel”. Finally he stresses how this tension has become a challenge for the Christian marriage.

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