GGR320H1 Final: Final Exam study guide
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Truong: gender and de-mystification of asian economy miracle argues that by thinking about via a gendered lens, you could contribute to the re-design of economic policy. Points that miracle was a metaphor was challenged by economic crisis in asia (98) and it led people to: question the metaphor of miracle 2. re-examine dominant paradigms of development. Got people to pay attention to gendered dimension of crisis. Gender mattered because factories that opened were mostly filled with women. By calling it a miracle weren"t looking at the harm that women experienced. High growth rates relied on increased rates of women"s participation in factory labour. At the same time women"s political participation increased reawakened . Gender norms don"t get totally re-stabilized in economic upheaval but new economic relationships rely on old/traditional gender norms (ex. That looking at via a gendered perspective help to understand the newly industrial countries growth. Japan expansion after wwii- model of learning from japan.
