Papers by Elisabeth Prugl
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 1996
Page 1. Elisabeth Priigl Home-Based Workers: A Comparative Exploration of Mies's Theory of H... more Page 1. Elisabeth Priigl Home-Based Workers: A Comparative Exploration of Mies's Theory of Housewifization Mounting evidence from around the world shows that subcontracted home-work is on the increase.' Homeworkers ...
The Journal of Politics, 2005
... and international political economy that is, the nature of the global integration process .... more ... and international political economy that is, the nature of the global integration process ... style neoliberal political party, and those preferring gradual "social market" reform who wanted to ... 14 Gender, Globalization, and Postsocialism Czech elite gave an ultimatum to the Slovak ...
International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2011
In this paper then, I combine the insights from the feminist welfare state literature, feminist I... more In this paper then, I combine the insights from the feminist welfare state literature, feminist IR literatures and Women In Development (WID) literature, in order to develop the notion of agricultural gender regimes. I take these literatures, to make three basic propositions. First, gender regimes are encoded in national policies and laws, but also in the policies and laws of international agencies (welfare state literature; feminist IO literature). Second, gender regimes are supported through rhetorical constructs and embedded in larger discourses of intergovernmental and non-governmental institutions (feminist IR literature). Third, gender regimes are visible in the differential economic outcomes for women and men (WID literature). I proceed in two steps: First, I describe the gender regime of the patriarchal agricultural welfare state that developed in the post-World War II period with its characteristic construction of housewives and breadwinners and its rhetorical anchoring in ...
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2010
The paper assesses the contribution of gender approaches to understanding Europeanintegration. It... more The paper assesses the contribution of gender approaches to understanding Europeanintegration. It offers a conceptualization of such approaches as including a distinctontology, epistemology and methodology. While feminist literature on the EuropeanUnion is diverse, all such literature sheds light on the gendered process of Europeanintegration. The authors identify two distinct contributions of this literature: (a) itillustrates the relevance of movement actors and other advocates in shaping EU policies;(b) it shows that economic integration entails the creation of new gender regimes. Thepaper illustrates these contentions presenting case studies of the EU’s response to sextrafficking, the reform of the common agricultural policy, and of enlargement.
International Studies Quarterly, 2001
... Feminism and Constructivism: Worlds Apart or Sharing the Middle Ground? BIRGIT LOCHER Bremen ... more ... Feminism and Constructivism: Worlds Apart or Sharing the Middle Ground? BIRGIT LOCHER Bremen University AND ELISABETH PRfGL Florida International University ...
Global Social Policy, 2006
... with Brian Nicholson and David Baguley, Abhay Shukla and Thelma Narayan have engaged with pol... more ... with Brian Nicholson and David Baguley, Abhay Shukla and Thelma Narayan have engaged with policy dialogue, people's health move-ments and research by keeping the idea of primary health care central. Abhay Shukla has focused on the history and politics of Alma Ata ...
International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2013
There recently has been an avalanche of critiques of the way in which feminism has gone to bed wi... more There recently has been an avalanche of critiques of the way in which feminism has gone to bed with neoliberal capitalism and become an instrument of governmentality. In this paper, I look at these phenomena as processes of a ‘neoliberalisation of feminism'. I illustrate such neoliberalisation by introducing women's empowerment projects run by transnational consumer products companies, typically in partnership with public development actors. Under the label of ‘corporate social responsibility', these companies invest in women in their supply and marketing chains, seeking to empower them within a neoliberal rationality of government. The paper is an effort to go beyond the critiques of feminism as co-opted. Rather than inventing new feminisms or taking a break from feminism – as some have suggested, I propose that it is more fruitful and necessary to examine, in concrete contexts, the way in which select feminist movement ideas are being integrated into neoliberal rationales and logics, what is lost in the process and what is perhaps gained.
From the World Bank's "gender equality is smart economics” to the Economist's “womenomics” and Ni... more From the World Bank's "gender equality is smart economics” to the Economist's “womenomics” and Nike’s “girl effect”, feminism seems to have well and truly penetrated the business world. Government action on behalf of gender equality is well institutionalised but private corporations appear as a new actor in this cause. This article asks: What do businesses and their public partners do in order to advance gender equality? What motivates their engagement now and how does it fit into existing public and private relationships of power? What do they mean for feminist agendas? How legitimate are they? And how effective are they?
To address these questions the article examines four exemplary initiatives involving businesses in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment: the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Global Initiative, the World Economic Forum’s Women Leaders and Gender Parity Program, the European Union’s Programme on Gender Balance in Decision-making Positions, and the UN Global Compact-UNIFEM Women’s Empowerment Principles for Business. Our purpose is to conceptually locate these initiatives as new private forms of governance involving partnerships with governments. We assess these initiatives employing criteria of feminist evaluation finding decidedly ambiguous results. We argue that the new attention to gender equality in business and global economic governance is both an expression of and a key process in the transformation of states and corporations in the context of global competition and restructuring.
International Studies Review, 2007
Books by Elisabeth Prugl
Sexual violence against men is an under-theorised and under-noticed topic, though it is becoming ... more Sexual violence against men is an under-theorised and under-noticed topic, though it is becoming increasingly apparent that this form of violence is widespread. Yet despite emerging evidence documenting its incidence, especially in conflict and post-conflict zones, efforts to understand its causes and develop strategies to reduce it are hampered by a dearth of theoretical engagement. One of the reasons that might explain its empirical invisibility and theoretical vacuity is its complicated relationship with sexual violence against women. The latter is evident empirically, theoretically, and politically, but the relationship between these violences conjures a range of complex and controversial questions about the ways they might be different, and why and how these differences matter.
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Papers by Elisabeth Prugl
To address these questions the article examines four exemplary initiatives involving businesses in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment: the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Global Initiative, the World Economic Forum’s Women Leaders and Gender Parity Program, the European Union’s Programme on Gender Balance in Decision-making Positions, and the UN Global Compact-UNIFEM Women’s Empowerment Principles for Business. Our purpose is to conceptually locate these initiatives as new private forms of governance involving partnerships with governments. We assess these initiatives employing criteria of feminist evaluation finding decidedly ambiguous results. We argue that the new attention to gender equality in business and global economic governance is both an expression of and a key process in the transformation of states and corporations in the context of global competition and restructuring.
Books by Elisabeth Prugl
To address these questions the article examines four exemplary initiatives involving businesses in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment: the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Global Initiative, the World Economic Forum’s Women Leaders and Gender Parity Program, the European Union’s Programme on Gender Balance in Decision-making Positions, and the UN Global Compact-UNIFEM Women’s Empowerment Principles for Business. Our purpose is to conceptually locate these initiatives as new private forms of governance involving partnerships with governments. We assess these initiatives employing criteria of feminist evaluation finding decidedly ambiguous results. We argue that the new attention to gender equality in business and global economic governance is both an expression of and a key process in the transformation of states and corporations in the context of global competition and restructuring.