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Gender Politics and the Pursuit of Competitiveness in Malaysia: Women on Board

By (author) Juanita Elias

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This book is concerned with how the pursuit of national economic competitiveness by states has come to be intertwined with a globalised gender agendaâ€”one in which women and the household economy are seen as â€˜untappedâ€™ resources. In many East and Southeast Asian economies, competitiveness and the dangers of the middle-income trap dominate economic policy agendas: statesâ€™ commitments to gender equality goals are frequently framed around â€˜business caseâ€™ logics in which womenâ€™s empowerment and womenâ€™s increased engagement in the productive economy is linked to the national economic project of building and enhancing competitiveness. This book looks to the case of Malaysia in order to assess how the increasingly dominant view that gender equality is â€˜smart economicsâ€™ plays out in practice. Drawing upon extensive case study research and interview data, the book hones in on the complex gender politics that are at work within government initiatives that seek to enhance competitiveness via increasing womenâ€™s labour force participation, efforts to strengthen marriage and family life, and attempts to boost womenâ€™s entrepreneurialism and status within the corporate world. Providing an account of the gender politics at work within ongoing processes of state transformation in Asia, this book will appeal to researchers and students in gender studies, Southeast Asian studies, International Political Economy and public policy.

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