Are gender issues marginalized debates over governance, legal reform and globalization? If so, why? Written by feminist scholars from both developing and developed countries, this title addresses a range of issues relating to the relationship between gender, social justice and law and considers the ways in which women are excluded from social and economic justice. It also discusses the interaction between gender, social, cultural and legal forms. The contributors reflect the range of approaches adopted by academics and policy makers.

Theories of gender justice in the twenty-first century must engage with global economic and social processes. Using concepts from economic analysis associated with global commodity chains and feminist ethics of care, Ann Stewart considers the way in which 'gender contracts' relating to work and care contribute to gender inequalities worldwide. She explores how economies in the global north stimulate desires and create deficits in care and belonging which are met through transnational movements and traces the way in which transnational economic processes, discourses of rights and care create...