Series: Gender in a Global/Local World

Political scientists have, on occasion, missed subtle but powerful forms of 'everyday resistance' and have not been able to show how different representations (pictures, statements, images, practices) have different impacts when negotiating power. Instead, they have concentrated on open forms of resistance, organised rebellions, and collective actions. Departing from James Scott's idea that oppression and resistance are in constant change,...

A key development in international migration in recent years has been the increasing feminisation of migrant populations. Research attention now focuses not only on the growing number of women on the move but also on their changing gender roles as more female migrants participate as principal wage earners and heads of household rather than as 'dependants'. The tensions between population...