Wells, C. and Elias, J. (2005) 'Catching the conscience of the King : co... more Wells, C. and Elias, J. (2005) 'Catching the conscience of the King : corporate players on the international stage.', in Non-state actors and human rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 141-175. Collected courses of the Academy of European Law., 13 (XII).
This chapter considers what it means to focus on gender in analysing the political economy of Sou... more This chapter considers what it means to focus on gender in analysing the political economy of Southeast Asian development. Drawing on examples from across the region, it uncovers the role that women in Southeast Asia play in both economic production and social reproduction. It shows that development planning is rooted in assumptions about the availability of a reserve army of low-cost female labour, with implications of widening gender pay gaps and inequalities. State planning has also been starkly non- or even anti-welfarist, placing burdens on female family members to undertake the work of care, which are exacerbated during times of economic downturn and crisis. Gender inequality has therefore played a central role in Southeast Asia’s development.
This report is the result of a collaborative partnership between the University of Warwick’s Depa... more This report is the result of a collaborative partnership between the University of Warwick’s Department of Politics and International Studies and Universitas Indonesia’s Centre for Elections and Political Party (CEPP). The research was funded by the British Council’s Newton Fund under an Institutional Links Grant (project reference 217195589). The project had two complementary streams (a) to conduct research into the gender impact of urban resettlement schemes for the poor in Jakarta and to develop policy recommendations that sought to address issues arising from the research; and (b) to develop an academic partnership that would better develop links between UK and Indonesian academic institutions. This report focuses on the research into urban resettlement.
Southeast Asian cities have long been produced as the ‘exemplary centres’ of the region, shaped i... more Southeast Asian cities have long been produced as the ‘exemplary centres’ of the region, shaped in various and overlapping ways by the imperial gaze, nationalist visions (and their democratised versions), and by the familiar blueprints of international capital. Through such exemplary visions, the region’s cities have been designed to cultivate collective memories and subjectivities, as well as to project power and authority. In addition, and often as an integral result of the realisation of grand visions, regional metropolises are also dynamic sites of rapid urbanisation, of contested processes of expropriation and eviction, and places of dissent and resistant subject formation. Further, impoverished urban populations increasingly suffer environmental discrimination and bear the worst of the effects of contamination and climate change, while at the same time, discourses of hygiene, criminality, and uninhabitability are employed to denigrate the urban poor and their environments. This special issue adopts the concept of the ‘exemplary centre’ —the coordinates and complexities of which are mapped by Abidin Kusno in the Foreword to this collection— in order to explore the often-contradictory realities of urban scale contemporary change.
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... ISSN: 1036-1146. School/Discipline: School of History and Politics : Politics. Statement of R... more ... ISSN: 1036-1146. School/Discipline: School of History and Politics : Politics. Statement of Responsibility: Juanita Elias and Carol Johnson. Abstract: This collection of papers focuses on the domestic and international politics of Australia's recent engagement with Asia. ...
Feminist studies of political economy have long pointed to the multifaceted ways in which global ... more Feminist studies of political economy have long pointed to the multifaceted ways in which global transformations are constituted by deeply gendered economic practices at the everyday level. Nonetheless, the increased analytical focus on the everyday within the study of international political economy (IPE) frequently fails to connect with feminist theories and gendered approaches. In this introductory essay, we argue that any discussion of a ‘turn’ towards the everyday in IPE must acknowledge the role of feminist contributions that predate, and indeed make possible, this shift in IPE scholarship's analytical gaze towards the everyday. We map out what might be understood as feminist political economies of the everyday—highlighting the points of connection between feminist scholarship on the everyday, as well as the ways in which feminist scholars engage with the notion of an everyday political economy in quite distinct and diverse ways—a diversity that reflects the methodological...
Page 1. Economic Globalisation and Gender Issues By Juanita Elias In recent decades, the rapid gr... more Page 1. Economic Globalisation and Gender Issues By Juanita Elias In recent decades, the rapid growth of transnational corporations and the rise of transnational networks of production have been regarded as hallmarks of the process of economic globalisation. ...
In 2009, following numerous high profile abuse cases, the Indonesian government placed a moratori... more In 2009, following numerous high profile abuse cases, the Indonesian government placed a moratorium on its citizens taking up employment in Malaysia as domestic workers. From the perspective of feminist International Relations, the emergence of migrant domestic work as a foreign policy concern between these two states is significant–exposing a relationship between foreign policy and the webs of transnationalized social relations of reproduction that underpin the development prospects of middle to low income states. In this article I utilize the example of the Malaysia-Indonesia dispute in order to develop some tentative suggestions concerning the possibility of integrating an analysis of transnational social relations of reproduction into foreign policy analyses. The article initially overviews how the dispute is widely understood in relation to Indonesia’s turn to a more democratic foreign policy. The inadequacy of such a reading is explored further. The article suggests that the above-mentioned dispute should rather be understood in relation to the specific configurations of productive-reproductive relations that underpin migratory flows and the role of Indonesia and Malaysia as ‘regulatory’ states involved in the establishment of return-migration systems in which women migrants are viewed as economic commodities and policed via a range of state-sanctioned practices (including commitments to anti-trafficking).
This short commentary aims to think through the need to return to a more “integrated” feminist IR... more This short commentary aims to think through the need to return to a more “integrated” feminist IR through a focus on some of the ways in which feminist political economy (FPE) scholars, such as ourselves, might better integrate a focus on gendered forms and practices of violence into our analysis. We do this via an intervention into debates about the nature of the “everyday” political economy. At the same time, we hope that this intervention might also draw attention to the need for a clearer understanding of the gendered structures and practices of the global political economy in feminist security studies (FSS).
The essays here reflect on the need to rebuild bridges between two key strands of feminist Intern... more The essays here reflect on the need to rebuild bridges between two key strands of feminist International Relations (IR) scholarship: feminist security studies (FSS) and feminist (international) political economy (FPE/FIPE). As many of the contributions to this section point out, feminist IR scholarship has long emphasized how gender relations and identities are constituted globally in relation to processes of militarization, securitization, globalization, and governance. In more recent years, however, feminist IR scholarship has come to be dominated by a concern with security (Prügl 2011). Of course, FPE scholarship has continued to provide critical accounts of the gendered nature of global production, work, and financial crises (among other issues). But it is notable that, in doing so, much FPE scholarship has tended to avoid questions of security and/or violence. This CP section, then, looks to the growing divide between FSS and FPE with all of the contributors seeking to analyse ...
Wells, C. and Elias, J. (2005) 'Catching the conscience of the King : co... more Wells, C. and Elias, J. (2005) 'Catching the conscience of the King : corporate players on the international stage.', in Non-state actors and human rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 141-175. Collected courses of the Academy of European Law., 13 (XII).
This chapter considers what it means to focus on gender in analysing the political economy of Sou... more This chapter considers what it means to focus on gender in analysing the political economy of Southeast Asian development. Drawing on examples from across the region, it uncovers the role that women in Southeast Asia play in both economic production and social reproduction. It shows that development planning is rooted in assumptions about the availability of a reserve army of low-cost female labour, with implications of widening gender pay gaps and inequalities. State planning has also been starkly non- or even anti-welfarist, placing burdens on female family members to undertake the work of care, which are exacerbated during times of economic downturn and crisis. Gender inequality has therefore played a central role in Southeast Asia’s development.
This report is the result of a collaborative partnership between the University of Warwick’s Depa... more This report is the result of a collaborative partnership between the University of Warwick’s Department of Politics and International Studies and Universitas Indonesia’s Centre for Elections and Political Party (CEPP). The research was funded by the British Council’s Newton Fund under an Institutional Links Grant (project reference 217195589). The project had two complementary streams (a) to conduct research into the gender impact of urban resettlement schemes for the poor in Jakarta and to develop policy recommendations that sought to address issues arising from the research; and (b) to develop an academic partnership that would better develop links between UK and Indonesian academic institutions. This report focuses on the research into urban resettlement.
Southeast Asian cities have long been produced as the ‘exemplary centres’ of the region, shaped i... more Southeast Asian cities have long been produced as the ‘exemplary centres’ of the region, shaped in various and overlapping ways by the imperial gaze, nationalist visions (and their democratised versions), and by the familiar blueprints of international capital. Through such exemplary visions, the region’s cities have been designed to cultivate collective memories and subjectivities, as well as to project power and authority. In addition, and often as an integral result of the realisation of grand visions, regional metropolises are also dynamic sites of rapid urbanisation, of contested processes of expropriation and eviction, and places of dissent and resistant subject formation. Further, impoverished urban populations increasingly suffer environmental discrimination and bear the worst of the effects of contamination and climate change, while at the same time, discourses of hygiene, criminality, and uninhabitability are employed to denigrate the urban poor and their environments. This special issue adopts the concept of the ‘exemplary centre’ —the coordinates and complexities of which are mapped by Abidin Kusno in the Foreword to this collection— in order to explore the often-contradictory realities of urban scale contemporary change.
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 10361140903517676, Feb 24, 2010
... ISSN: 1036-1146. School/Discipline: School of History and Politics : Politics. Statement of R... more ... ISSN: 1036-1146. School/Discipline: School of History and Politics : Politics. Statement of Responsibility: Juanita Elias and Carol Johnson. Abstract: This collection of papers focuses on the domestic and international politics of Australia's recent engagement with Asia. ...
Feminist studies of political economy have long pointed to the multifaceted ways in which global ... more Feminist studies of political economy have long pointed to the multifaceted ways in which global transformations are constituted by deeply gendered economic practices at the everyday level. Nonetheless, the increased analytical focus on the everyday within the study of international political economy (IPE) frequently fails to connect with feminist theories and gendered approaches. In this introductory essay, we argue that any discussion of a ‘turn’ towards the everyday in IPE must acknowledge the role of feminist contributions that predate, and indeed make possible, this shift in IPE scholarship's analytical gaze towards the everyday. We map out what might be understood as feminist political economies of the everyday—highlighting the points of connection between feminist scholarship on the everyday, as well as the ways in which feminist scholars engage with the notion of an everyday political economy in quite distinct and diverse ways—a diversity that reflects the methodological...
Page 1. Economic Globalisation and Gender Issues By Juanita Elias In recent decades, the rapid gr... more Page 1. Economic Globalisation and Gender Issues By Juanita Elias In recent decades, the rapid growth of transnational corporations and the rise of transnational networks of production have been regarded as hallmarks of the process of economic globalisation. ...
In 2009, following numerous high profile abuse cases, the Indonesian government placed a moratori... more In 2009, following numerous high profile abuse cases, the Indonesian government placed a moratorium on its citizens taking up employment in Malaysia as domestic workers. From the perspective of feminist International Relations, the emergence of migrant domestic work as a foreign policy concern between these two states is significant–exposing a relationship between foreign policy and the webs of transnationalized social relations of reproduction that underpin the development prospects of middle to low income states. In this article I utilize the example of the Malaysia-Indonesia dispute in order to develop some tentative suggestions concerning the possibility of integrating an analysis of transnational social relations of reproduction into foreign policy analyses. The article initially overviews how the dispute is widely understood in relation to Indonesia’s turn to a more democratic foreign policy. The inadequacy of such a reading is explored further. The article suggests that the above-mentioned dispute should rather be understood in relation to the specific configurations of productive-reproductive relations that underpin migratory flows and the role of Indonesia and Malaysia as ‘regulatory’ states involved in the establishment of return-migration systems in which women migrants are viewed as economic commodities and policed via a range of state-sanctioned practices (including commitments to anti-trafficking).
This short commentary aims to think through the need to return to a more “integrated” feminist IR... more This short commentary aims to think through the need to return to a more “integrated” feminist IR through a focus on some of the ways in which feminist political economy (FPE) scholars, such as ourselves, might better integrate a focus on gendered forms and practices of violence into our analysis. We do this via an intervention into debates about the nature of the “everyday” political economy. At the same time, we hope that this intervention might also draw attention to the need for a clearer understanding of the gendered structures and practices of the global political economy in feminist security studies (FSS).
The essays here reflect on the need to rebuild bridges between two key strands of feminist Intern... more The essays here reflect on the need to rebuild bridges between two key strands of feminist International Relations (IR) scholarship: feminist security studies (FSS) and feminist (international) political economy (FPE/FIPE). As many of the contributions to this section point out, feminist IR scholarship has long emphasized how gender relations and identities are constituted globally in relation to processes of militarization, securitization, globalization, and governance. In more recent years, however, feminist IR scholarship has come to be dominated by a concern with security (Prügl 2011). Of course, FPE scholarship has continued to provide critical accounts of the gendered nature of global production, work, and financial crises (among other issues). But it is notable that, in doing so, much FPE scholarship has tended to avoid questions of security and/or violence. This CP section, then, looks to the growing divide between FSS and FPE with all of the contributors seeking to analyse ...
The Global Political Economy of the Household in Asia, edited by Juanita Elias and Samanthi J. Gunawardana, (London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013), pp. 29-42, 2013
In this empirically rich collection of essays, a team of leading international scholars explore t... more In this empirically rich collection of essays, a team of leading international scholars explore the way that economic transformation is sustained and challenged by everyday practices across Southeast Asia. Drawing together a body of interdisciplinary scholarship, the authors explore how the emergence of more marketized forms of economic policy-making in Southeast Asia impacts everyday life. The book's twelve chapters address topics such as domestic migration, trade union politics in Myanmar, mining in the Philippines, halal food in Singapore, Islamic finance in Malaysia, education reform in Indonesia, street vending in Malaysia, regional migration between Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia, and Southeast Asian domestic workers in Hong Kong. This collection not only enhances understandings of the everyday political economies at work in specific Southeast Asian sites, but makes a major theoretical contribution to the development of an everyday political economy approach in which perspectives from developing economies and non-Western actors are taken seriously.
This comprehensive Handbook showcases the burgeoning and cutting edge research that has come to c... more This comprehensive Handbook showcases the burgeoning and cutting edge research that has come to constitute the study of gender and International Political Economy (IPE). It surveys the diversity of contemporary feminist IPE research, exploring a range of different theoretical and methodological traditions and reviewing the broad empirical scope of this research. The Handbook also critically interrogates the intersections and points of tension between the different disciplines that have inspired contemporary approaches.
Expert contributors offer insights into how to the categories of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ have been established and maintained globally, while also documenting and challenging the privileging of the former over the latter in different sites and spaces. They further show how gender power relations are shaped by race, nationality, sexuality, class, and more. The Handbook explores and demonstrates how gender operates as a relation of social power in the global political economy.
The Handbook on the International Political Economy of Gender will appeal to undergraduate and post-graduate students of politics and international relations, security studies, development studies, economics, and gender and queer studies, as well as policymakers and practitioners interested in issues of global (in)equality and development.
The dispossession of urban communities across class and racial lines is a global phenomenon linke... more The dispossession of urban communities across class and racial lines is a global phenomenon linked to the expansion of international investment in the development of 'exemplary' city space. However, city evictions are also historically informed and gendered processes which are continuous with past colonial and postcolonial urban rationalisation projects. Drawing on testimonies of women evictees in Jakarta, as well as interviews with public housing managers, this article details the gendered nature of the rationalisation of urban life in the context of a contemporary evictions regime. We argue that the rationalisation of urban space serves to sharpen the gender order by placing material constraints on women's roles, limiting their economic activities and defining them as hygiene-responsible housewives. Further, and in turn, the limited provision of 'rusunawa' public housing, which we show to be a gendered spatial and social transition informed by state doctrine on the family, provides the state with justification for dispossession itself. Finally, women's everyday acts of refusal and resistance show not only that kampung forms of social life continue to be preserved in Jakarta, but also that rationalisation itself is a negotiated and contingent process.
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Expert contributors offer insights into how to the categories of ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ have been established and maintained globally, while also documenting and challenging the privileging of the former over the latter in different sites and spaces. They further show how gender power relations are shaped by race, nationality, sexuality, class, and more. The Handbook explores and demonstrates how gender operates as a relation of social power in the global political economy.
The Handbook on the International Political Economy of Gender will appeal to undergraduate and post-graduate students of politics and international relations, security studies, development studies, economics, and gender and queer studies, as well as policymakers and practitioners interested in issues of global (in)equality and development.