Date of Award
1996
Document Type
Honors Thesis (Colby Access Only)
Department
Colby College. Global Studies Program
Advisor(s)
(unknown)
Abstract
Neoliberal economic policies have shaped the development process in Chile for more than two decades. having a significant impact, both positive and negative, on women's social and economic status. Economic restructuring has generated the conditions for women to expand their participation in economic activity, affording women the opportunity to transform their socioeconomic role. At the same time, however, the structure of the new economic system has threatened to preserve and institutionalize the traditional subordinate status of women as they enter a labor market imbued with gender bias and discrimination. The experiment in neoliberal economics has proven to be the root of the most dramatic transformations in the lives of women during this period. However, as a development strategy, the neoliberal model is limited in terns of addressing structural and cultural inequalities lhat work to the disadvantage of women.
Keywords
Chile, neoliberal economic policies, Latin America, development
Recommended Citation
Thomson, Marybeth, "Balancing Development: The Neoliberal Economy and Women in Chile" (1996). Honors Theses. Paper 446.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/446
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