Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Market Fundamentalism

The post-Second World War development effort

The rise of neo-liberalism: embracing the market, reducing state power, more poverty

Alternatives to market fundamentalism: embedded autonomy and the interventionist state

2. Who Pays for Market Fundamentalism?

Background to theories of gender and development

Women’s work as defined by the market

Neo-liberalism and increasing women’s employment

Women’s invisible contributions

Labour of love: the care economy and declining social services

The interventionist state versus market fundamentalism

Notes

3. Taiwan: Neo-Liberalism or Developmentalist State?

Colonial history

The making of modern Taiwan

Women's role in Taiwan’s economic success

Invisible economic contributions

Community and volunteer work: state-initiated organizations

Gender politics, civil society and Taiwan’s future

Notes

4. Indonesia: Paper Tiger and the Asian Crisis

Colonial history

Modern Indonesia: state structure and political economy

Women’s role in the economy

Notes

5. The Philippines: Exporting Women Is Good for Growth

Colonial history

Modern Filipino state structure and development strategy

Women’s role in the economy

Notes

6. Conclusion: Liberalization in Crisis

Challenging neo-liberalist assumptions

APEC and the unholy marriage of neo-liberalism and neo-conservatism

Neo-liberalism in crisis: looking into the future

Notes

Bibliography

Index