The gender politics of economic competitiveness in Malaysia's transition to a knowledge economy

Pacific Review

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 529-552

  Elias, Juanita ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

competitiveness; ethnicity; gender; Malaysia; social reproduction; work

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNICITY; GENDER ROLE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MICROENTERPRISE; NATIONAL ECONOMY; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REFORM PROCESS; STATE ROLE; WOMENS STATUS;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84858812201     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2011.596564     Document Type: Article

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