Gender

• Examples

  Sweden, Saudi Arabia
• Modernisation


  Closely associated with functionalism which at the time was seen as the patriarchal nuclear family with distinctive gender roles
• Dependency theory


  Focused on relationship between countries and limited discussions on women
• Socialist feminists


  Argues socialism can bring about a society isn't gendered but the current system is a new form of exploitation arising from global spread of capitalism
• Mies


  Argue traditional Marxism and capitalism both undervalue the work of women
• Radical feminists


  See development as a toll to make women more dependent upon men