Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: A Cross-National Study of Economic Globalization and Women's Rights Under Diverse Institutional and Cultural Contexts

本研究将澄清我们对当代经济全球化影响妇女经济、社会和政治权利的方式的理论和实证理解。迄今为止，大多数实证和理论文献都忽视了全球经济变化对妇女权利的影响。本研究有四个具体目标：1。系统地考察全球化与妇女权利的关系。2 .审查国内政治机构对妇女权利的调解作用。3 .审查国际机构在妇女权利方面的调解作用；研究宗教在影响妇女权利的跨国差异方面的作用。这项研究将利用1980年至1999年世界所有地理区域96个发展中国家的代表性样本。这项研究的更广泛影响集中于在政策一级理解全球化影响妇女权利实现的领域和方式。这种知识将有助于决策者处理直接影响妇女的长期和新出现的社会问题，例如贫穷女性化。此外，这项研究的目的是促进学术界和政策界更好地了解全球化是如何在各种制度环境中谈判或调解的。目前的许多研究都把全球化进程描绘成一种不可避免的现象，其结果是预先注定的。

This study will clarify our theoretical and empirical understanding of the ways in which contemporary economic globalization influences women's economic, social, and political rights. Most of the empirical and theoretical literature to date has neglected the ways in which women's rights are affected by changes in the global economy.There are four specific goals of this study:1. To systematically examine the relationship between globalization and women's rights.2. To examine the mediating role of domestic political institutions on women's rights.3. To examine the mediating role of international institutions on women's rights.4. To examine the role of religion in influencing cross-national variations in women's rights.The study will utilize a representative sample of 96 developing countries in all geographical regions of the world from 1980 to 1999. The broader effects of this study center on understanding at the policy level the areas and ways in which globalization influences women's rights attainment. This knowledge will help policy makers deal with long-standing and emergent social problems that directly impact women, such as the feminization of poverty. In addition, this research is aimed at promoting a better understanding in academic and policy circles of how globalization is negotiated or mediated in a variety of institutional settings. Much of current research portrays the globalization process as an inexorable occurrence with a foreordained outcome.