Marketisation of Governance: Feminist Critiques from the South

2000

Building on its Political Restructuring and Social Transformation (PRST) project launched in 1998, DAWN prioritises a Southern feminist analysis of shifting state power, social movements, and multilateralisms under economic globalisation. This work culminates in Marketisation of Governance: Critical Feminist Perspectives from the South (Viviene Taylor, 2000).

The book exposes how trade liberalisation, privatisation, and market-driven governance erodes state responsibility for social justice. Together with a companion video, it challenges multilateral institutions for advancing technocratic agendas that instrumentalise women’s rights while serving global capital over national and community needs.