Download or read book The Gendering of Global Finance written by L. Assassi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-22 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the gendered nature of the historical emergence of modern finance markets and their expansion to a now global scale. It analyses the ways in which women were and still are marginalized in terms of financial activity and associated structures of power which play a critical role in shaping the contemporary global political economy.