Patriarchy and Accumulation On A World Scale

"Maria Mies believes that feminist analysis must transcend the divisions between Western and Third World women. These divisions have been created historically by a capitalist patriarchy that has integrated the whole world into a system of global exploitation and accumulation, at the same time as it has divided people, women in particular. It is from this perspective that Maria Mies explores the state of the women's movement worldwide; the history of the related processes of colonialism, the witch hunt and housewifization; women's work in the new internationl division of labour; the issue of increasing violence against women; the relationship between women's liberation and national liberation struggles; and why it is that even in socialist societies patriarchal coercion so often reasserts itself"--from back cover.