The casting production is considered as one of the main factors influencing the development of world economy. actual capacity of the world’s casting production, which is higher than 60 million metric tones per year, is strongly diversified. The last decade brought significant changes in the world map of the greatest casting producers. Globalisation and transformation of economic systems is refl...

1 This paper has been prepared as part of the project 'Globalisation, Production and Poverty', financed by a research grant from the UK Department for International Development. South Africa is one of two target countries in which the impact of globalisation is being studied in relation to the textiles industry; the other is Vietnam. For more information on the project, see: www.gapresearch.org...

Music is known to be one of the most visible forms of artistic expression through which traditional patriarchal values in society can be contested and challenged. However, it has not been recognised to what extent globalisation has enhanced or hindered the use of music as a tool for gender equality. Therefore, it is necessary to find linkages between gender and music in globalisation processes....