The search for eudaimonia: An analysis of international development, migration, and gender equality

The last decades of the 20th century witnessed a renewed emphasis on issues of women's rights in the world polity. However, the growing importance of the international economy, with its attendant migratory labor and capital regimes, has increased the potential to exacerbate economic inequities and cultural differences, including those that perpetuate gender inequalities.; This study uses Aristotelian political and ethical theories to frame an analysis of gendered wellbeing from a world polity perspective, focusing on different institutional dimensions of female eudaimonia. Using data from diverse sources, such as IBRD and UN, for the decade 1990-2000, the analysis concentrates on the effects of macro-level world polity aspects of international development and migration on gender equality and the potential for achieving female eudaimonia.