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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450160403321

Titolo

Feminist visions of development : gender analysis and policy / / edited by Cecile Jackson and Ruth Pearson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-72712-7

1-134-72713-5

1-280-13901-3

0-203-98046-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JacksonCecile

PearsonRuth <1945->

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Women in development

Sex role - Developing countries

Feminism - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: INTERROGATING DEVELOPMENT; Feminist analysis versus women and development; Commonalities and difference; Historical change and gender relations; Gender interests and emancipatory projects; Domestic groups: cooperation, conflict and struggle; Feminisms and green fundamentalism; Gendered economies: relations of production and reproduction; Feminism as deconstruction; Notes; References; 1 WHO NEEDS [SEX] WHEN YOU CAN HAVE [GENDER]?; 2 RESCUING GENDER FROM THE POVERTY TRAP; 3 ANALYSING WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS

4 JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS?5 FAMINE AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN GENDER RELATIONS; 6 GENDER, POWER AND CONTESTATION; 7 TALKING TO THE BOYS; 8 'NIMBLE FINGERS' REVISITED; 9 FEMALE AND MALE GRAIN MARKETING SYSTEMS; 10 GENDER ANALYSIS OF FAMILY PLANNING; 11 SILVER BULLET OR PASSING FANCY?; 12 QUESTIONABLE LINKS; INDEX;



Sommario/riassunto

Key issues in gender studies and development today are explored in detail, from rural and urban poverty to population and family planning, resulting from the 1995 UN Conference on Women.