Gender justice, development, and rights [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Maxine Molyneux and Shahra Razavi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783397803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, c2002
• ISBN: 0-19-160198-5; 0-19-153136-7; 1-282-00720-3; 9786612007200
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (505 p.)
• Collana: Oxford studies in democratization
• Altri autori (Persone): MolyneuxMaxine; RazaviShahra
• Disciplina: 305.42
• Soggetti: Social justice - Developing countries; Women - Developing countries - Economic conditions; Women - Developing countries - Social conditions; Women's rights; Women's rights - Developing countries; Developing countries Social policy Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers presented at an UNRISD workshop held in New York on June 3, 2000 to coincide with the General Assembly Special Session for the Beijing Plus Five Review.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-482) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""1. Introduction""; ""I. Rethinking Liberal Rights and Universalism""; ""2. Women's Capabilities and Social Justice""; ""3. Gender Justice, Human Rights, and Neo-liberal Economic Policies""; ""4. Multiculturalism, Universalism, and the Claims of Democracy""; ""II. Social Sector Restructuring and Social Rights""; ""5. Political and Social Citizenship: An Examination of the Case of Poland""; ""6. Engendering the New Social Citizenship in Chile: NGOs and Social Provisioningunder Neo-liberalism""; ""7. Engendering Education: Prospects for a Rights-Based Approach to Female Education Deprivation in India""""III. Democratization and the Politics of Gender""; ""8. Encounters between Feminism, Democracy and ; Reformism in Contemporary Iran""; ""9. The â€?Devil's Dealâ€?: Women's Political Participation and Authoritarianism in Peru""; ""10. In and Against the Party: Women's Representation and Constituency-Building in Uganda and South Africa""; ""IV. Multiculturalisms in Practice""; ""11. The Politics of Gender, Ethnicity, and Democratization in Malaysia: Shifting Interests and Identities""; ""12. National Law and Indigenous Customary Law: The Struggle for Justice of Indigenous Women in Chiapas, Mexico""""13. The Politics of Women's Rights and Cultural Diversity in Uganda""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: This text examines contemporary issues such as neoliberal policies, democracy and multiculturalism, analyzing them from a gender perspective. It examines how liberal rights and ideas of democracy and justice have been absorbed into the political agendas of women's movements.