LEADER 04308nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910810704303321 005 20240513193641.0 010 $a1-282-93661-1 010 $a9786612936616 010 $a0-7391-4384-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067586 035 $a(EBL)662318 035 $a(OCoLC)703442587 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000437223 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12140793 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000437223 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10432535 035 $a(PQKB)10806642 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC662318 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL662318 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10437367 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293661 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067586 100 $a20101015d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGlobalizing the postcolony $econtesting discourses of gender and development in francophone Africa /$fClaire H. Griffiths 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, MD $cLexington Books$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (534 p.) 225 0 $aAfter the empire: the Francophone world and postcolonial France 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-4382-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; I; Is There a Gender and Development Crisis in Francophone Africa?; 1; Gender and Development in Francophone Africa; 2; Science, Statistics, and Stories; II; When Gender and Development Went Global; 3; The Origins of a Global Discourse, 1945 to 1990; 4; "Good Governance" for Development, 1990-2000; 5; The Millennium Summit and Beyond; III; From the Global to the Postcolony: Data Profiling in Gabon and Senegal; 6; Mapping Gender and Development; 7; Senegal; 8; Gabon; 9; Measuring Gender and Development; IV 327 $aIn Search of Context and Culture 1: Historicizing Gender10; Sex and Status in Pre-colonial Africa; 11; Engendering the Colony; V; In Search of Context and Culture 2: Locating Gender; 12; Speaking the Language of Gender and Development in Senegal; 13; International Agencies and the Agenda for Change in Senegal; 14; Theorizing Gender and Development in the Academy; 15; Voicing Dissent and Contesting Change in Civil Society; VI; Writing Gender and Development: Culture, Context and Change in Francophone Africa; 16; The Literary Politics of Gender and Development; 17 327 $aWriting Gender and Development18; Modernization and Marginalization in the Francophone African Feminist Novel; 19; Conclusion; Appendix A; Commitment 5, UN World Summit for Social Development, 19 April 1995; Appendix B; Commitment 5, 24th Special Session of the UN General Assembly, 26 June 2000; Selected Bibliography; About the Author 330 $aGlobalizing the Postcolony: Contesting Discourses of Gender and Development in Francophone Africa is a study of development in the former French colonies of West Africa. It takes as its starting point the international community's reporting on human and social development and gender in the developing areas, which began systematically in 1990 and which has provided a framework for policy-making in this field. This study analyzes current thinking on the challenges facing gender and development in Africa, before moving on to examine the historical factors marking the gender and development profil 410 0$aAfter the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France 606 $aWomen$zAfrica, West$xSocial conditions 606 $aWomen$zAfrica, West$xEconomic conditions 606 $aSocial planning$zAfrica, West 606 $aEconomic development$zAfrica, West 606 $aPostcolonialism$zAfrica, West 607 $aAfrica, West$xSocial policy 607 $aAfrica, West$xEconomic policy 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aWomen$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aSocial planning 615 0$aEconomic development 615 0$aPostcolonialism 676 $a305.40966/0917541 700 $aGriffiths$b Claire$0907955 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810704303321 996 $aGlobalizing the postcolony$94087427 997 $aUNINA