Rethinking empowerment [[electronic resource] ] : gender and development in a global/local world / / edited by Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai and Kathleen Staudt

• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: xix, 250 p
• Disciplina: 305.42
• Soggetto topico: Women - Developing countries - Social conditions; Women in development - Developing countries
• Altri autori: ParpartJane L RaiShirin StaudtKathleen A
• Note generali: "Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation".
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Theory and praxis: Rethinking em(power)ment, gender and development : an introduction / Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai and Kathleen Staudt -- Education as a means for empowering women / Nelly p. Stromquist -- pt. 2. Women's empowerment in a global world: Envisaging power in Philippine migration : the Janus effect / Pauline Gardiner Barber -- Women's rights, CEDAW and international human rights debates : toward empowerment / Shaheen Sardar Ali -- Feminizing cyberspace : rethinking technoagency / Gillian Youngs -- pt. 3. The nation state, politics and women's empowerment: Engaging politics : beyond official empowerment discourse / Kathleen Staudt -- Movements, states and empowerment : women's mobilization in Chile and Turkey / Marella Bodur and Susan Franceschet -- Political representation, democratic institutions and women's empowerment : the quota debate in India / Shirin M. Rai -- Gender, production and access to land : the case for female peasants in India / Reena Patel -- pt. 4. The local/global, development and women's empowerment: Rethinking participatory empowerment, gender and development : the PRA approach / Jane L. Parpart -- The disciplinary power of micro credit : examples from Kenya and Cameroon / Josephine Lairap-Fonderson -- Development, demographic and feminist agendas : depoliticizing empowerment in a Tanzanian family planning project / Lisa Ann Riche -- Informal politics, grassroots NGOs and women's empowerment in the slums of Bombay / Vandana Desai -- pt. 5. Conclusion: Concluding thoughts on (em)powerment, gender and development / Kathleen Staudt, Shirin M. Rai and Jane L. Parpart.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Rethinking Empowerment' looks at the changing role of women in developing countries and rejects the established notion that empowerment in development is best understood and pursued at a local/global level.
• Titolo autorizzato: Rethinking empowerment
• ISBN: 1-134-47212-9; 1-280-20209-2; 0-203-22007-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780105403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge/Warwick studies in globalisation ; ; 3.