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