Gender, power and knowledge for development / / Lata Narayanaswamy

• Autore: Narayanaswamy Lata
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - Information services; Communication in economic development; Women in development; Non-governmental organizations; Knowledge management
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Knowledge for development as an exercise in power -- The knowledge brokering business : NGOs and feminisms in development -- Anatomy of a knowledge broker -- "The language is difficult" : interrogating progressive information production processes -- "Very clearly there is no strategy" : interrogating progressive information dissemination practices -- "If you want to start a new project, then you pray that funders are on the same wavelength!" : interrogating southern-based knowledge intermediaries and systems -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Knowledge-for-development is under-theorised and under-researched within development studies, but as a set of policy objectives it is thriving within development practice. Donors and other agencies are striving to improve the flow of information within and between decision-makers and so-called 'poor and marginalized groups' in order to promote economic and social development, including the empowerment of women. Gender, Power and Knowledge for Development questions the assumptions and practice of the knowledge-for-development industry.
• Titolo autorizzato: Gender, power and knowledge for development
• ISBN: 1-315-81697-0; 1-317-81223-9; 1-317-81224-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154708003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge explorations in development studies.