Gendering the world bank: neoliberalism and the gendered foundations of global governance

This book offers an examination of gendered power and discourse in contemporary neoliberal governance. It features extremely complex ideas and issues that are communicated in an admirably clear and accessible fashion. It could well become the definitive feminist post structural analysis of global go...

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1. Verfasser: Griffin, Penny (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2009
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Zusammenfassung:This book offers an examination of gendered power and discourse in contemporary neoliberal governance. It features extremely complex ideas and issues that are communicated in an admirably clear and accessible fashion. It could well become the definitive feminist post structural analysis of global governance, guaranteeing its lengthy academic appeal and continued market value. It argues that gender is not equitable simply to women or women's practices (as is the case with most Bank accounts of gender), which is where this book differs most from existing accounts of gender and the World Bank.There is a gap in the market for empirically detailed, theoretically driven research such as this. Gendering the World Bank provides an unusual, wide-ranging and accessible account of the constitution and effects of discourses of neoliberal governance. Paying particular attention to how gender matters in and to contemporary global governance, the author focuses in particular on the development discourse of the World Bank.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XVI, 243 S.
ISBN:9780230218277