Feminisms in development :: contradictions, contestations and challenges /

This collection of essays by leading feminist thinkers from North and South constitutes a major new attempt to reposition feminism within development studies. Feminism?s emphasis on social transformation makes it fundamental to development studies. Yet the relationship between the two disciplines ha...

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Weitere Verfasser: Cornwall, Andrea, 1963-, Harrison, Elizabeth, 1963-, Whitehead, Ann, 1946-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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Zusammenfassung:This collection of essays by leading feminist thinkers from North and South constitutes a major new attempt to reposition feminism within development studies. Feminism?s emphasis on social transformation makes it fundamental to development studies. Yet the relationship between the two disciplines has frequently been a troubled one. At present, the way in which many development institutions function often undermines feminist intent through bureaucratic structures and unequal power quotients. Moreover, the seeming intractability of inequalities and injustice in developing countries have presente.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (253 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781848131330
184813133X
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9781281215956
9786611215958
6611215956