<p><strong>This book is a valuable contribution to the field of gender and development as it offers refreshing retrospective essays by some leading scholars.Scholars, researchers, activists, policy makers and advanced students interested in gender and development issues can celebrate the 'coming of age' of gender analysis of development by reading this book.</strong> - <em>Nesecan Balkan, Department of Economics, Hamilton College, USA reviews for Radical political Economics, 2002</em></p>

In the wake of the 4th World Conference on Women this volume brings together leading gender and development scholars who interrogate the last twenty years of work in this area.
Feminist Visions of Development throws fresh light on key issues including:
* gender and the environment
* education
* population
* reproductive rights
* industrialisation
* macroeconomic policy
* poverty.
Inspired by recent feminist theoretical work, it re-examines previous structural analysis and opens the way for further research in the field.

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Key issues in gender studies and development today are explored in detail, from rural and urban poverty to population and family planning, resulting from the 1995 UN Conference on Women.
List of contributors, Introduction: Interrogating development: feminism, gender and policy, PART I Interests, identities and strategies, PART II Households and industry, PART III Money and markets, PART IV Population and the environment, Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780415157902
Publisert
1998-06-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
476 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
308