Feminist Visions of Development: Gender Analysis and Policy / Edition 1

by Cecile Jackson, Ruth Pearson

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415142342
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/11/1998
Series:	Studies in Development Economics
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jackson, Cecile; Pearson, Ruth

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

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. - Nesecan Balkan, Department of Economics, Hamilton College, USA reviews for Radical political Economics, 2002

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