{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-of-queer-development-studies-9781138693753","title":"Routledge Handbook of Queer Development Studies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround the world lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer individuals are subjected to violence and intimidation based on their real or perceived sexuality, gender identity or expression. With those most at risk of human rights violations often living in areas of low economic development, questions of sexuality, gender identity, and expression have become a significant area of research within the field of development studies. The\u003cem\u003e Routledge\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eHandbook of Queer Development Studies\u003c\/em\u003e is the first full length study of queer development studies, collecting the very best in research from around the world. Topics for discussion include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQueering policy and planning in development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQueer development critique and queer critiques of development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlobal LGBTIQ rights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQueer social movements and mobilizations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when development and human rights organizations such as the World Bank,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A must-read and a much-needed handbook for anyone interested in queer investigations of development. It brings together for the first time key queerly diverse and emergent scholars and activists in the field, while facing head-on the contestations and debates about both queerness and development.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003ci\u003eIlan Kapoor, York University, Toronto, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The ‘sexuality turn’ in development studies comes under timely and through scrutiny in this collection. Bringing together established and emerging voices in the field, it stages fresh conversations about the contested meanings of development and queerness, but also the debates and contradictions in queer theory and development studies. A valuable resource for thinking and teaching.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003ci\u003eJyoti Puri, Professor of Sociology, Simmons College, Boston, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An indispensable resource for understanding the contested histories, theories, and projects of the emerging field of queer development. This diverse collection of critical interventions variously disrupt current \"progressive\" narratives that tie colonial and neoliberal agendas to LGBT rights, while creating much-needed space for imagining and enacting queer futures otherwise.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eSuzanne Bergeron, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction to Queer Development Studies Reader \u003cem\u003eCorinne L. Mason\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection 1: Queering Policy and Planning \u003c\/b\u003e1. Foundational: Changing Families and Communities: An LGBT Contribution to an Alternative Development Path \u003cem\u003ePeter Drucker\u003c\/em\u003e 2. Troubling Hetero\/cisnormative Educational Practices in International Development \u003cem\u003eRobert C. Mizzi \u003c\/em\u003e3. Queerying Development Planning: Recognizing Needs and Identifying Vulnerable Populations in Africa \u003cem\u003ePetra L. Doan \u003c\/em\u003e4. Gender, Sexuality and Development: avenues for action in a post-2015 development era \u003cem\u003eChloe Vaast and Elizabeth Mills \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2: Queer Development Critique \u003c\/b\u003e5. Foundational: Arrested development or the queerness of savages: resisting evolutionary narratives of difference (with new preface) \u003cem\u003eNeville Hoad \u003c\/em\u003e6. Dangerous Liaisons? (Homo)Developmentalism, Sexual Modernization and LGBTIQ Rights in Europe \u003cem\u003eChristine M. Klapeer \u003c\/em\u003e7. Decolonizing development work: a Transfeminist perspective \u003cem\u003eChamindra Weerawardhan\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection 3: Global LGBTIQ Rights \u003c\/b\u003e8. Foundational: Critique of ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘gender identity’ in human rights discourse: global queer politics beyond the Yogyakarta Principles \u003cem\u003eMatthew Waites \u003c\/em\u003e9. LGBTIQ (In)Visibility: A Human Security Approach to SOGIESC \u003cem\u003eAriel G. Mekler \u003c\/em\u003e10. Liveable Lives: A Transnational Queer-Feminist Reflection on Sexuality, Development and Governance \u003cem\u003eNiharika Banerjea and Kath Browne \u003c\/em\u003e11. The Growing Chasm: International Polarization Around Queer Rights \u003cem\u003eDennis Altman and Jonathan Symons\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eSection 4: Aiding Queer Mobilizations? \u003c\/b\u003e12. Foundation: Rescue, and Real Love: Same-sex Desire in International Development \u003cem\u003eAndil Gosine \u003c\/em\u003e13. Queer Paradise: Development and Recognition in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec \u003cem\u003eMarcus McGee\u003c\/em\u003e 14. Queer Dilemmas: LGBT Activism and International Funding \u003cem\u003eJulie Moreau and Ashley Currier \u003c\/em\u003e15. Politicized Priorities: Critical Implications for LGBTQ Movements\u003cem\u003e Nick J. Mulé \u003c\/em\u003e16. Circumscribed Recognition: creating a space for young queer people in Delhi \u003cem\u003eMaria Tonini \u003c\/em\u003e17. Disrupting Joburg Pride: Exploring the depoliticisation of Africa’s first Pride march \u003cem\u003eNyx McLean\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577841127767,"sku":"9781138693753","price":204.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138693753.jpg?v=1746096890","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/routledge-handbook-of-queer-development-studies-9781138693753","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}