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Book SynopsisCollection of essays on issues of women and development, attempting to bridge theory and practice in the post-9/11 era to reflect debates in various realms, from the environment, land rights, and identity to information technology, employme
Trade Review“This book begins with a very important question: is there a crisis in the gender and development field despite its large expansion and growing complexity? The different contributors address this question, directly or indirectly, from an interdisciplinary perspective. From the analysis of changing institutions to the control of resources, political participation, gender mainstreaming, and many other relevant themes, the book makes an excellent contribution to the historical analysis of the field and its current developments and tensions. There is much food for thought here.”—Lourdes Benería, author of
Gender, Development, and Globalization: Economics as if All People Mattered“This excellent collection by leading scholars and policy actors sets the ongoing gender and development debate in the context of the changing international political and policy climate. In bringing different regional perspectives to bear on the new challenges facing gender justice advocates, it updates critical thinking on the urgency of applying gender analysis to development policy, human security, and globalization.”—Maxine Molyneux, author of
Women’s Movements in International Perspective: Latin America and Beyond“This important collection provides a much-needed fresh look at women, gender, and development. Jane S. Jaquette and Gale Summerfield’s overview chapter is superb.”—Valentine M. Moghadam, UNESCO
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments vii
Introduction / Jane S. Jaquette and Gale Summerfield 1
I. Institutional Opportunities and Barriers 15
Women, Gender, and Development / Jane S. Jaquette and Kathleen Staudt 17
Mainstreaming Gender in International Organizations / Elisabeth Prugl and Audrey Lustgarten 53
From “Home Economics” to “Microfianace:; Gender Rhetoric and the Bureaucratic Resistance / David Hirschmann 71
Contributions of a Gender Perspective to the Analysis of Poverty / Sylvia Chant 87
What is Justice? Indigenous Women in Andean Development Projects / Maruja Barrig 107
II. Livelihood and Control of Resouces 135
Gender Equity and Rural Land Reform In China / Gale Summerfield 137
Unequal Rights: Women and Property / Diana Lee-Smith and Catalina Hinchey Trujillo 159
On Loan from Home: Women’s Participation in Formulating Human Settlements Policies / Faranak Miraftab 173
In Theory and in Practice: Women Creating Better Accounts of the World / Louise Fortmann 191
Women’s Work: The Kitchen Kills More than the Sword / Kirk R. Smith 202
III. Women’s Mobilization and Power 217
Women’s Movements in the Globalizing World: The Case of Thailand / Amara Pongsapich 219
T-Shirts to Web Links: Women Connect! Communications Capacity-Building with Women’s NGOs / Doe Mayer, Barbara Pillsbury, and Muadi Mukenge 240
Empowerment Just Happened: The Unexpected Expansion of Women’s Organizations / Irene Tinker 268
Acronyms 303
Bibliography 306
Contributors 352
Index 357
