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The women, gender and development reader / edited by Nalini Visvanathan ... [et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Halifax Fernwood Pub. London New York Zed Books Ltd. New York Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 455 p. 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781848135871
Other title:
  • Women, gender & development reader [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.4091724 22
Contents:
History of international development, theories and discourse of women, gender and development -- Households, families and work -- Women in the global economy -- International women in social transformation -- Women organizing themselves for change : transnational movements, local resistance.
Summary: "In this fully revised second edition, the editors expertly present the impact of social, political and economic change by reviewing such topical issues as migration, persistent structural discrimination, the global recession and climate change. With a multidisciplinary approach, the volume vividly illustrates the theoretical debates with an array of case studies from around the world"--P. [4] of cover.
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Books Books Gulbanoo Premji Library of Azim Premji University, Bengaluru 1st Floor 305.4091724 VIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 6000
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First ed. published: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of international development, theories and discourse of women, gender and development -- Households, families and work -- Women in the global economy -- International women in social transformation -- Women organizing themselves for change : transnational movements, local resistance.

"In this fully revised second edition, the editors expertly present the impact of social, political and economic change by reviewing such topical issues as migration, persistent structural discrimination, the global recession and climate change. With a multidisciplinary approach, the volume vividly illustrates the theoretical debates with an array of case studies from around the world"--P. [4] of cover.

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