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245 0 0 _aRethinking empowerment
_h[electronic resource] :
_bgender and development in a global/local world /
_cedited by Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai and Kathleen Staudt.
260 _aLondon :
_bRoutledge,
_c2003.
300 _a1 online resource
490 0 _aRoutledge/Warwick studies in globalisation ;
_v3
500 _aAt foot of title: Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _apt. 1. Theory and praxis: Rethinking em(power)ment, gender and development : an introduction / Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai and Kathleen Staudt -- Education as a means for empowering women / Nelly p. Stromquist -- pt. 2. Women's empowerment in a global world: Envisaging power in Philippine migration : the Janus effect / Pauline Gardiner Barber -- Women's rights, CEDAW and international human rights debates : toward empowerment / Shaheen Sardar Ali -- Feminizing cyberspace : rethinking technoagency / Gillian Youngs -- pt. 3. The nation state, politics and women's empowerment: Engaging politics : beyond official empowerment discourse / Kathleen Staudt -- Movements, states and empowerment : women's mobilization in Chile and Turkey / Marella Bodur and Susan Franceschet -- Political representation, democratic institutions and women's empowerment : the quota debate in India / Shirin M. Rai -- Gender, production and access to land : the case for female peasants in India / Reena Patel -- pt. 4. The local/global, development and women's empowerment: Rethinking participatory empowerment, gender and development : the PRA approach / Jane L. Parpart -- The disciplinary power of micro credit : examples from Kenya and Cameroon / Josephine Lairap-Fonderson -- Development, demographic and feminist agendas : depoliticizing empowerment in a Tanzanian family planning project / Lisa Ann Riche -- Informal politics, grassroots NGOs and women's empowerment in the slums of Bombay / Vandana Desai -- pt. 5. Conclusion: Concluding thoughts on (em)powerment, gender and development / Kathleen Staudt, Shirin M. Rai and Jane L. Parpart.
520 _a'Rethinking Empowerment' looks at the changing role of women in developing countries and rejects the established notion that empowerment in development is best understood and pursued at a local/global level.
650 0 _aWomen in development
_zDeveloping countries.
650 0 _aWomen
_zDeveloping countries
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aWomen's rights
_zDeveloping countries.
700 1 _aParpart, Jane L.
_eed.
700 1 _aRai, Shirin.
_eed.
700 1 _aStaudt, Kathleen A.
_eed.
710 2 _aUniversity of Warwick.
_bCentre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation.
856 4 1 _uhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=93094&site=ehost-live&scope=site
_zElectronic Resources
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