Globalizing the postcolony : contesting discourses of gender and development in francophone Africa / Claire H. Griffiths.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffiths, Claire.

Series:

After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France

After the empire: the Francophone world and postcolonial France

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Africa, West--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Africa, West--Economic conditions.

Social planning--Africa, West.

Social planning.

Economic development--Africa, West.

Economic development.

Postcolonialism--Africa, West.

Postcolonialism.

Africa, West--Social policy.

Africa, West.

Africa, West--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (534 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Globalizing the Postcolony: Contesting Discourses of Gender and Development in Francophone Africa is a study of development in the former French colonies of West Africa. It takes as its starting point the international community's reporting on human and social development and gender in the developing areas, which began systematically in 1990 and which has provided a framework for policy-making in this field. This study analyzes current thinking on the challenges facing gender and development in Africa, before moving on to examine the historical factors marking the gender and development profil

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; I; Is There a Gender and Development Crisis in Francophone Africa?; 1; Gender and Development in Francophone Africa; 2; Science, Statistics, and Stories; II; When Gender and Development Went Global; 3; The Origins of a Global Discourse, 1945 to 1990; 4; "Good Governance" for Development, 1990-2000; 5; The Millennium Summit and Beyond; III; From the Global to the Postcolony: Data Profiling in Gabon and Senegal; 6; Mapping Gender and Development; 7; Senegal; 8; Gabon; 9; Measuring Gender and Development; IV

In Search of Context and Culture 1: Historicizing Gender10; Sex and Status in Pre-colonial Africa; 11; Engendering the Colony; V; In Search of Context and Culture 2: Locating Gender; 12; Speaking the Language of Gender and Development in Senegal; 13; International Agencies and the Agenda for Change in Senegal; 14; Theorizing Gender and Development in the Academy; 15; Voicing Dissent and Contesting Change in Civil Society; VI; Writing Gender and Development: Culture, Context and Change in Francophone Africa; 16; The Literary Politics of Gender and Development; 17

Writing Gender and Development18; Modernization and Marginalization in the Francophone African Feminist Novel; 19; Conclusion; Appendix A; Commitment 5, UN World Summit for Social Development, 19 April 1995; Appendix B; Commitment 5, 24th Special Session of the UN General Assembly, 26 June 2000; Selected Bibliography; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

979-82-16-30990-1

1-282-93661-1

9786612936616

0-7391-4384-0

OCLC:

703442587