Gender and development : The economic basis of women's power / edited by Samuel Cohn, Rae Lesser Blumberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohn, Samuel, 1954- editor.

Blumberg, Rae Lesser, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in development.

Women--Economic conditions.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2020]

Summary:

KEY FEATURES: Distinguished scholars in the field offer students distinctive personalized points of view that extend the study of women's power, gender, and development in new and interesting directions. A wide range of countries/regions, perspectives, and issues is explored to enable instructors the flexibility to introduce students to a variety of key concepts in a manner that works for their classrooms. Analysis of the cause and effect of women's power offers students insights on the inter-relation between gender and development. "Guide to the Book" provides students with context for understanding gender and development, as well as introduces students to the key theories that they will explore throughout the book.

Contents:

COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT PAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE EDITORS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

CHAPTER 1 - "POWER OF THE PURSE": THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN'S ECONOMIC POWER: WHY WOMEN'S ECONOMIC POWER IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL

CHAPTER 2 - GUIDE TO THE BOOK

CHAPTER 3 - ARMED ACTORS, THE COMMODIFICATION OF WOMEN, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD: UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PREDATORY SEXUALITY AND THE VIOLENCE OF CAPITAL IN COLOMBIA

CHAPTER 4 - THE "CREATED BIOLOGY OF GENDER STRATIFICATION": LINKS BETWEEN ECONOMIC POWER AND GENDER EQUALITY FROM HUNTER-GATHERERS TO TODAY'S GLOBAL SOUTH AND NORTH

CHAPTER 5 - DEVELOPMENT, THE STATE, AND GENDER: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF IRAN AND TUNISIA

CHAPTER 6 - POVERTY, WATER, SANITATION INSECURITIES, AND THE CHALLENGES OF MAINTAINING MENSTRUAL HYGIENE

CHAPTER 7 - MALE PREFERENCE AND WOMEN'S ECONOMIC POWER: HOW MEN'S CHOICES OPEN OR CLOSE OCCUPATIONS FOR WOMEN

CHAPTER 8 - WOMEN ON THE FAST TRACK?: COLONIALITY OF CITIZENSHIP AND EMBODIED SOCIAL MOBILITY

CHAPTER 9 - GENDER THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: THE ROLE OF LOW-STATUS MEN IN THE PRODUCTION OF GLOBAL GENDER VIOLENCE AND RACIAL AND ETHNIC BIGOTRY

CHAPTER 10 - WAR, WOMEN, AND THE AFTERMATH: FINDING RESILIENCE IN RWANDA, BOSNIA, AND NEPAL

CHAPTER 11 - NO WAY OUT: WOMEN IN NEPAL TRAPPED IN CYCLES OF POVERTY, GENDER INEQUALITY, AND ECONOMIC DISENFRANCHISEMENT

CHAPTER 12 - AUTHENTIC ACTIVISM: DOMESTIC WORKERS AS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AGENTS

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781544381183

1544381182

9781544381176

1544381174

9781544381190

1544381190

9781544381169

1544381166

OCLC:

1108725754