Gender and the global land grab : a feminist global governance approach / Andrea M. Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Andrea M., author.

Series:

Frontiers of Global Governance Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture and state.

Land tenure.

Land use--Planning.

Land use.

Women in agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Since the year 2000, millions of hectares of land in the Global South have been acquired by foreign investors, displacing rural communities and disproportionately impacting women. Gender and the Global Land Grab introduces a feminist framework to analyze global land governance policy and offers tools for developing gender-sensitive resource policy.

Contents:

Cover

GENDER AND THE GLOBAL LAND GRAB

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

Figure and Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

1 A New Framework for Analyzing Gender and Global Land Governance

2 Local Obstacles, Global Trends: Gender and Land Governance in Africa

3 Gender and Multi-level Land Governance: Tanzania in Focus

4 "Empowerment" as Efficiency: Gender and Responsible Agricultural Investment

5 Contested Concepts: Gender in the United Nations Committee for World Food Security

6 Prospects for Feminist Global Land Governance

Conclusion: An Agenda for Feminist Research in Global Governance

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780228021704

0228021707

OCLC:

1433203614