Women and Development in Africa : How Gender Works / Michael Kevane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kevane, Michael, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This second edition of Women and Development in Africa incorporates the results of more than a decade of new empirical and theoretical research. Michael Kevane provides a broad overview of the sources of underdevelopment in Africa and the role of gender in economic transactions, as well as a cogent analysis of the gendered realities of such issues as land rights, the control of labor, the marriage market, health care, education, and political representation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

1 Exploring Gender and Development

2 Women and Development in Africa

3 Models and Methods

4 The Land Tenure Rights of African Women

5 Constraints and Opportunities in the World of Work

6 The Marriage Market

7 Bargaining Power at Home

8 Preferring Sons over Daughters

9 The Gendering of Education

10 Getting Capital to Women

11 Emerging Movement For— and Against—Gender Equality

References

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-072-3

OCLC:

1334343700