Women and gender equity in development theory and practice : institutions, resources, and mobilization / edited by Jane S. Jaquette and Gale Summerfield.

Other author Jaquette, Jane S., 1942-
Other author Summerfield, Gale, 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2006.
Descriptionix, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Women in development.
Women--Developing countries. --Social conditions.
Women's rights.

Contents Introduction / Jane Jaquette and Gale Summerfield -- Women, gender, and development / Jane Jaquette and Kathleen Staudt -- Mainstreaming gender in international organizations / Elisabeth Prügl and Audrey Lustgarten -- From "home economics" to "microfinance" : gender rhetoric and bureaucratic resistance / David Hirschmann -- Contributions of a gender perspective to the analysis of poverty / Sylvia Chant -- What is justice? : indigenous women in Andean development projects / Maruja Barrig -- Gender equity and rural land reform in China / Gale Summerfield -- Unequal rights : women and property / Diana Lee-Smith and Catalina Hinchey Trujillo -- On loan from home : women's participation in formulating human settlements policies / Faranak Miraftab -- In theory and in practice : women creating better accounts of the world / Louise Fortmann -- Women's work : the kitchen kills more than the sword / Kirk R. Smith -- Women's movements in the globalizing world : the case of Thailand / Amara Pongsapich -- T-shirts to web links : women connect! communications capacity-building with women's NGOs / Doe Mayer, Barbara Pillsbury, and Muadi Mukenge -- Empowerment just happened : the unexpected expansion of women's organizations / Irene Tinker.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005029785
ISBN0822337002 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822336987 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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