The gender politics of development : essays in hope and despair / Shirin M. Rai.
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TextPublication details: New Delhi : Zubaan ; London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9781848132375
- 1848132379
- Women in development
- Women -- Political activity
- Feminism -- Political aspects
- Women -- Political activity -- Developing countries
- Women -- Political activity -- India
- Democratization
- Femmes dans le développement
- Femmes -- Activité politique
- Féminisme -- Aspect politique
- Femmes -- Activité politique -- Inde
- Démocratisation
- Gender studies, gender groups
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Democratization
- Feminism -- Political aspects
- Women in development
- Women -- Political activity
- Developing countries
- India
- Ontwikkelingsproblematiek
- Vrouwen
- Participatie
- Postkolonialisme
- Ontwikkelingslanden
- Kvinnor i politiken
- Jämställdhetspolitik
- Demokratisering -- genusaspekter
- Statsbildning -- genusaspekter
- U-länder
- 305.42 22
- HQ1240 .R353 2008eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-208) and index.
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This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how gender politics has emerged and developed in post-colonial states. It argues that the gendered way in which nationalist statebuilding occured created deep fissures and pressures for development.
<Ul><li>Acknowledgements</li><li>Introduction</li><li>1. Nationalism and Nation-Building</li><li>2. Women and the Postcolonial State</li><li>3. Theorising Gender and Democratisation</li><li>4. Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State?</li><li>5. Quotas in Context</li><li>6. Feminizing Global Governance</li><li>7. Knowledge and/as Power</li><li>8. Networking across Borders</li><li>Conclusion -- What Hopes, Why Despair?</li><li>Notes</li><li>Bibliography</li><li>Index</li></ul>
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