Beschreibung:
Jane S. Jaquette and Gale Summerfield, eds.
Collection of essays on issues of women and development, attempting to bridge theory and practice in the post-9/11 era to reflect debates in various realms, from the environment, land rights, and identity to information technology, employment, and poverty
Preface and Acknowledgments viiIntroduction / Jane S. Jaquette and Gale Summerfield 1I. Institutional Opportunities and Barriers 15Women, Gender, and Development / Jane S. Jaquette and Kathleen Staudt 17Mainstreaming Gender in International Organizations / Elisabeth Prugl and Audrey Lustgarten 53From “Home Economics” to “Microfianace:; Gender Rhetoric and the Bureaucratic Resistance / David Hirschmann 71Contributions of a Gender Perspective to the Analysis of Poverty / Sylvia Chant 87What is Justice? Indigenous Women in Andean Development Projects / Maruja Barrig 107II. Livelihood and Control of Resouces 135Gender Equity and Rural Land Reform In China / Gale Summerfield 137Unequal Rights: Women and Property / Diana Lee-Smith and Catalina Hinchey Trujillo 159On Loan from Home: Women’s Participation in Formulating Human Settlements Policies / Faranak Miraftab 173In Theory and in Practice: Women Creating Better Accounts of the World / Louise Fortmann 191Women’s Work: The Kitchen Kills More than the Sword / Kirk R. Smith 202III. Women’s Mobilization and Power 217Women’s Movements in the Globalizing World: The Case of Thailand / Amara Pongsapich 219T-Shirts to Web Links: Women Connect! Communications Capacity-Building with Women’s NGOs / Doe Mayer, Barbara Pillsbury, and Muadi Mukenge 240Empowerment Just Happened: The Unexpected Expansion of Women’s Organizations / Irene Tinker 268Acronyms 303Bibliography 306Contributors 352Index 357