Rethinking empowerment [electronic resource] : gender and deve lopment in a global/local world / edited by Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai and Kathleen Staudt.

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TextSeries: Routledge/Warwick studies in globalisationPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.Description: xx, 250 pISBN:

0203220072 (electronic bk.)
9780203220078 (electronic bk.)

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pt. 1. Theory and praxis: Rethinking em(power)ment, gender and devel opment : an introduction / Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai and Kathleen Staudt -- Education as a means for empowering women / Nelly p. Stromqui st -- pt. 2. Women's empowerment in a global world: Envisaging power in Philippine migration : the Janus effect / Pauline Gardiner Barber -- W omen's rights, CEDAW and international human rights debates : toward em powerment / Shaheen Sardar Ali -- Feminizing cyberspace : rethinking te chnoagency / Gillian Youngs -- pt. 3. The nation state, politics and wo men's empowerment: Engaging politics : beyond official empowerment disc ourse / Kathleen Staudt -- Movements, states and empowerment : women's mobilization in Chile and Turkey / Marella Bodur and Susan Franceschet -- Political representation, democratic institutions and women's empowe rment : the quota debate in India / Shirin M. Rai -- Gender, production and access to land : the case for female peasants in India / Reena Pat el -- pt. 4. The local/global, development and women's empowerment: Ret hinking participatory empowerment, gender and development : the PRA app roach / Jane L. Parpart -- The disciplinary power of micro credit : exa mples from Kenya and Cameroon / Josephine Lairap-Fonderson -- Developme nt, demographic and feminist agendas : depoliticizing empowerment in a Tanzanian family planning project / Lisa Ann Riche -- Informal politics , grassroots NGOs and women's empowerment in the slums of Bombay / Vand ana Desai -- pt. 5. Conclusion: Concluding thoughts on (em)powerment, g ender and development / Kathleen Staudt, Shirin M. Rai and Jane L. Parp art.

Summary: 'Rethinking Empowerment' looks at the changing role of women in deve loping countries and rejects the established notion that empowerment in development is best understood and pursued at a local/global level.

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"This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003"--T. p. verso.

At foot of title: Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regional isation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Rethinking Empowerment' looks at the changing role of women in deve loping countries and rejects the established notion that empowerment in development is best understood and pursued at a local/global level.

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Rethinking empowerment [electronic resource] : gender and deve lopment in a global/local world / edited by Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai and Kathleen Staudt.