TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Parpart,Jane L.
AU  -  Rai,Shirin
AU  -  Staudt,Kathleen A.
ED  -  University of Warwick. 
ED  -  NetLibrary, Inc.
TI  -  Rethinking empowerment :  gender and deve lopment in a global/local world / 
SN  -  0203220072 (electronic bk.)
U1  -  305.42091724   22
PY  - 2003///
CY  -  London ; ,  New York : 
PB  -  Routledge, 
KW  -  Women
KW  -  Developing countries
KW  -  Social conditions
KW  -  Women in development
KW  -  Electronic books.
KW  -  local
N1  -  "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;  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;  Electronic reproduction.;  Boulder, Colo. :;  NetLibrary,;  2003.;  Available via World Wide Web.;  Access may be limited to NetLibrar y affiliated libraries
N2  -  '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
UR  -  http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp ?action=summary&v=1&bookid=93094 
ER  -