Global perspectives on gender equality : reversing the gaze /
edited by Naila Kabeer and Agneta Stark ; with Edda Magnus.
- New York : Routledge, 2008.
- xvii, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Routledge/UNRISD research in gender and development ; 3 .
"The Expert Group in Development Issues (EGDI)--P. [v]."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reversing the gaze / The transition to mass literacy : comparative insights from Swede n and Pakistan / Gender and the family in public policy : a comparative view of Argentina and Sweden / Maternalist politics in Norway and the Islamic Republic of Iran / Challenging the male norm of employment : evi dence from Sweden, Norway, and Hungary / Sexual pol itics and social policy : Swedish policy reviewed / "Women are like boats" : discourse, policy, and collective act ion in Sweden and India / Quotas and inter est representation : South Africa and Sweden in comparative perspective / What's in that little book? Gender statistic s and the Nordic road map toward evidence-based policies in Africa / Institutionalising equality : putting gender issu es at the centre in Mexico and Sweden / Don't disturb the men : a viable gender equality strategy? / Passion, pragmatism, and the politics of advocacy : the Nor dic experience through a "gender and development" lens / Naila Kabeer, Edda Magnus, and Agneta Stark -- Haris Gazdar -- Elizabeth Jeli n -- Shahra Razavi -- Beata Nagy -- Ramya Subrahmani an -- Seema Arora-Jonsson -- Shireen Hassim -- Bola Akanji -- Francisco Cos-Montiel -- Agneta Stark -- Naila Kabee r.