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Feminisms in development : contradictions, contestations and challenges / Andrea Cornwall, Elizabeth Harrison & Ann Whitehead, editors

Cornwall, Andrea,i1963- ; Harrison, Elizabeth ; Whitehead, Ann

London [u.a.] : Zed Books ;, 2007

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (253 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-1-84813-133-0 ; 1-84813-133-X ; 1-281-21595-3 ; 978-1-281-21595-6 ; 1-84277-819-6

MS 3150 MS 8350

 

f Aufsatzsammlung  Entwicklungsländer  Feminismus 

 

This collection of essays by leading feminist thinkers from North and South constitutes a major new attempt to reposition feminism within development studies. Feminism?s emphasis on social transformation makes it fundamental to development studies. Yet the relationship between the two disciplines has frequently been a troubled one. At present, the way in which many development institutions function often undermines feminist intent through bureaucratic structures and unequal power quotients. Moreover, the seeming intractability of inequalities and injustice in developing countries have presente.