The gender politics of development : essays in hope and despair /: essays in hope and despair. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shirin M. Rai.
• Other Names: Rai, Shirin
• Contents: Introduction : the gender politics of development -- Gender, nationalism and 'nation-building' -- Women and the post-colonial state -- Theorizing gender and democratization -- Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the state? -- Quotas in context -- Globalization, development and global governance -- Knowledge and/as power -- Networking across borders -- Conclusion: what hopes, why despair? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 320.91724082; Women in development; Women in politics; Feminism -- Political aspects; Women in politics -- Developing countries; Women in politics -- India; Democratization
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848136809; 1848136803
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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