Год выпуска: 2001 Автор: Shirin M. Rai Издательство: Страниц: 272 ISBN: 9780745614915
Описание
"Rai subjects the projects of both national development and globalization to searching scrutiny through a gender lens. Her emphasis on the intersection of gender and other forms of inequality is very timely. An excellent text for a wide range of courses in politics, sociology and development studies." –– Diane Elson, University of Essex Shirin Rai pushes us to rethink development. She brings us to ear a feminist analysis that grows out of her nuanced understanding of both China’s and India?s gendered experience. Readers will find fresh ideas and sharp caveats about how patriarchy is sustained and fought over globally. –– Cynthia Enloe, Clark University This important book ranges across contemporary debates in the study of gender and political economy. It situates differing gender–based theories in the context of wider political and historical processes such as colonialism, post–colonialism, Cold War politics, the New World Order, globalization and...
