Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations and ChallengesAndrea Cornwall, Elizabeth Harrison, Ann Whitehead 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 presented feminists with some enormous challenges. Here, emphasizing the importance of a plurality of approaches, the authors argue for the importance of what ‘feminisms’ have to say to development. Confronting the enormous challenges for feminisms in development studies, this book provides real hope for dialogue and exchange between feminisms and development. |
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a view from the Indian front | |
Dangerous equations? How femaleheaded households became | |
Back to women? Translations resignifications and myths of gender | |
gender myths in the British aid programme | |
the African woman forgotten | |
reframing the debate on trafficking from | |
the perils of mainstreaming in sector | |
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