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Harvesting feminist knowledge for public policy : rebuilding progress /

Harvesting Feminist Knowledge for Public Policy brings together 14 essays by feminist thinkers from different parts of the world, reflecting on the flaws in the current patterns of development and arguing for political, economic, and social changes to promote equality and sustainability. The essays...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jain, Devaki, 1933-, Elson, Diane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Ottawa, ON : SAGE ; International Development Research Centre, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Contents ; List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes ; List of Abbreviations ; Foreword ; Preface ; Acknowledgments; Introduction ; 1
  • Economics for a Post-crisis World: Putting Social Justice First ; 2
  • "Rebooting" Is Not an Option: Toward Equitable Social and Economic Development ; 3
  • Questioning Economic Success through the Lens of Hunger ; 4
  • Globalization, Labor, and Women's Work: Critical Challenges for a Post-Neoliberal World ; 5
  • Removing the Cloak of Invisibility: Integrating Unpaid Household Services in the Philippines' Economic Accounts.
  • 6
  • Poor Women Organizing for Economic Justice 7
  • Gender Dimensions of the World of Work in a Globalized Economy; 8
  • Gender, Global Crises, and Climate Change ; 9
  • The Cost of the Commoditization of Food and Water for Women ; 10
  • Modernity, Technology, and the Progress of Women in Japan: Problems and Prospects; 11
  • Equity in Post-crisis China: A Feminist Political Economy Perspective ; 12
  • Cuban Development Alternatives to Market-driven Economies: A Gendered Case Study on Women's Employment ; 13
  • Challenges for African Feminism in the Contemporary Moment.
  • 14
  • "Progressive Masculinities": Oxymoron or Achievable? About the Editors and Contributors ; Index.