Developing Partnerships : Gender, Sexuality, and the Reformed World Bank /

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A critique of how the World Bank encourages gender norms, Developing Partnerships argues that financial institutions are key players in the global enforcement of gender and family expectations. By combining analysis of documents produced and sponsored by the World Bank with interviews of World Bank...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bedford, Kate, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
World Bank.
World Bank > Latin America.
Women in development.
Sex role > Government policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Rôle selon le sexe > Politique gouvernementale > Amerique latine.
Femmes dans le developpement > Amerique latine.
Sex role > Government policy > Latin America.
Women in development > Latin America.
Latin America.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A critique of how the World Bank encourages gender norms, Developing Partnerships argues that financial institutions are key players in the global enforcement of gender and family expectations. By combining analysis of documents produced and sponsored by the World Bank with interviews of World Bank staffers and case studies, Kate Bedford presents a detailed examination of gender and sexuality in the policies of the world's most influential development institution.
Physical Description:1 online resource (328 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816670437

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