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PATRIARCHY AND DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN'S POSITIONS AT THE END OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY |
| By: |
Valentine M. Moghadam (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£147.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198290233 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198290230 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 June, 1996 |
| Series: |
WIDER Studies in Development Economics |
| Pages: |
382 |
| Description: |
A description of progress and setbacks in women's positions, linking them to aspects of the economic development process and state policies. This book explores the changing position of women and gender relations and the relevance of the concept of patriarchy, and the impact of development on women and gender. Chapters cover countries in East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian sub-continent, theNordic region, and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The authors are well-known economists, sociologists, historians, and political scientists, based in universities, research institutes, and UN agencies around the world. |
| Synopsis: |
At the end of the twentieth century, after four world conferences on women, debates on the impact of economic development on the lives and status of women - including their life-options and opportunities for betterment - continue unresolved. Is patriarchy on the decline, or is it merely its form that is changing? What effect does development have on gender relations, and how do patriarchal structures affect the development process? The chapters in this book were written for a UNU/WIDER research conference convened to explore two parallel phenomena: the changing position of women and gender relations and the relevance of the concept of patriarchy, and the impact of development-and especially industrialization and wage work-on women and gender. They address questions through theoretical, historical, and empirical approaches, and provide critical analysis and macro- and micro-level data for Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian sub-continent, the Nordic region, and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Following an introduction and overview (Part 1), the book is divided into two main parts.Part II offers historical and theoretical perspectives on the evolution of women's positions in the course of development, with contributions by Sylvia Walby, John Lie, Elizabeth Dore, Sheila Carapico, Leela Kasturi, and Jane Parpart. Part III focuses on industrialization, state policies, and women workers, with contributions by Ruth Pearson, Helen Safa, Rita Gallin, Valentine Moghadam, Guy Standing, and Tuovi Allen. The book ends with an appendix of statistical tables providing descriptive data on women in the countries under consideration and others. The contributors are well-known academics and researchers who utilize the methods of economics, sociology, history, and feminist analysis in their case studies of economic development and women's positions. |
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line figures, tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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