Product Description

This is a reader, for undergraduates and development practitioners, that presents the best of the body of literature that has grown up alongside the acknowledgement that women play a critical role in the development process. The book is divided into five parts which cover, respectively: a review of the history of the theoretical debates; the status of women in the household and family; women in the global economy; the impacts of social changes on women's lives; and women organizing for change. Among the writers included in this reader are: Vandana Shiva, Rosi Braidotti, Gita Sen, Sylvia Chant, Betsy Hartmann, Deniz Kandiyoti, Bina Agarwal, Diane Elson, Rita Gallin and Diane Wolf.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179107 in Books
• Published on: 1996-08-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Synopsis
This is a reader, for undergraduates and development practitioners, that presents the best of the body of literature that has grown up alongside the acknowledgement that women play a critical role in the development process. The book is divided into five parts which cover, respectively: a review of the history of the theoretical debates; the status of women in the household and family; women in the global economy; the impacts of social changes on women's lives; and women organizing for change. Among the writers included in this reader are: Vandana Shiva, Rosi Braidotti, Gita Sen, Sylvia Chant, Betsy Hartmann, Deniz Kandiyoti, Bina Agarwal, Diane Elson, Rita Gallin and Diane Wolf.