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Harvesting feminist knowledge for public policy : rebuilding progress / edited by Devaki Jain, Diane Elson.

Title
Harvesting feminist knowledge for public policy : rebuilding progress / edited by Devaki Jain, Diane Elson.
Publication
Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Jain, Devaki, 1933-
  • Elson, Diane.
Description
xlvi, 347 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"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." -- WorldCat.
Subject
  • Women in development
  • Feminism
  • Social policy
  • Economic policy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Economics for a Post-crisis World: Putting Social Justice First / Diane Elson -- 2."Rebooting" Is Not an Option: Toward Equitable Social and Economic Development / Stephanie Seguino -- 3.Questioning Economic Success through the Lens of Hunger / Devaki Jain -- 4.Globalization, Labor, and Women's Work: Critical Challenges for a Post-Neoliberal World / Lourdes Beneria -- 5.Removing the Cloak of Invisibility: Integrating Unpaid Household Services in the Philippines' Economic Accounts / Solita Collas-Monsod -- 6.Poor Women Organizing for Economic Justice / Renana Jhabvala -- 7.Gender Dimensions of the World of Work in a Globalized Economy / Naoko Otobe -- 8.Gender, Global Crises, and Climate Change / Sarah Gammage -- 9.The Cost of the Commoditization of Food and Water for Women / Yassine Fall -- 10.Modernity, Technology, and the Progress of Women in Japan: Problems and Prospects / Hiroko Hara -- 11.Equity in Post-crisis China: A Feminist Political Economy Perspective / Lanyan Chen -- 12.Cuban Development Alternatives to Market-driven Economies: A Gendered Case Study on Women's Employment / Marta Nunez Sarmiento -- 13.Challenges for African Feminism in the Contemporary Moment / Patricia McFadden -- 14."Progressive Masculinities": Oxymoron or Achievable? / Jael Silliman.
ISBN
9788132107415 (hbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011041476
OCLC
  • 751754872
  • SCSB-12053949
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library