Research Catalog

Title

Women and the state : international perspectives / edited by Shirin M. Rai and Geraldine Lievesley.

Publication

London ; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rai, Shirin.
• Lievesley, Geraldine.

Description

vii, 182 pages; 25 cm

Summary

Women and the State: International Perspectives explores the historical and structural boundaries within which women act, relate to each other and deal with the state in the Third World. It is conscious of the fact that 'much Western feminist state theory has largely ignored the experience of Third World women'. This is true both in terms of knowledge of the diverse forms of activities women undertake and in the application of theoretical constructs about gender relations and the status of women which may be of little relevance to Third World women. This book aims to redress this imbalance through the presentation of a wide-ranging selection of case studies, describing and evaluating women's political, social and economic involvement in Third World countries. It examines how women interact with the state and what problems, obstacles and opportunities these dealings produce. It explores both the specific experiences of women (for example, the legal status of women in South Eastern Africa, the role of women in the informal economy in China, and their influence over legislation in Chile) and also certain common themes such as identity, empowerment and the conflict between tradition and modernity.

Series Statement

Gender, change & society ; 3

Uniform Title

Gender, change & society ; 3.

Subject

• Women > Developing countries
• Feminism > Developing countries
• Women > Government policy > Developing countries
• Women > government policy
• Developing Countries
• 89.31 state (political science)
• Feminism
• Women
• Women > Government policy
• Feminismus
• Staat
• Frauenpolitik
• Staatslehre
• Frau
• Staatkunde
• Vrouwen
• women
• state intervention
• womens empowerment
• history
• case study
• migration
• femmes
• intervention de l'Etat
• autonomisation des femmes
• histoire
• étude de cas
• mujeres
• intervención estatal
• potenciación de las mujeres
• historia
• estudio de casos
• migración
• Developing countries
• Entwicklungsländer
• Algeria
• Bangladesh
• Chile
• China
• developing countries
• Lebanon
• Occupied Palestinian Territory
• Peru
• Algérie
• Chili
• Chine
• pays en développement
• Liban
• Pérou
• Territoire palestinien occupé
• Líbano
• Perú
• Territorio palestino ocupado
• Argelia
• países en desarrollo

Genre/Form

• bibliography.
• bibliographie.
• bibliografía.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction / Shirin M. Rai and Geraldine Lievesley -- Ch. 1. Women and the State in the Third World: Some Issues for Debate / Shirin M. Rai -- Ch. 2. Should Women Give Up on the State? -- The African Experience / Ann Stewart -- Ch. 3. Stages of Growth? -- Women Dealing with the State and Each Other in Peru / Geraldine Lievesley -- Ch. 4. State-Building in the Absence of State Structures: Palestinian Women in the Occupied Territories and Shi'i Women in Lebanon / Maria Holt -- Ch. 5. En-Gendering the Nation-State: Women, Patriarchy and Politics in Algeria / Malika Mehdid -- Ch. 6. Democratization, Feminism and the State in Chile: The Establishment of SERNAM / Georgina Waylen -- Ch. 7. Dis/Organizing Gender: Women Development Agents in State and NGO Poverty-Reduction Programmes in Bangladesh / Anne Marie Goetz.
• Ch. 8. Working from Within: Women and the State in the Development of the Courtyard Economy in Rural China / Tamara Jacka -- Ch. 9. Women, Migration and the State / Annie Phizacklea.

ISBN

• 0748403604
• 9780748403608
• 0748403612
• 9780748403615

LCCN

95048108

OCLC

• ocm33898250
• 33898250
• SCSB-14696814

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library