In this Book
- Women, International Development: And Politics
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
In the seven years since the first edition of this book, global attention has focused on some remarkable transitions to democracy on different continents. Unfortunately, those transitions have often failed to improve the situation of women, and democratic practices have not included women in government, homes, and workplaces.
At the same time, non-governmental organizations have continued to expand a policy agenda with a concern for women, thanks to the Fourth World Congress on Women and a series of United Nations-affiliated meetings leading up to the one on population and development in Cairo in 1994 and, most important, the Beijing Conference in December 1995, attended by 50,000 people.
Two new essays and a new conclusion reflect the upsurge of interest in women and development since 1990. An introductory essay by Sally Baden and Anne Marie Goetz focuses on the conflict over the term "gender" at the Beijing Conference and the continuing divisions between conservative women and feminists and also between representatives of the North and South.
At the same time, non-governmental organizations have continued to expand a policy agenda with a concern for women, thanks to the Fourth World Congress on Women and a series of United Nations-affiliated meetings leading up to the one on population and development in Cairo in 1994 and, most important, the Beijing Conference in December 1995, attended by 50,000 people.
Two new essays and a new conclusion reflect the upsurge of interest in women and development since 1990. An introductory essay by Sally Baden and Anne Marie Goetz focuses on the conflict over the term "gender" at the Beijing Conference and the continuing divisions between conservative women and feminists and also between representatives of the North and South.
Table of Contents
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- Preface to the 1997 Edition
- pp. vii-ix
- Preface to the 1990 Edition
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- Part I. Women's Political Organizations: Links with Bureaucracy
- Part II. International Agencies
- 5. "Can an Aid Bureaucracy Empower Women?"
- pp. 123-135
- Part III. National Agencies
- Part IV. Tinkering with Bureaucracy: Internal Politics, Procedures, and Plans
- Conclusion
- 16. "Strategies for the Future"
- pp. 333-351
- List of Contributors
- pp. 352-356
Additional Information
ISBN
9781439906767
Related ISBN(s)
9780877226581, 9781566395465
MARC Record
OCLC
670411453
Pages
356
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1997