Reversed Realities Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought
by KABEER, NAILAFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-07-17
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Summary
A dynamic reassessment of development theory with a focus on gender, this book examines alternative frameworks for analyzing gender hierarchies; identifies the household as the primary site for the construction of power relations; assesses the inadequacy of the poverty line as a measuring tool; and provides a critical overview of population control.
Author Biography
Naila Kabeer is a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. She has worked extensively on issues related to gender and development in Bangladesh, India and Vietnam.
Table of Contents
| Preface and Acknowledgements | |
| The Emergence of Women as a Constituency in Development | p. 1 |
| Treating Cancer with Bandaid? The Theoretical Underpinnings of WID | p. 11 |
| Same Realities, Different Windows: Structuralist Perspectives on Women and Development | p. 40 |
| Connecting, Extending, Reversing: Development from a Gender Perspective | p. 69 |
| Benevolent Dictators, Maternal Altruists and Patriarchal Contracts: Gender and Household Economics | p. 95 |
| Beyond the Poverty Line: Measuring Poverty and Impoverishing Measures | p. 136 |
| 'And No-one Could Complain at That': Claims and Silences in Social Cost-Benefit Analysis | p. 163 |
| Implementing the Right to Choose: Women, Motherhood and Population Policy | p. 187 |
| Empowerment from Below: Learning from the Grassroots | p. 223 |
| Triple Roles, Gender Roles, Social Relations: The Political Subtext of Gender Training Frameworks | p. 264 |
| Appendix | p. 307 |
| Bibliography | p. 312 |
| Index | p. 340 |
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