Coloniality in Gender and Development

Proposing an Epistemology of Disagreement
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-31414-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge ISS Gender, Sexuality and Development Studies

This book challenges us to rethink the foundations of gender and development and how a genuinely pluralistic approach to gender justice might be built. It offers both a critical reappraisal and a practical vision for more equitable partnerships, rebalanced knowledge production and context-sensitive approaches to gender justice.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Istratii, Romina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Coloniality in Gender and Development Theory and Practice  1: The Global Dominance of a Western Euro-North American Feminist Epistemology and Gender Metaphysics  2: The Concept of Epistemic Communities and its Applicability to the Gender and Development sector  3: The Formation of a GAD Epistemic Community and its Consolidation through International Standard-setting, Paradigm-making and Co-option of Divergent Views 4: Mainstreaming hegemonic GAD discourse through research, publishing and consultancy regimes: The role of ‘knowledge brokering’ institutions  5: The Role of State-level and Grassroots Actors and Their Links to the Hegemonic GAD Apparatus 6: The Need for an Ethics and Epistemology of Disagreement: a Way forward for a Highly Contested GAD Sector  Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Romina Istratii is Director of the Institute of Domestic Violence, Religion and Migration, UK, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies Cambridge (IOCS), UK. She is also part of the UK government's Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Experts, and was formerly Co-Chair of the Centre of World Christianity, SOAS University of London, UK.