Harvesting Feminist Knowledge for Public Policy

Rebuilding Progress
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-81-321-0741-5
Verlag: Sage Publications India

Buch, Englisch, 396 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

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.

The essays are written in the context of the "triple crises" of food, fuel, and finance, and the underlying deep-seated problems of growing inequality, squeeze on time to provide unpaid care to family and friends, and environmentally unsustainable patterns of economic growth.

The authors argue that the very approach being taken to understand and measure progress, and plan for and evaluate development, needs rethinking in ways that draw on the experiences and knowledge of women. These influential feminist thinkers, activists, and academics have drawn upon their vast experience to identify new understandings, emerging issues and an asset of recommendations that help address the key issues of today.

All the essays, in diverse ways, offer proposals for alternative ideas to address the limitations and contradictions of currently dominant theories and practices in development, and move towards the creation of a socially just and egalitarian world.

Zielgruppe

Academic/scholars in the field of Development Studies, Women's Studies, Sociology, Economics and Political Science. Economists, policymakers, financial institutions, decision-makers and policy advisors in research and development organizations

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jain, Devaki

Elson, Diane

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Feministische Perspektiven in den Wissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Navi Pillay
Preface - Winnie Byanyima and Rawwida Baksh
Acknowledgments
Introduction - Devaki Jain and Diane Elson
Economics for a Post-crisis World: Putting Social Justice First - Diane Elson
"Rebooting" is Not an Option: Toward Equitable Social and Economic Development - Stephanie Seguino
Questioning Economic Success through the Lens of Hunger - Devaki Jain
Globalization, Labor, and Women's Work: Critical Challenges for a Post-Neoliberal World - Lourdes Benería
Removing the Cloak of Invisibility: Integrating Unpaid Household Services in the Philippines' Economic Accounts - Solita Collas-Monsod
Poor Women Organizing for Economic Justice - Renana Jhabvala
Gender Dimensions of the World of Work in a Globalized Economy? ? - Naoko Otobe
Gender, Global Crises, and Climate Change - Itzá Castañeda and Sarah Gammage
The Cost of the Commoditization of Food and Water for Women - Yassine Fall
Modernity, Technology, and the Progress of Women in Japan: Problems and Prospects - Hiroko Hara

Equity in Post-crisis China: A Feminist Political Economy Perspective - Lanyan Chen
Cuban Development Alternatives to Market-driven Economies: A Gendered Case Study on Women's Employment - Marta Núñez Sarmiento
Challenges for African Feminism in the Contemporary Moment - Patricia McFadden
"Progressive Masculinities": Oxymoron or Achievable? - Jael Silliman
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Elson, Diane
Diane Elson is Professor of Sociology, University of Essex, United Kingdom. She is the former Chair in Development Studies at Manchester University. She worked on the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) report on Progress of the World’s Women 2000, and was named one of 50 key thinkers on development in 2006. Her current research and teaching interests are global social change and the realization of human rights, with a particular focus on gender inequality and economic and social policy. Professor Elson has been Special Advisor to the Executive Director at UNIFEM, a member of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, and has provided consultancy services to many development agencies including the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She has published widely on gender, development, and human rights. Her recent publications include “Macroeconomic Policy, Employment, Unemployment and Gender Equality” in Ocampo, J.A. and Jomo, K.S., ed., Towards Full and Decent Employment ( 2007) and “Emerging Issues with a Focus on Economic Decision-Making” in UN Economic Commission for Europe, ed., Gender Gaps and Economic Policy 2007).

Jain, Devaki
Devaki Jain, Honorary Fellow St Anne’s College, Oxford University, is Founder and former Director of the Institute of Social Studies Trust, New Delhi, India. She was previously a lecturer at the University of Delhi, a founding member of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), member of the South Commission (chaired by Julius Nyerere), and of the UN eminent persons group concerned with child soldiers. She has an honorary doctorate from the University of Westville in Durban, Republic of South Africa, and has held fellowships at Harvard and Sussex Universities. She has been a member of State Planning boards and many of the Government of India’s special committees related to gender and its inclusion.