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Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Empowerment For Global Change

By: Rae Lesser Blumberg,Cathy Rakowski,Irene Tinker,Michael Monteon

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Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Empowerment For Global Change

By: Rae Lesser Blumberg,Cathy Rakowski,Irene Tinker,Michael Monteon

The new international division of labor and the imposition of structural adjustment on Third World countries has necessitated a reexamination of development policies and a reevaluation of the role of gender in their success or failure. Although women often bear the heaviest burden under structural adjustment, there is also considerable evidence of women being empowered through their responses to the challenges of economic restructuring. Based on case study material from Eastern Europe, the Islamic nations, Africa, China, and Latin America, this volume explores the significant contributions women make to the wealth and well-being of their families and nations. The contributors argue persuasively that women may hold the key to sustainable development, an increasingly critical issue at a time when policymakers are reconsidering the full costs and benefits of a growth-fixated development model. One of the first to embody the new “gender and development” paradigm, this book reports on research at the frontiers of knowledge and theory about the gendered outcomes of economic transformation, restructuring, and social change. By incorporating “voices from the South,” it makes a provocative addition to our understanding of the political economy of development and of the relationship between world ecology and the world economy.

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042996935X

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Challenges and Change in Middle America

Perspectives on Development in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

By: Katie Willis,Cathy Mcilwaine

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Challenges and Change in Middle America

Perspectives on Development in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean

By: Katie Willis,Cathy Mcilwaine

A comprehensive introduction to the important economic, social and political processes and development issues in this extremely popular region. The Central American nations and those of the Caribbean (including Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana on the mainland) share many historical processes as well as experiencing similar development problems today. These include European colonialism, structural adjustment, small size, reliance on primary production, influence of the United States and moves towards democratisation. While Mexico is obviously a much larger country in area, economy and population terms, it is included in this volume because of its close ties to the other countries in the region through processes such as trade and migration.

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Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Empowerment For Global Change

By: Cathy Rakowski

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Empowerment For Global Change

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0429980434

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Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean

Engendering Social Justice, Democratizing Citizenship

By: Elizabeth Maier,Nathalie Lebon

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Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean

Engendering Social Justice, Democratizing Citizenship

By: Elizabeth Maier,Nathalie Lebon

Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars who analyze and document the diversity, vibrancy, and effectiveness of women's experiences and organizing in Latin America and the Caribbean during the past four decades. Most of the expressions of collective agency are analyzed in this book within the context of the neoliberal model of globalization that has seriously affected most Latin American and Caribbean women's lives in multiple ways. Contributors explore the emergence of the area's feminist movement, dictatorships of the 1970s, the Central American uprisings, the urban, grassroots organizing for better living conditions, and finally, the turn toward public policy and formal political involvement and the alternative globalization movement. Geared toward bridging cultural realities, this volume represents women's transformations, challenges, and hopes, while considering the analytical tools needed to dissect the realities, understand the alternatives, and promote gender democracy.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813549515

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Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Empowerment For Global Change

By: Rae Lesser Blumberg,Cathy Rakowski,Irene Tinker,Michael Monteon

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Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Empowerment For Global Change

By: Rae Lesser Blumberg,Cathy Rakowski,Irene Tinker,Michael Monteon

Although women often bear the heaviest burden under structural adjustment in Third World countries, there is considerable evidence of women being empowered through their responses to the challenges of economic restructuring. Based on case study material from around the world, this volume explores the significant contributions women make to the wealth and well-being of their families and nations, arguing that women may hold the key to "sustainable" development. Embodying the new gender and development paradigm, the book reports on research at the frontiers of knowledge and theory about the gendered outcomes of economic transformation, restructuring, and social change.

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Cathy Reeder Story

By: Cathy Reeder

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Cathy Reeder Story

By: Cathy Reeder

Cathy Reeder Story By: Cathy Reeder Cathy Reeder’s Story is all about overcoming adversity, never giving up on your dreams no matter who or what comes against you and to keep putting your faith in Jesus, who never fails and who never lies. Walking in weakness, you must realize you are someone’s answer; so it’s time to get it out, dust it off, and try again. Reeder’s profound story is for all those who have given up on their dreams because someone told them no. For all those who have been rejected and didn’t get what you worked hard for and then gave up. And for all those women who get pregnant at a young age, don’t give up on your dreams.

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Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Challenges and Change in Middle America

Challenges and Change in Middle America

Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean

Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean

Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Engendering Wealth And Well-being

Cathy Reeder Story

Cathy Reeder Story

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