{"product_id":"feminist-economics-and-the-world-edith-kuiper-9780415700641","title":"Feminist Economics and the World Bank: History, Theory and Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe past decade has witnessed a paradigm shift at the World Bank from a focus on structural adjustment to a focus on poverty reduction. As evidenced by the Bank's 2001 report, \u003cem\u003eEngendering Development: Through Rights, Resource and Voice\u003c\/em\u003e, an increased attention to gender issues has been an important part of this process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together a range of responses from feminist economists and other social researchers on the issues raised in this report. With contributions from highly esteemed scholars such as Eudine Barriteau, Diane Elson, Gale Summerfield, and Zafiris Tzannatos, this anthology critically examines the relationships between gender, growth, development, and the World Bank by: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003edeveloping a history of the World Bank's perspectives on gender\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eempirically evaluating the impacts of the Banks' policies on three different regions of the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexploring the ideological and methodological commitments of the report from a variety of feminist and interdisciplinary social science perspectives \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eenquiring into future directions for feminist economics research. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlighting the importance and challenge of taking gender into account in development theory and policy, this book's complex and nuanced analyses of the social relations of gender in a global context make it an important resource for policymakers, activists and scholars alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edith Kuiper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415700647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415700641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 7.84w x 0.81d","brand":"Edith Kuiper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064946471167,"sku":"9780415700641","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a9002fa-1e09-4e5e-8fa1-376a100fa665.jpg?v=1768672103","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/feminist-economics-and-the-world-edith-kuiper-9780415700641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}