02822cam a22002655a 4500008004100000020001500041020001800056040000800074050002200082245014200104260004400246300001100290500008100301505163900382505001702021518001502038520021202053650004802265650005202313650004202365700002102407700001702428700002402445710008702469040806s2002    enk      b    001 0 eng d  a0415277698  a9780415277693  aSDU00aHQ1240bR438 200200aRethinking empowerment :bgender and development in a global/local world /cedited by Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai and Kathleen Staudt.  aLondon ;aNew York :bRoutledge,c2002.  a250 p.  aAt foot of title: Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation.0 apt. 1. Theory and praxis: Rethinking em(power)ment, gender and development : an introduction / Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai and Kathleen Staudt -- Education as a means for empowering women / Nelly p. Stromquist -- pt. 2. Women's empowerment in a global world: Envisaging power in Philippine migration : the Janus effect / Pauline Gardiner Barber -- Women's rights, CEDAW and international human rights debates : toward empowerment / Shaheen Sardar Ali -- Feminizing cyberspace : rethinking technoagency / Gillian Youngs -- pt. 3. The nation state, politics and women's empowerment: Engaging politics : beyond official empowerment discourse / Kathleen Staudt -- Movements, states and empowerment : women's mobilization in Chile and Turkey / Marella Bodur and Susan Franceschet -- Political representation, democratic institutions and women's empowerment : the quota debate in India / Shirin M. Rai -- Gender, production and access to land : the case for female peasants in India / Reena Patel -- pt. 4. The local/global, development and women's empowerment: Rethinking participatory empowerment, gender and development : the PRA approach / Jane L. Parpart -- The disciplinary power of micro credit : examples from Kenya and Cameroon / Josephine Lairap-Fonderson -- Development, demographic and feminist agendas : depoliticizing empowerment in a Tanzanian family planning project / Lisa Ann Riche -- Informal politics, grassroots NGOs and women's empowerment in the slums of Bombay / Vandana Desai -- pt. 5. Conclusion: Concluding thoughts on (em)powerment, gender and development / Kathleen Staudt, Shirin M. Rai and Jane L. Parpart.0 aHKBU library  aYT2025 M09  a'Rethinking Empowerment' looks at the changing role of women in developing countries and rejects the established notion that empowerment in development is best understood and pursued at a local/global level. 0aWomen in developmentzDeveloping countries. 0aWomenzDeveloping countriesxSocial conditions. 0aWomen's rightszDeveloping countries.1 aParpart, Jane L.1 aRai, Shirin.1 aStaudt, Kathleen A.2 aUniversity of Warwick.bCentre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation.