02928cam a22003015a 4500 040806s2002 enk b 001 0 eng d 0415277698 9780415277693 SDU HQ1240 R438 2002 Rethinking empowerment : gender and development in a global/local world / edited by Jane L. Parpart, Shirin M. Rai and Kathleen Staudt. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002. 250 p. At foot of title: Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. pt. 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. HKBU library YT2025 M09 '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. Women in development Developing countries. Women Developing countries Social conditions. Women's rights Developing countries. Parpart, Jane L. 205007 Rai, Shirin. 205008 Staudt, Kathleen A. 205009 University of Warwick. Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 107361 107361 0 0 lcc 0 HQ1240 R438 02002 0 CGB 282789 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-09-23 2 0 HQ1240 R438 2002 1000374917 2025-09-23 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-23 GBE