Gender, Poverty, and Development

by Sylvia Chant (Editor), Gwendolyn Beetham (Editor)

Overview

Serious research into the problematic and contested relationship between notions of gender, poverty, and development continues to blossom. Indeed, the work of scholars in this cross-disciplinary field supports numerous international journals, regional organizations, and global conferences. Moreover, as the formal end of the Millennium Development Goals era approaches—after which a new set of ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ for the so-called ‘Post-2015 Agenda’ are sure to feature gender—such research is destined to grow still further.

To make some sense of the wide range of approaches and complex theories that have informed thinking in this area, Routledge announces a new title in its acclaimed Critical Concepts in Development Studies series. Edited by a leading and emerging scholar with an international reputation, Gender, Poverty, and Development is a definitive, four-volume collection of cutting-edge and foundational research which provides users with a ‘mini library’ on the gendered dimensions of the causes, contexts, and consequences of international poverty.

The collection is fully indexed and supplemented with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editors, which places the gathered materials in their historical and intellectual context. Gender, Poverty, and Development will be particularly useful as a database allowing scattered and often fugitive material to be easily located. It will also be welcomed as a crucial tool permitting rapid access to less familiar—and sometimes overlooked—texts. For scholars, students, policy-makers, and development professionals, this is an essential one-stop research and pedagogic resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415711951
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/15/2014
Series:	Critical Concepts in Development Studies
Pages:	1924
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Sylvia Chant and Gwendolyn Beetham

Table of Contents

Volume I: Key Approaches and Concepts

Part 1: Conceptual Approaches to Gender and Poverty in Relation to Household Dynamics, Divisions of Labour, and Sexuality

Part 2: Feminization of Poverty

Part 3: Gender, Structural Adjustment, and Economic Crisis

Part 4: Quantifying Gendered Poverty and Inequality: Measures and Indicators

Volume II: Gender and Poverty in the Domestic Domain

Part 1: Gender, Households, and Poverty

Part 2: Female-headed Households and Poverty

Part 3: Reproductive Rights and Gender Discrimination

Volume III: Gendered Poverties in Relation to Health, Labour Markets, and Assets

Part 1: Health

Part 2: Employment and Labour Markets

Part 3: Assets and Social Capital

Volume IV: Gender, Poverty, and Policy Interventions

Part 1: Policy Approaches: Development ‘Goals’, Gender Mainstreaming, and ‘Women’s Empowerment’

Part 2: Poverty Reduction Programmes: PRSPs, CCTs, and Microfinance