Women and Development in Africa: How Gender Works / Edition 2

by Michael Kevane

Overview

This new edition of Women and Development in Africa incorporates the results of more than a decade of new empirical and theoretical research. Michael Kevane provides a broad overview of the sources of underdevelopment in Africa and the role of gender in economic transactions, as well as a cogent analysis of the gendered realities of such issues as land rights, the control of labor, the marriage market, health care, education, and political representation

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781588269805
Publisher:	Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/24/2014
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	329
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Kevane is associate professor of economics at Santa Clara University.

Editorial Reviews

A unique and rare book. It is a welcome addition to the literature on women and development.... Kevane challenges economists and scholars of development to ask better questions, develop well-informed hypotheses, adopt more rigorous methods, and test their assumptions through solid empirical research.

Aili Mari Tripp

This book fills an important niche.... It would be an excellent supplemental reader for many undergraduate courses on women and Africa.

Cheryl R. Doss

An insightful book for undergraduates and graduate students with an interest in gender, international development, economics, or African studies.

Michael D. Walker