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The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Development

Critical Engagements in Feminist Theory and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Wendy Harcourt

    1. International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, the Netherlands

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  • Provides state of the art debates and research on gender and development
  • Aims to open up the traditional boundaries of what is gender and development
  • Unusual approach of critiquing core texts by various scholars which sets it apart from the competition
  • Course potential for Gender and Women's Studies as well as Gender and Development

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With original and engaging contributions, this Handbook confirms feminist scholarship in development studies as a vibrant research field. It reveals the diverse ways that feminist theory and practice inform and shape gender analysis and development policies, bridging generations of feminists from different institutions, disciplines and regions.

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Table of contents (44 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Introduction: Dilemmas, Dialogues, Debates

    1. Introduction: Dilemmas, Dialogues, Debates

      • Wendy Harcourt
      Pages 1-10

  3. Gender, Power, Decoloniality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Coloniality of Gender

      • Maria Lugones
      Pages 13-33

    3. On Gender and Its ‘Otherwise’

      • Catherine Walsh
      Pages 34-47

    4. Gender and Equivocation: Notes on Decolonial Feminist Translations

      • Claudia de Lima Costa
      Pages 48-61

    5. The Coloniality of Gender as a Radical Critique of Developmentalism

      • Rosalba Icaza, Rolando Vázquez
      Pages 62-73

  5. Globalization, Care, Economic Justice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Gendered Well-Being. Globalization, Women’s Health and Economic Justice: Reflections Post-September 11

      • Rosalind P. Petchesky
      Pages 145-172

    3. Reclaiming Gender and Economic Justice in the Era of Corporate Takeover

      • Alexandra Garita
      Pages 173-185

    4. Rethinking Care and Economic Justice with Third-World Sexworkers

      • Debolina Dutta
      Pages 186-201

    5. This Solidarity of Sisters

      • Rosalind P. Petchesky
      Pages 202-209
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Editors and Affiliations

  • International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, the Netherlands

    Wendy Harcourt

About the editor

Wendy Harcourt is Associate Professor in Critical Development and Feminist Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University, The Netherlands. She joined the ISS in 2011 after 20 years working at the Society for International Development as Editor of the journal Development and Director of Programmes. She has edited 10 books including her monograph Body Politics in Development: Critical Debates in Gender and Development, winner of the 2010 Feminist Women Studies Association Book Prize. Harcourt is also editor of the Palgrave Series Gender, Development and Social Change.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Development

  • Book Subtitle: Critical Engagements in Feminist Theory and Practice

  • Editors: Wendy Harcourt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-38273-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38272-6Published: 06 January 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-57697-5Published: 14 September 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38273-3Published: 29 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 660

  • Topics: Development and Social Change, Gender Studies, Feminism, Development Studies, Human Rights

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