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Gender justice, development, and rights

Molyneux, Maxine. (Added Author). Razavi, Shahra. (Added Author). United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. (Added Author). Oxford University Press (Added Author).

Summary: This text examines contemporary issues such as neoliberal policies, democracy and multiculturalism, analyzing them from a gender perspective. It examines how liberal rights and ideas of democracy and justice have been absorbed into the political agendas of women's movements.

Record details

ISBN: 9780199256440
ISBN: 0199256446
ISBN: 6612007206
ISBN: 9786612007200
ISBN: 9781282007208
ISBN: 1282007203
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ISBN: 0191601985
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ISBN: 9780191531361
ISBN: 9780199256457
ISBN: 0199256454
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 492 pages)
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Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Papers presented at an UNRISD workshop held in New York on June 3, 2000 to coincide with the General Assembly Special Session for the Beijing Plus Five Review.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Women's capabilities and social justice / Martha Nussbaum -- Gender justice, human rights, and neo-liberal economic policies / Dane Elson -- Multiculturalism, universalism, and the claims of democracy / Anne Phillips -- Political and social citizenship: an examination of the case of Poland / Jacqueline Heinen and Stéphane Portet -- Engendering the new social citizenship in Chile: NGOs and social provisioning under neo-liberalism / Verónica Schild -- Engendering education: prospects for a rights-based approach to female education deprivation in India / Ramya Subrahmanian -- Encounters between feminism, democracy, and reformism in contemporary Iran / Parvin Paidar -- The "devil's deal": women's political participation and authoritarianism in Peru / Cecilia Blondet -- In and against the party: women's representation and constituency-building in Uganda and South Africa / Anne Marie Goetz and Shireen Hassim -- The politics of gender, ethnicity, and democratization in Malaysia: shifting interests and identities / Maznah Mohamad -- National law and indigenous customary law: the struggle for justice of indigenous women in Chiapas, Mexico / R. Aída Hernández Castillo -- The politics of women's rights and cultural diversity in Uganda / Aili Mari Tripp.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.