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: 0199256454
ISBN: 9780199256457
ISBN: 9780191531361 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0191531367 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0199256446 (hbk)
ISBN: 9780199256440
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xii, 492 p.)
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:jan.13 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. CatBulkString:jan.10.13
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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.