| Description |
1 online resource |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : making aid conditional -- Setting the conditions -- The ironic conditions of clinics and schools -- Rural women walking and waiting -- Paid and unpaid labor on the frontline state -- Shadow conditions and the immeasurable burden of improvement -- Conclusion : toward a caring society. |
| Summary |
"Unjust Conditions follows the lives and labors of poor mothers in rural Peru, richly documenting the ordeals they face to participate in mainstream poverty alleviation programs. Championed by behavioral economists and the World Bank, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are praised as efficient mechanisms for changing poor people's behavior. While rooted in good intentions and dripping with the rhetoric of social inclusion, CCT programs' successes ring hollow, based solely on metrics for children's attendance at school and health appointments. Looking beyond these statistics reveals a host of hidden costs for the mothers who meet the conditions. With a poignant voice and keen focus on ethnographic research, Tara Patricia Cookson turns the reader's gaze to women's care work in landscapes of grossly inadequate state investment, cleverly drawing out the tensions between social inclusion and conditionality"--Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Cookson, Tara Patricia 2018 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-SA license. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Rural women -- Peru -- Economic conditions.
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Rural women. |
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Peru. |
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Economic conditions. |
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Economic assistance, Domestic -- Social aspects -- Peru.
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Economic assistance, Domestic. |
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Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cookson, Tara Patricia, 1983- Unjust conditions. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520296992 (DLC) 2018024568 |
| ISBN |
9780520969520 (e-edition) |
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0520969529 |
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9780520296992 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520296990 |
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