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1 online resource (xii, 492 pages). |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Oxford studies in democratization
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Oxford studies in democratization.
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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 |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women's rights -- Cross-cultural studies -- Congresses.
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Women's rights. |
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Women's rights -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
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Developing countries. |
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Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
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Women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Women -- Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Congresses.
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Economic conditions. |
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Developing countries -- Social policy -- Congresses.
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Social policy. |
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Social justice -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
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Social justice. |
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GENDER EQUALITY. |
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WOMEN'S ADVANCEMENT. |
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FEMINISM. |
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CULTURAL PLURALISM. |
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DEMOCRACY. |
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CASE STUDIES. |
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POLAND. |
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CHILE. |
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WOMEN'S EDUCATION. |
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INDIA. |
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DEMOCRATIZATION. |
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IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) |
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POLITICAL PARTICIPATION. |
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PERU. |
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SOUTH AFRICA. |
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UGANDA. |
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MALAYSIA. |
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AMERINDIANS. |
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MEXICO. |
Topical Term |
Sociology (Development) |
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Electronic books.
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Added Author |
Molyneux, Maxine.
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Razavi, Shahra.
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United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
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Oxford University Press.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Gender justice, development, and rights. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 0199256446 9780199256440 (DLC) 2002027769 (OCoLC)50192161 |
ISBN |
0199256454 |
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9780199256457 |
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9780191531361 (electronic book) |
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0191531367 (electronic book) |
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0199256446 (hardback) |
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9780199256440 |
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