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Jain, Devaki

The journey of a southern feminist/ Devaki Jain - New Delhi: SAGE, 2018. - xxii, 270 p.

Introduction: the birthing of a feminist and her journey --
Development as if women mattered : can women build a new paradigm? --
Advances in feminist theory : an Indian perspective --
The leadership gap : a challenge to feminists --
Minds, not bodies : expanding the notion of gender in development --
Indigenising feminism --
Challenges for women in India in the new millennium --
Globalism and localism : negotiating feminist space --
Women's participation in the history of ideas and the reconstruction of knowledge --
Feminist networks, people's movements and alliances : learning from the ground --
To be or not to be : problems in locating women in public policy --
What is wrong with economics? : can the aam aurat redefine economic reasoning? --
The first challengers : the feminists of the South --
The evolution of ideas : a feminist's reflections on the partnership with the UN system --
Looking back at the South commission --
Bibliography --
Index --
About the author.

ISBN: 9789352806218 9789352806225

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women in development
Feminism