Rai, Shirin M.

The gender politics of development: essays in hope and despair/ Shirin M. Rai - New York: Zed Books, 2008. New Delhi: Zubaan 2008. - 216 p.; 23 cm.

Nationalism and nation-building --
Women and the postcolonial state --
Theorising gender and democratisation --
Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the state? --
Quotas in context --
Feminizing global governance --
Knowledge and/as power: a gendered critique of trips --
Networking across borders: new forms of feminist organising --
Conclusion --
what hopes, why despair? --
Notes --

9781842778388

--Women--Political activity--Feminism--Political aspects

305.42 / RAI/T