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Male Bias in the Development Process

by Diane Elson
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Updated with two new chapters for this paperback edition, this book argues that the development process is marked by male bias - ill-founded and unjustified asymmetries that operate in favour of men and against women. The contributors include some of the leading writers in the gender and development field. Together they analyse the variety of forms taken by male bias, its foundations and the way it changes over time, and the possibilities for overcoming it. The cases considered cover both urban and rural settings: agriculture, industry and services; self-employment and wage-employment in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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Contributors argue that the development process is marked by male bias, and analyze its various forms in urban and rural settings, in agriculture and industry, and in self-employment and wage-employment in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This second edition contains two new chapters, on household responses to stabilization and structural adjustment, and strategies for moving from male-biased to human- centered development. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
March 28, 1991
Publisher
Manchester ; Manchester University Press ; c1991.
Pages
208
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780719025556

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