Women And The State: International Perspectives

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ISBN: 9780748403608 | 0748403604
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 4/1/1996

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Offering a wide-ranging selection of case studies, this book evaluates women's political, social and economic involvement in Third World countries. It explores both specific experiences of women as well as common themes such as identity, empowerment and the conflict between tradition and modernity.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Women and the State in the Third World: Some Issues for Debate	p. 5
Should Women Give Up on the State? - The African Experience	p. 23
Stages of Growth? - Women Dealing with the State and Each Other in Peru	p. 45
State-Building in the Absence of State Structures: Palestinian Women in the Occupied Territories and Shi'i Women in Lebanon	p. 61
En-Gendering the Nation-State: Women, Patriarchy and Politics in Algeria	p. 78
Democratization, Feminism and the State in Chile: The Establishment of SERNAM	p. 103
Dis/Organizing Gender: Women Development Agents in State and NGO Poverty-Reduction Programmes in Bangladesh	p. 118
Working from Within: Women and the State in the Development of the Courtyard Economy in Rural China	p. 143
Women, Migration and the State	p. 163
Notes on Contributors	p. 174
Index	p. 177
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