Patrons of Women

Assuming women's empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a "Gender Activities Project" within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucrati...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Hertzog, Esther
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Veröffentlicht:
[Verlagsort nicht ermittelbar] Berghahn Books 2011
Zusammenfassung:
Assuming women's empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a "Gender Activities Project" within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a "development expert," she demonstrates how the professed goal of "women's empowerment" is a pretext for promoting the interests of local elites. She demonstrates how a project intended to benefit women fails to provide them with any of the promised resources
Umfang:
1 electronic resource ( p.)
Anmerkungen:
English
ISBN:
9781845457686
9781789206418
Zugangseinschränkungen:
Open Access
Schlagworte:
Women. Feminism
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