Gender and Development

Janet Momsen

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Routledge
01 October 2019

Development studies; Humanities; Cultural studies; Gender studies, gender groups; Human geography

Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development

This revised and updated third edition of Gender and Development provides a concise, accessible introduction to gender and development issues in the developing world and in the transition countries of Eastern and Central Europe.

The nine chapters include discussions on: changes in theoretical approaches, gender complexities and the Sustainable Development Goals; social and biological reproduction including changing attitudes to family planning; variation in education and access to housing; differences in health and violence at major life stages for women and men; natural disasters, climate change and declining natural resources; and gender roles in rural and urban areas. There is also enhanced coverage of topics such as global trade, sport as a development tool, masculinities and sustainable agriculture. Maps and statistics have been updated throughout and their coverage widened. New case studies have been added on Bangladesh, violence in Peru and India, and halal tourism and garbage collection in the Maldives. The book features student-friendly items such as chapter learning objectives, discussion questions and annotated guides to further reading and websites. The text is enlivened throughout with examples and case studies drawn from the author’s worldwide field research and consultancies with international development agencies over four decades and her experience of teaching the topic to undergraduates and postgraduates in many countries.

Gender and Development is the only broad-based introduction to the topic written specifically for a student audience. It will be an essential text for a variety of courses on development, women’s studies, sociology, anthropology and geography.

By: Janet Momsen
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 712g
ISBN: 9781138940611
ISBN 10: 1138940615
Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 01 October 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of plates. List of figures. List of tables. List of boxes. Acknowledgements.1 Introduction: gender is a development issue 2 Demography 3 Reproduction 4 Gender, health and violence 5 Gender and environment 6 Gender in rural areas 7 Gender in urban areas 8 Globalization and changing patterns of economic activity 9 How far have we come? References. Index.

Janet Momsen is Emerita Professor of Geography at the University of California, Davis. She is affiliated with the University of Oxford as a Senior Research Associate in the School of the Environment and in International Gender Studies. She has taught at several universities in England, Canada, Brazil, Costa Rica, Malaysia and the USA, and carried out field research in the Caribbean, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ghana, Mexico, China, Bangladesh, India and Hungary.