Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development ThoughtReversed Realities uncovers the deeply entrenched, hence barely visible, biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to women’s needs in current development policy. Naila Kabeer traces the emergence of “women” as a specific category in development thought and examines alternative frameworks for analyzing gender hierarchies. She identifies the household as a primary site for the construction of power relations and compares the extent to which gender inequalities are revealed in different approaches to the concept of the family unit. The book assesses the inadequacies of the poverty line as a measuring tool and provides a critical overview of an issue that has been fiercely contested by feminists: population control. While feminists themselves have no unanimous view of the meaning of “reproductive choice,” Kabeer argues that it is imperative for them to take a lead in the construction of population policy. |
Other editions - View all
Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought Naila Kabeer No preview available - 1994 |
Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought Naila Kabeer No preview available - 1994 |
Common terms and phrases
activities agencies agenda allocation altruism analysis approach aspects Bangladesh basic needs behaviour benefits cent challenge chapter concern conflict context contraceptive cost-benefit analysis cultural decision-making development process Development Studies Dhaka distribution division of labour domestic dominant economic economists efficiency empowerment family planning female Feminism feminist focus forms framework Gambia gender division gender equity gender relations goals Grameen groups hierarchies human husbands implications income individual institutions interventions intra-household issues labour power London male Marxist maternal ment norms nutritional organization participation patriarchy perspective planners points policymakers political poor women population potential poverty practices priorities problems production programmes relationships reproductive responsibilities roles rural SCBA sector SEWA sexual shadow prices social relations society status strategic gender interests strategies structures subordination suggests Third World tion Washington D.C. welfare well-being women's needs World Bank