The international handbook of gender and poverty
The international handbook of gender and poverty concepts, research, policy / [electronic resource] :
edited by Sylvia Chant.
- Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2010.
- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 698 p.) : ill.
- Elgar original reference .
- Elgar original reference. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Concepts and methodologies for gendered poverty -- pt. 2. Debates on the 'feminism of poverty', and female-headed households -- pt. 3. Gender, family and lifecourse -- pt. 4. Gender, 'race' and migration -- pt. 5. Gender, health and poverty -- pt. 6. Gender, poverty and assets -- pt. 7. Gender, poverty and work -- pt. 8. Gendered poverty and policy interventions -- pt. 9. Microfinance and women's empowerment -- pt. 10. New frontiers in gendered poverty and research and analysis.
In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives, achieving extensive thematic as well as geographical coverage. This benchmark volume presents women's and men's experiences of gendered poverty with respect to a vast spectrum of intersecting issues including local to global economic transformations, family, age, "race", migration, assets, paid and unpaid work, health, sexuality, human rights, and conflict and violence.
9781849805162 (e-book)
2009940740
Poverty--Sex differences.
Poverty.
Electronic books.
HC79.P6 / I58 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Concepts and methodologies for gendered poverty -- pt. 2. Debates on the 'feminism of poverty', and female-headed households -- pt. 3. Gender, family and lifecourse -- pt. 4. Gender, 'race' and migration -- pt. 5. Gender, health and poverty -- pt. 6. Gender, poverty and assets -- pt. 7. Gender, poverty and work -- pt. 8. Gendered poverty and policy interventions -- pt. 9. Microfinance and women's empowerment -- pt. 10. New frontiers in gendered poverty and research and analysis.
In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives, achieving extensive thematic as well as geographical coverage. This benchmark volume presents women's and men's experiences of gendered poverty with respect to a vast spectrum of intersecting issues including local to global economic transformations, family, age, "race", migration, assets, paid and unpaid work, health, sexuality, human rights, and conflict and violence.
9781849805162 (e-book)
2009940740
Poverty--Sex differences.
Poverty.
Electronic books.
HC79.P6 / I58 2010