TY - BOOK AU - Chant,Sylvia ED - Edward Elgar Publishing. TI - The international handbook of gender and poverty: concepts, research, policy T2 - Elgar original reference SN - 9781849805162 (e-book) AV - HC79.P6 I58 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Northampton, Mass. PB - Edward Elgar KW - Poverty KW - Sex differences KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781848443341.xml ER -