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_b.B73 2013
100 1 _aBradshaw, Sarah.
245 1 0 _aGender, development and disasters
_h[electronic resource] /
_cSarah Bradshaw.
260 _aCheltenham :
_bEdward Elgar Pub. Ltd.,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (xv, 238 p.) :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. What is a disaster? -- 2. What is development? -- 3. Gender, development and disasters -- 4. Internal and international response to disaster -- 5. Humanitarianism and humanitarian relief -- 6. Reconstruction or transformation? -- 7. Case studies of secondary disasters -- 8. Political mobilisation for change -- 9. Disaster risk reduction.
520 _aDisaster research owes a lot to development studies and yet the debt is often not acknowledged. In this scholarly but accessible book by Sarah Bradshaw, we see a very effective linking of gender, disaster and development that will be of value to academics and practitioners working in and across all these domains. Maureen Fordham, University of Northumbria, UKBringing gender into the foreground in both development and disaster discourse, the author challenges received wisdom and offers cautionary notes about reinforcing inequalities through feminized disaster interventions. The book is an outstanding platform for fundamental change in how we think about and act toward gender in disaster contexts, leaving readers cautiously optimistic. This is one for the top shelf a book we have been waiting for and must put to use. Elaine Enarson, founder, Gender and Disaster Resilience AllianceOnce in a while a book is published which offers an empirically and theoretically informed analysis of an under-studied topic which helps to carve out a new field of enquiry. Such is the case with Dr Sarah Bradshaws breathtakingly detailed, richly first-hand informed, and incisive, account of the frequently paradoxical co-option of women into the analysis and practice of "disaster" in developing economies. Bradshaw's eminently comprehensive, well-substantiated, perceptive and sensitive treatment of the "A to Z" of gender and "disaster" in developing country contexts constitutes a 21st century volume which will be a definitive benchmark for scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and feminist activists at a world scale. Sylvia Chant, London School of Economics, UKThe need to disaster proof development is increasingly recognised by development agencies, as is the need to engender both development and disaster response. This unique book explores what these processes mean for development and disasters in practice.Sarah Bradshaw critically examines key notions, such as gender, vulnerability, risk, and humanitarianism, underpinning development and disaster discourse. Case studies are used to demonstrate how disasters are experienced individually and collectively as gendered events. Through consideration of processes to engender development, it problematizes womens inclusion in disaster response and reconstruction. The study highlights that while women are now central to both disaster response and development, tackling gender inequality is not. By critically reflecting on gendered disaster response and the gendered impact of disasters on processes of development, it exposes some important lessons for future policy. This timely book examines international development and disaster policy which will prove invaluable to gender and disaster academics, students and practitioners.
650 0 _aDisasters
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aDisaster relief
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aEmergency management.
650 0 _aHumanitarian assistance.
650 0 _aWomen
_xSocial conditions.
650 0 _aWomen in community development.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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710 2 _aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776 1 _z9781849804462 (hardback)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781849804462.xml
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