The international handbook of gender and poverty [electronic resource] : concepts, research, policy / edited by Sylvia Chant.

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TextSeries: Elgar original referencePublication details: Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 698 p.) : illISBN:

9781848443341 (hardback)
9781849800952 (pbk.)
9781849805162 (ebook)

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HC 79 .P6 \b .I58 2010

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Cover image	Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Materials specified	Vol info	URL	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Item hold queue priority	Course reserves
	Open Shelf	Albukhary International University LEVEL 2				HC 79 .P6 .I58 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			1100019776

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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