Persistent Inequalities Women and World Development

by Tinker, Irene

• ISBN13: 9780195061581
• ISBN10: 0195061586
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-02-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Synthesizing the vast amount of research done in the last two decades on the roles of women in economic development, this anthology provides both a historical and political overview of the field and a careful examination of major areas of current research. The volume brings together essays bywomen and men from an international field of scholars representing a wide spectrum of disciplines, including women's studies, economics, sociology, political science, and anthropology. The eminent contributors include Ester Boserup, whose work established the theoretical foundation for the study ofwomen's roles in economic development; she offers a succinct account of her theories as an introduction to the other essays. The first part of the book places the field in a broad historical perspective, showing how far it has come and where it is going, and sets the stage for the ensuing debate inwhich renowned scholars such as Amartya Sen, Hanna Papanek, Joycelin Massiah, Simi Afonja, and Vina Mazumdar explore in detail two of the most important issues confronting women in the Third World today: the intrahousehold distribution of income and resources and the persistence of patriarchy. Aunique contribution to the study of women in developing countries, Persistent Inequalities is certain to become a standard resource for courses in women's studies, development economics, political science, urban studies, sociology, and agricultural development.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Introduction
A Context for the Field and for the Book	3	(11)
Irene Tinker
Economic Change and the Roles of Women	14	(13)
Ester Boserup
I The Politics of Women in Development
The Making of a Field: Advocates, Practitioners, and Scholars	27	(27)
Irene Tinker
Gender and Justice in Economic Development	54	(16)
Jane S. Jaquette
Feminist Perspectives on Women in Development	70	(13)
Charlotte Bunch
Roxanna Carrillo
Access Is Not Enough: Gender Perspectives on Technology and Education	83	(18)
Susan C. Bourque
Kay B. Warren
Women's Work in Export Factories: The Politics of a Cause	101	(22)
Linda Y. C. Lim
II Intrahousehold Distribution and Control
Gender and Cooperative Conflicts	123	(27)
Amartya K. Sen
The Impact of the Value of Women's Time on Food and Nutrition	150	(12)
Benjamin Senauer
To Each Less Than She Needs, From Each More Than She Can Do: Allocations, Entitlements, and Value	162	(23)
Hanna Papanek
III Challenging Patriarchy
Sexual Division of Labor and the Subordination of Women: A Reappraisal from India	185	(13)
Vina Mazumdar
Kumud Sharma
Changing Patterns of Gender Stratification in West Africa	198	(12)
Simi Afonja
East African Women, Work, and the Articulation of Dominance	210	(13)
Christine Obbo
Defining Women's Work in the Commonwealth Caribbean	223	(16)
Joycelin Massiah
The Imminent Demise of Patriarchy	239	(18)
Ken Kusterer
Bibliography	257	(36)
Index	293