Penny Griffin

Gendering the World Bank

Neoliberalism and the Gendered Foundations of Global Governance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gendering the World Bank provides an unusual, wide-ranging and accessible account of the constitution and effects of discourses of neoliberal governance. Paying particular attention to how gender matters in and to contemporary global governance, the author focuses in particular on the development discourse of the World Bank.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-30427-1
• 1st ed. 2009
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781349304271
• ISBN-10: 1349304271
• Artikelnr.: 45578831

Autorenporträt

PENNY GRIFFIN is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: NEOLIBERALISM, GENDER AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Discourse, Sex and Gender in Global Governance Analyzing 'The Economy' Analyzing the World Bank PART II: GENDER IN/AND WORLD BANK POLICY-MAKING World Bank Policy-Making (1): Gender in/and the World Bank World Bank Policy-Making (2): Reproducing (Economically Viable) Gender Norms World Bank Policy-Making (3): Gender, HIV/AIDS and Sub-Saharan Africa Conclusion(s)

Rezensionen

Winner of the BISA International Political Economy Group Book Prize 2010