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Woman’s Role in Economic Development |
This classic text by Ester Boserup was the first investigation ever undertaken into what happens to women in the process of economic and social growth throughout the developing world and serves as an international benchmark. It examines what happens to marriage systems and to women’s rights in land when agriculture is modernized. It looks at the changes that occur when, in the process of industrialization, large numbers of families leave their rural homes for towns and cities. It also considers the issue of job discrimination against women in developing industries.
A substantial new Introduction by Camilla Toulmin, Director of the International Institute for Environment and Development, and Nazneen Kanji and Su Fei Tan reflects on Boserup’s legacy as a scholar and activist and the continuing relevance of her work. Key areas of examination include highlighting how the role of women in economic development has or has not changed over the past four decades in developing countries. Coverage includes women and inequality, international and national migration, conflict, HIV-AIDS, markets and employment, urbanization, leadership, property rights and global processes including the UN-MDGs as well as barriers to change.
In the context of the ongoing struggle for women’s rights, massive urbanization and international efforts to reduce poverty, this classic text continues to be a vital text for economists, sociologists, development workers, activists and all those who take an active interest in women’s social and economic circumstances and problems throughout the world.
Ester Boserup (1910?1999) worked for many years as a researcher and consultant with the United Nations and other international organizations in Europe and in various developing countries including India and Senegal. Her publications include Conditions of Agricultural Growth (1965) and Population and Technological Change (1981).
Nazneen Kanji is Director of a Quality of Life assessment program with the Aga Khan Development Network.
Su Fei Tan is a Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development currently studying the linkages between decentralization and local management of natural resources.
Camilla Toulmin is Director of IIED, an economist and co-editor of Towards a New Map of Africa (2005).
Contents:
Introduction—Nazneen Kanji, Su Fei Tan and Camilla Toulmin; Preface; PART I: IN THE VILLAGE: Male and Female Farming Systems ; The Economics of Polygamy; Loss of Status under European Rule; The Casual Worker; PART II: IN THE TOWN: Women in a Men’s World; Industry: From the Hut to the Factory; The Educated Woman; Women in the Urban Hierarchy; PART III: FROM VILLAGE TO TOWN: The Lure of the Towns; Urban Job Opportunities for Women; The Unemployment Scare; The Design of Female Education; Appendix Tables; Notes to Tables and Figures; List of Works Cited; Author Index; Subject Index.
Published by Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Ester Boserup.
Introduction by Nazneen Kanji , Su Fei Tan , Camilla Toulmin.
May 2007
305 pp., 6 1/4" x 9 1/4", figures and tables.
Teachers, exam copy available , please call.
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