Andrea Cornwall / Maxine Molyneux (eds.)

The Politics of Rights

Dilemmas for Feminist Praxis
Herausgeber: Cornwall, Andrea; Molyneux, Maxine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since the late 1990s, development institutions have increasingly used the language of rights in their policy and practice. This special issue on feminist perspectives on politics of rights explores the strategies, tensions and challenges associated with 'rights work' in a variety of settings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780415437721
• ISBN-10: 0415437725
• Artikelnr.: 35936456

Autorenporträt

Cornwall, Andrea; Molyneux, Maxine

Inhaltsangabe

The Politics of Rights - Dilemmas for Feminist Praxis: An Introduction.
Ruling out Gender Equality? The Post-Cold War Rule of Law Agenda in
Sub-Saharan Africa. Constitutional Engineering: What Opportunities for the
Enhancement of Gender Rights? Islamic Politics, Human Rights and Women's
Claims for Equality in Iran. Legacies of Common Law: 'Crimes of Honour' in
India and Pakistan. Hindu Women's Property Rights in India: A Critical
Appraisal. Accessing Economic and Social Rights under Neoliberalism: Gender
and Rights in Chile. From the Girl Child to Girls' Rights. Revisiting
Equality as a Right: The Minimum Age of Marriage Clause in the Nigerian
Child Right Act, 2003. Rights and Realities: Limits to Women's Rights and
Citizenship after 10 Years of Democracy in South Africa. Is the Rights
Focus the Right Focus? Nicaraguan Responses to the Rights Agenda