Rethinking Empowerment

Part I Theory and praxis; Chapter 1 Rethinking em(power)ment, gender and development, Jane L. ParPart, Shirin M. Rai, Kathleen Staudt; Chapter 2 Education as a means for empowering women, Nelly P. Stromquist; Part II Women's empowerment in a global world; Chapter 3 Envisaging power in Philippine migration, Pauline Gardiner Barber; Chapter 4 Women's rights, CEDAW and internationalhuman rights debates, Shaheen Sardar Ali; Chapter 5 Feminizing cyberspace, gillian youngs; Part III The nation state, politics and women's empowerment; Chapter 6 Engaging politics, Kathleen Staudt; Chapter 7 Movements, states and empowerment, Marella Bodur, Susan Franceschet; Chapter 8 Political representation, democratic institutions and women's empowerment The quota debate in India1, Shirin M. Rai; Chapter 9 Gender, production and access to land, Reena Patel; Part IV The local/global, development and women's empowerment; Chapter 10 Rethinking Part icipatory empowerment, gender and development, Jane L. ParPart ; Chapter 11 The disciplinary power of micro credit, Josephine Lairap-Fonderson; Chapter 12 Development, demographic and feminist agendas, Lisa Ann Richey; Chapter 13 Informal politics, grassroots NGOS and women's empowerment in the slums of Bombay, Vandana Desai; Part V Conclusion; Chapter 14 Concluding thoughts on (em)powerment, gender and development, Kathleen Staudt, Shirin M. Rai, Jane L. ParPart ;