Human Capital in Gender and Development addresses timely feminist
debates about the relationship between feminism, neoliberalism, and
international development. The book engages with human capital
theory, a labour economics theory associated with the Chicago
School that now animates a wide range of political and economic
governance. The book argues that human capital theory has been
instrumental in constructing an economistic vision of gender
equality as a tool for economic growth, and girls and women of the
global South as the quintessential entrepreneurs of the post-global
financial crisis era. The book's critique of human capital theory
and its role in Gender and Development gives insights into the
kinds of development interventions that typify the 'Gender Equality
as Smart Economics' agenda of the World Bank and other
international development institutions. From the World Bank, to
NGOs, and private businesses, discourses about the economic
benefits of gender equality and women's empowerment underpin a
range of development interventions that aim to unlock the
'untapped' potential of the world's women. Its implications are
both conceptual and material, producing more interventionist forms
of development governance, increased power by private sector actors
in development, and de-politicization of gender equality issues.
Human Capital in Gender and Development will be of particular
interest to feminist scholars in Politics, International Relations,
Development Studies, and Human Geography. It will also be a useful
resource for teaching key debates about feminism, neoliberalism,
and international development.
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