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Feminism has re-shaped the way we think about equality, power
relations and social change. Recent feminist scholarship has
provided new theoretical frameworks, methodologies and empirical
analyses of how gender and feminism are situated within the
development process. Global Perspectives on Gender and Space:
Engaging Feminism and Development draws upon this framework to
explore the effects of globalization on development in diverse
geographical contexts. It explores how women's and men's lives are
gendered in specific spaces as well as across multiple landscapes.
Traveling from South Asia to sub-Saharan Africa to North America
and the Caribbean, the contributions illustrate the link between
gender and global development, including economic livelihoods,
policy measures and environmental change. Divided into three
sections, Global Perspectives on Gender and Space showcases the
following issues: One) the impact of neoliberal policies on
transnational migration, public services and microfinance programs;
Two) feminist and participatory methodologies employed in the
evaluation of land use, women's cooperatives and liberation
struggles and Three) gendered approaches to climate change, natural
disasters and conservation the global South. A feminist lens is the
common thread throughout these sections that weaves gender into the
very fabric of everyday life, providing a common link between
varied spaces around the globe by mapping gendered patterns of
power and social change. This timely volume provides geographic
comparisons and case studies to give empirically informed insights
on processes and practices relevant to feminism and development. It
illustrates ways to empower individuals and communities through
transnational struggles and grassroots organizations, while
emphasizing human rights and gender equity, and will be of interest
to those studying Geography, Development Studies, International
Relations and Gender Studies.
Feminism has re-shaped the way we think about equality, power
relations and social change. Recent feminist scholarship has
provided new theoretical frameworks, methodologies and empirical
analyses of how gender and feminism are situated within the
development process. Global Perspectives on Gender and Space:
Engaging Feminism and Development draws upon this framework to
explore the effects of globalization on development in diverse
geographical contexts. It explores how women’s and men’s lives
are gendered in specific spaces as well as across multiple
landscapes. Traveling from South Asia to sub-Saharan Africa to
North America and the Caribbean, the contributions illustrate the
link between gender and global development, including economic
livelihoods, policy measures and environmental change. Divided into
three sections, Global Perspectives on Gender and Space showcases
the following issues: One) the impact of neoliberal policies on
transnational migration, public services and microfinance programs;
Two) feminist and participatory methodologies employed in the
evaluation of land use, women’s cooperatives and liberation
struggles and Three) gendered approaches to climate change, natural
disasters and conservation the global South. A feminist lens is the
common thread throughout these sections that weaves gender into the
very fabric of everyday life, providing a common link between
varied spaces around the globe by mapping gendered patterns of
power and social change. This timely volume provides geographic
comparisons and case studies to give empirically informed insights
on processes and practices relevant to feminism and development. It
illustrates ways to empower individuals and communities through
transnational struggles and grassroots organizations, while
emphasizing human rights and gender equity, and will be of interest
to those studying Geography, Development Studies, International
Relations and Gender Studies.
This volume was written by eight transnational geographers. These
narratives comprise a collection of essays as a way to map personal
trajectories and experiences which examine the concept of place at
the micro-level. Eight transnational geographers convey their
professional and personal identities in a global age. By using an
approach called, autobiogeography, these narratives will be of
interest to geographers and other social science and humanities
scholars as well as of interest to the general public. This volume
explores the concepts of transnationalism, borders, fragmentation,
movement, displacement, space, place and "home." Drawing from
various national, ethnic, and cultural perspectives, the authors
write about various important adjustments within contemporary
global trends which in turn, reflect ever-changing ways to look at
geography, migration processes, and transnationalism. Like other
migrants who have left their home, they all left "something"
behind.
This book addresses the troubling dearth of knowledge that many
American undergraduate students have about Africa. Many scholars
with research interest in Africa are caught by surprise at the
superficial knowledge that students bring to their classrooms; it
is a knowledge base that is bereft of an insightful analytical
framework of the pertinent issues just as it is deprived of a
well-informed historical context of the events. There is no
mistaking of the import the mass media and neighborhood folklore in
shaping the students' perception about the realities of Africa's
developments. Mitigating these effects requires access to a
college-level introductory textbook on Africa covering a gamut of
themes that are germane to the contemporary realities of the
continent. It is a textbook that does not romanticize Africa, but
addresses the persistent stereotypes that characterize issues about
the region. The book does so in two significant ways. First, it
offers a refreshing examination of African issues from an
afrocentric perspective. This allows the writers to present issues
from which they have practical experience, and for the reader to
examine them from insider scholarship. Second, it provides an
opportunity for scholars and readers to analyze the issues from an
interdisciplinary perspective. Interdisciplinarity is a testament
that issues are complex and no single discipline can sufficiently
address them. A combination of these two approaches ensures that
the book does not develop into a limited and parochial view of
issues. The themes covered in the book include: disciplinary
perspectives in African studies, ethnocentricism in teaching human
geography of Africa, and topics of geography, religion and
spirituality, mathematics, psychology, government and public
policy, the transformation of higher education, rural development,
communication and socio-economic development, culture and decision
making styles all as they relate to Africa.
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