Women and Development in Africa : : How Gender Works / / Michael Kevane.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Kevane, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Preface --; 1 Exploring Gender and Development --; 2 Women and Development in Africa --; 3 Models and Methods --; 4 The Land Tenure Rights of African Women --; 5 Constraints and Opportunities in the World of Work --; 6 The Marriage Market --; 7 Bargaining Power at Home --; 8 Preferring Sons over Daughters --; 9 The Gendering of Education --; 10 Getting Capital to Women --; 11 Emerging Movement For— and Against—Gender Equality --; References --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685850722; 9783110784244
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685850722
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael Kevane.

This second edition of Women and Development in Africa incorporates the results of more than a decade of new empirical and theoretical research. Michael Kevane provides a broad overview of the sources of underdevelopment in Africa and the role of gender in economic transactions, as well as a cogent analysis of the gendered realities of such issues as land rights, the control of labor, the marriage market, health care, education, and political representation.