{"product_id":"feminisms-in-development-contradictions-contestations-challenges-edited-by-andrea-cornwall-elizabeth-harrison-and-ann-whitehead","title":"'Feminisms in Development: Contradictions, Contestations \u0026 Challenges' edited by Andrea Cornwall, Elizabeth Harrison and Ann Whitehead","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeminisms in Development\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks what happens when feminism enters the machinery of international aid: NGOs, donor agencies, government departments, policy conferences and the bureaucratic ritual known as “gender mainstreaming.” \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIts answer is not especially comforting. Feminist demands for structural change are often translated into measurable targets, approved vocabulary and programmes that can discuss women endlessly while leaving the distribution of power largely untouched. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe collection brings together thinkers and practitioners from the Global South and North to examine the myths development policy builds around poverty, trafficking, political representation and the supposedly universal category of “women.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParticularly sharp are its accounts of whose knowledge becomes policy: Northern academics are treated as theorists, while African and Asian feminists are more often admitted as local testimony, grassroots evidence or a useful human-interest story. Rather than abandoning development, the book argues for feminism to recover its political teeth inside institutions remarkably skilled at converting dissent into paperwork.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZed Books paperback, 2008 digital reprint. Very good condition with light shelfwear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45723201405011,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/thebowerbooker-2026-06-21T200244.245.png?v=1782036259","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/feminisms-in-development-contradictions-contestations-challenges-edited-by-andrea-cornwall-elizabeth-harrison-and-ann-whitehead","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}