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Engendering Transformative Change in International Development (Routledge Explorations in Development Studies) - Softcover

Book 32 of 71: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

Fletcher, Gillian

 
9780367629410: Engendering Transformative Change in International Development (Routledge Explorations in Development Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367629410 ISBN 13: 9780367629410
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

The Sustainable Development Goals were launched in 2015 with grand ambitions for ending poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring prosperity for all, with ‘no one left behind’. However, these goals will be impossible to achieve without addressing inequity, inequality, marginalisation, and exclusion related to gender, and to other intersecting social hierarchies linked to deeply emotional, culturally bound norms and judgements of worth. This book asks readers to consider issues of knowledge, power, and effectiveness, emphasising the limits of taking a categorical approach to gender and other social hierarchies, and the importance of process in what is known about generating transformative social change.

Engendering Transformative Thinking and Practice in International Development draws on a range of real world examples which demonstrate both the limitations of the frameworks currently in use, and the very real possibilities for change when the intersecting social hierarchies that sustain and create inequity and inequality are challenged. This book brings together theoretical perspectives on social change, gender, intersectionality, and forms of knowledge, concluding with a set of proposals for revitalising a change agenda that recognises and engages with intersectionality and practical wisdom. Perfect for students and scholars of social change, gender, and development, this book will also be useful for practitioners looking for new ideas to help to generate social change.

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About the Author

Gillian Fletcher is Gender and Diversity Adviser for Myanmar NGO, Paung Ku; Co-convenor of the Australian Council for International Development Sexual Rights in Development Community of Practice; and Honorary Fellow, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University, Australia. She is also a member of the Editorial Board for Culture, Health and Sexuality journal.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367629410
ISBN 13 
9780367629410
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200