Women and Development in Africa: How Gender Works - Softcover

Kevane, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1588269809 ISBN 13: 9781588269805

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2014

Synopsis

This new 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

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Kevane is associate professor of economics at Santa Clara University.

Review:

A unique and rare book. It is a welcome addition to the literature on women and development.... Kevane challenges economists and scholars of development to ask better questions, develop well-informed hypotheses, adopt more rigorous methods, and test their assumptions through solid empirical research. (Aili Mari Tripp, Politics & Gender)

This book fills an important niche.... It would be an excellent supplemental reader for many undergraduate courses on women and Africa. (Aili Mari Tripp, Politics & Gender)

An insightful book for undergraduates and graduate students with an interest in gender, international development, economics, or African studies. (Aili Mari Tripp, Politics & Gender)

About this edition

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1588269809
• ISBN 13: 9781588269805
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 329