Gendering the World Bank: Neoliberalism and the Gendered Foundations of Global Governance (2009)

Contributor(s): Griffin, Penny (Author)

ISBN: 9780230218277

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Hardcover

$54.99

Pub Date: February 27, 2009

Dewey: 332.1532082

LCCN: 2008041046

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 8.50" L x 5.40" W ( 0.95 lbs) 243 pages

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Description: Gendering the World Bank provides an unusual, wide-ranging and accessible account of the constitution and effects of discourses of neoliberal governance. Paying particular attention to how gender matters in and to contemporary global governance, the author focuses in particular on the development discourse of the World Bank.

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Winner of the BISA International Political Economy Group Book Prize 2010

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