Patrons of women : literacy projects and gender development in rural Nepal/ Esther Hertzog.

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Hertzog, Esther

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Online access: OAPEN Open Research Library (ORL); Online access: OAPEN DOAB Directory of Open Access BooksPublication details: New York : Berghahn Books, c 2011.Edition: 1stDescription: xvii, 259 p.; illustrations, 22 cmISBN:

9781845457686

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DDC classification:

22 379.2409 HER

Contents:

1.The vulnerable patron: playing the role of a foreign gender consultant -- 2.Instrumental patronage: Leon and Hanna -- 3.Marginalizing economic activities, profiting from literacy classes -- 4.The role of economic activities in negotiating consent -- 5.The seminar: the successful failure of the women's empowerment project -- 6.Gender and the phantom budget.

Summary: Assuming that women's empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a "Gender Activities Project" within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a practicing "development expert," she demonstrates that the professed goal of "women's empowerment" is a pretext for promoting economic organizational goals and the interests of

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Text Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	379.2409 HER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		42931

1.The vulnerable patron: playing the role of a foreign gender consultant --
2.Instrumental patronage: Leon and Hanna --
3.Marginalizing economic activities, profiting from literacy classes --
4.The role of economic activities in negotiating consent --
5.The seminar: the successful failure of the women's empowerment project --
6.Gender and the phantom budget.

Assuming that women's empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a "Gender Activities Project" within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a practicing "development expert," she demonstrates that the professed goal of "women's empowerment" is a pretext for promoting economic organizational goals and the interests of

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