This book investigates the barriers to women’s economic empowerment in the Global South. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines

The author examines the impact of colonialism and the cash economy on the Nandi, a semi-pastoral and patrilineal people of western Kenya, emphasizing changes in

Drawing from the leading scholarship in the field, Gender and Development: The Economic Basis of Women's Power helps you to develop a foundational understanding

Drawing from the leading scholarship in the field, Gender and Development: The Economic Basis of Women's Power helps you to develop a foundational understanding

Quotas for women in government have swept the globe. Yet we know little about their capacity to upend entrenched social, political, and economic hierarchies. Wo