| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 323 pages) |
| Series |
After the empire: the Francophone world and postcolonial France |
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After the empire
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part I: IS THERE A GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT CRISIS IN FRANCOPHONE AFRICA?; Chapter 01. Gender and Development in Francophone Africa; Chapter 02. Science, Statistics, and Stories; Part II: WHEN GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT WENT GLOBAL; Chapter 03. The Origins of a Global Discourse, 1945 to 1990; Chapter 04. "Good Governance" for Development, 1990-2000; Chapter 05. The Millennium Summit and Beyond; Part III: FROM THE GLOBAL TO THE POSTCOLONY: DATA PROFILING IN GABON AND SENEGAL; Chapter 06. Mapping Gender and Development; Chapter 07. Senegal |
| Summary |
Globalizing the Postcolony: Contesting Discourses of Gender and Development in Francophone Africa is a study of development in the former French colonies of West Africa. It takes as its starting point the international community's reporting on human and social development and gender in the developing areas which began systematically in 1990 and which has provided a framework for policy-making in this field. International reports suggest that the francophone African countries have been experiencinglow levels of social development throughout the past two decades. These levels fall dramatically |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Women -- Africa, West -- Social conditions
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Women -- Africa, West -- Economic conditions
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Social planning -- Africa, West
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Economic development -- Africa, West
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Postcolonialism -- Africa, West
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Economic development
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Economic policy
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Postcolonialism
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Social planning
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Social policy
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Women -- Economic conditions
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Women -- Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Africa, West -- Social policy
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Africa, West -- Economic policy
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| Subject |
West Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010043801 |
| ISBN |
9780739143841 |
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0739143840 |
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1282936611 |
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9781282936614 |
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9786612936616 |
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6612936614 |
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