| Development in an Insecure and Gendered World: The Relevance of the Millennium Goals Contributor(s): Leckie, Jacqueline (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0754676919 ISBN-13: 9780754676911 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Gender Studies - Political Science | Human Rights |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 2009031262 |
| Series: Gender in a Global/Local World |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.22 lbs) 266 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Millennium Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000 and explicit targets were set to eradicate key problems in human development by 2015. This collection focuses specifically on the goals relating to gender issues that are problematic for women. The most relevant and contentious is that of promoting gender equality and empowering women. The book provides an overview of this and investigates literature that considers how gender is central to achieving the other goals. The contributors distinctively consider gender in the context of human security (or insecurity); the reduction and elimination of conflict would seem to be central to achieving targets. One of the major themes of this collection is whether gender insecurity has been exacerbated in an increasingly insecure world. The book considers not only military and civilian conflict in the contemporary era but also security in the broader sense of human development, such as environmental, reproductive and economic security. |
