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Education and gendered citizenship in Pakistan /

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"This book challenges the uncritical use of the long held dictum of the development discourse that education empowers women. Situated in the post-structuralist feminist position it argues that in its current state the educational discourse in Pakistan actually disempowers women. Furthermore, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naseem, M. Ayaz (Muhammad Ayaz), 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan's postcolonial studies in education.
Subjects:
Women > Education > Pakistan.
Sex discrimination in education > Pakistan.
Educational equalization > Pakistan.
Women > Pakistan > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Conceptual Framework * Education System and the Educational Policy Discourse in Pakistan * Women and the State in Pakistan: A History of the Present * Educational Discourse and the Constitution of Gendered Subjectivities in Pakistan.