Women, culture, and development : a study of human capabilities /

This volume combines philosophical inquiry with economic concerns regarding women's equality in the developing world. Adopting Amartya Sen's capability framework, international contributors tackle issues of cultural relativism vs. cultural imperialism and local tradition vs. universalist c...

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Corporate Authors:	Alexander Street (Firm), World Institute for Development Economics Research
Other Authors:	Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947-, Glover, Jonathan
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford Univ. Press, ©1995.
Series:	Studies in development economics.
Subjects:	Women's rights. Sex role. Women in development. Women > Developing countries > Social conditions. Women's rights > Developing countries. Equality > Developing countries. Economic development > Moral and ethical aspects. Social change > Moral and ethical aspects. Women's Rights Gender Role Femmes > Pays en voie de développement > Conditions sociales. Femmes > Droits > Pays en voie de développement. Inégalité sociale > Pays en voie de développement. Développement économique > Aspect moral. Développement social > Aspect moral. Femmes > Droits. Rôle selon le sexe. Femmes dans le développement. sex role. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory. Women > Social conditions Equality Economic development > Moral and ethical aspects Sex role Women in development Women's rights Developing countries Vrouwen. Economische ontwikkeling. Sekserol. Gelijkheid. Society > Role of > Women Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Women's equality : a case study ; A matter of survival : women's right to employment in India and Bangladesh / Martha Chen
Women's equality : methodology, foundations ; Human capabilities, female human beings / Martha C. Nussbaum
The research programme of development ethics / Jonathan Glover
Justice, capabilities, and vulnerabilities / Onora O'Neill
Functioning and capability : the foundations of Sen's and Nussbaum's development ethic, part 2 / David A. Crocker
Pragmatism and moral objectivity / Hilary Putnam
Democracy and rationality : a dialogue with Hilary Putnam / Linda Alcoff
Cultural complexity, moral interdependence, and the global dialogical community / Seyla Benhabib
Women's equality : justice, law, and reason ; Gender inequality and theories of justice / Amartya Sen
Inequalities between the sexes in different cultural contexts / Susan Moller Okin
Why not a feminist theory of justice? / Ruth Anna Putnam
Gender, caste, and law / Cass R. Sunstein
Emotions and women's capabilities / Martha C. Nussbaum
A note on the value of gender-identification / Christine M. Korsgaard
Women's equality : regional perspectives ; Gender inequality in China and cultural relativism / Xiaorong Li
Inequality in capabilities between men and women in Mexico / Margarita M. Valdés
Femininity, equality, and personhood / Roop Rekha Verma
Recovering Igbo traditions : a case for indigenous women's organizations in development / Nkiru Nzegwu.