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Author |
: Ana María Muñoz Boudet |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 231 |
Release |
: 2013-04-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780821398920 |
ISBN-13 |
: 082139892X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis On Norms and Agency by : Ana María Muñoz Boudet
Based on focus groups and interviews with nearly 4,000 women, men, girls, and boys from 20 countries, this book explores areas that are less often studied in gender and development: gender norms and agency. It reveals how little gender norms have changed, how similar they are across countries, and how they are being challenged and contested.
Author |
: Riki Wilchins |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 227 |
Release |
: 2019-03-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786610850 |
ISBN-13 |
: 178661085X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gender Norms and Intersectionality by : Riki Wilchins
There have been few, if any, attempts to translate the immense library of academic studies on gender norms for a lay audience, or to illustrate practical ways in which their insights could (and should) be applied. Similarly, there have been few attempts to build the case for gender in diverse fields like health, education, and economic security within a single book, one which also uses an intersectional lens to address issues of race and class. This book not only looks at the impact of rigid gender norms on young people who internalize them, but also shows how the health, educational, and criminal justice systems with which young people interact are also highly gendered systems that relentlessly police and sustain very narrow ideas of masculinity and femininity, particularly among youth. Current treatments of a “gender lens” or “gender analysis” both at home and abroad usually conflate gender with women and/or trans. Gender Norms and Intersectionality shows conclusively how this is both inadequate and wrong-headed. It documents why gender norms must be moved to the center of the discourses aimed at improving life outcomes for at-risk communities. And it does so while acknowledging the insights of queer theorists about bodies, power, and difference. This book provides a starting point for a long overdue movement to elevate “applied gender studies,” providing both a reference and guide for researchers, students, policymakers, funders, non-profit leaders, and grassroots advocates. It aims to transform readers’ view of a broad array of familiar social problems, such as basic wellness and reproductive health; education; economic security; and partner, male-on-male, and school violence—showing how gender norms are an integral if overlooked key to understanding each.
Author |
: Berislav Marušić |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 252 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198714040 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198714041 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Evidence and Agency by : Berislav Marušić
Evidence and Agency is concerned with the question of how, as agents, we should take evidence into account when thinking about our future actions. Suppose you are promising or resolving to do something that you have evidence is difficult for you to do. For example, suppose you are promising to be faithful for the rest of your life, or you are resolving to quit smoking. Should you believe that you will follow through, or should you believe that there is a good chance that you won't? If you believe the former, you seem to be irrational since you believe against the evidence. Yet if you believe the latter, you seem to be insincere since you can't sincerely say that you will follow through. Hence, it seems, your promise or resolution must be improper. Nonetheless, we make such promises and resolutions all the time. Indeed, as the examples illustrate, such promises and resolutions are very important to us. The challenge is to explain this apparent inconsistency in our practice of promising and resolving. To meet this challenge, Berislav Marusic; considers a number of possible responses, including an appeal to 'trying', an appeal to non-cognitivism about practical reason, an appeal to 'practical knowledge', and an appeal to evidential constraints on practical reasoning. He rejects all these and defends a solution inspired by the Kantian tradition and by Sartre in particular: as agents, we have a distinct view of what we will do. If something is up to us, we can decide what to do, rather than predict what we will do. But the reasons in light of which a decision is rational are not the same as the reasons in light of which a prediction is rational. That is why, provided it is important to us to do something we can rationally believe that we will do it, even if our belief goes against the evidence.
Author |
: OECD |
Publisher |
: OECD Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2010-02-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789264077478 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9264077472 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Atlas of Gender and Development How Social Norms Affect Gender Equality in non-OECD Countries by : OECD
Gender inequality holds back not just women but the economic and social development of entire societies. This atlas presents a new measure of gender inequality which examines women’s status according to family situation, physical integrity, son preference, civil liberties and ownership rights.
Author |
: Charlotte Cederbom |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 295 |
Release |
: 2019-08-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000693287 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000693287 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Married Women in Legal Practice by : Charlotte Cederbom
This book describes the ways in which married women appeared in legal practice in the medieval Swedish realm 1350-1450, through both the agency of women, and through the norms that surrounded their actions. Since there were no court protocols kept, legal practice must be studied through other sources. For this book, more than 6,000 original charters have been researched, and a database of all the charters pertaining to women created. This enables new findings from an area that has previously not been studied on a larger scale, and reveals trends and tendencies regarding aspects considered central to married women’s agency, such as networks, criminal liability, and procedural capacity.
Author |
: Jeni Klugman |
Publisher |
: World Bank Publications |
Total Pages |
: 239 |
Release |
: 2014-09-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781464803598 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1464803595 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Voice and Agency by : Jeni Klugman
"The 2012 report recognized that expanding women's agency - their ability to make decisions and take advantage of opportunities is key to improving their lives as well as the world. This report represents a major advance in global knowledge on this critical front. The vast data and thousands of surveys distilled in this report cast important light on the nature of constraints women and girls continue to face globally. This report identifies promising opportunities and entry points for lasting transformation, such as interventions that reach across sectors and include life-skills training, sexual and reproductive health education, conditional cash transfers, and mentoring. It finds that addressing what the World Health Organization has identified as an epidemic of violence against women means sharply scaling up engagement with men and boys. The report also underlines the vital role information and communication technologies can play in amplifying women's voices, expanding their economic and learning opportunities, and broadening their views and aspirations. The World Bank Group's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity demand no less than the full and equal participation of women and men, girls and boys, around the world." -- Publisher's description.
Author |
: Robert Owen Keohane |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 52 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:864905917 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Social Norms and Agency in World Politics by : Robert Owen Keohane
Author |
: Mark C. Murphy |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 221 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198796916 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198796919 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis God's Own Ethics by : Mark C. Murphy
Every version of the argument from evil requires a premise concerning God's motivation - about the actions that God is motivated to perform or the states of affairs that God is motivated to bring about. The typical source of this premise is a conviction that God is, obviously, morally perfect, where God's moral perfection consists in God's being motivated to act in accordance with the norms of morality by which both we and God are governed. The aim of God's Own Ethics is to challenge this understanding by giving arguments against this view of God as morally perfect and by offering an alternative account of what God's own ethics is like. According to this alternative account, God is in no way required to promote the well-being of sentient creatures, though God may rationally do so. Any norms of conduct that favor the promotion of creaturely well-being that govern God's conduct are norms that are contingently self-imposed by God. This revised understanding of divine ethics should lead us to revise sharply downward our assessment of the force of the argument from evil while leaving intact our conception of God as an absolutely perfect being, supremely worthy of worship.
Author |
: Anke Draude |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 211 |
Release |
: 2020-06-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429656958 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0429656955 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Agency of the Governed in the Global South by : Anke Draude
Research on global norm diffusion and institutional transfer has often neglected the agency of the governed. This collection argues that limited statehood – the lack of state capacities in most parts of the global South – provides opportunities for the governed to raise their voices and be listened to. Thus, people on the receiving end of development cooperation, state building, or security interventions can significantly shape global dynamics of normative and institutional change. Drawing on the emerging body of literature on the agency of the governed, this book assesses the current dynamics of transfer and diffusion studies at the interstice of political science and social anthropology. By focusing on the agency of the governed, the authors integrate a broad spectrum of issues and debates, from the proliferation of global norms to state and security building to international policy cooperation. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of global politics and international relations, particularly those focusing on the global South. It was originally published as a special issue of the online journal Third World Thematics.
Author |
: Caroline Harper |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 211 |
Release |
: 2018-02-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351718783 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351718789 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries by : Caroline Harper
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781315180250, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license Adolescence is a pivotal time in a girl's life. The development of educational, physical, psychosocial, familial, political and economic capabilities enable girls to reach their full potential and contribute to the wellbeing of their families and society. However, progress is still significantly constrained by discriminatory gender norms and the related attitudes and practices which restrict girls’ horizons, restrain their ambition and, if unfettered, allow exploitation and abuse. Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries explores the detrimental impact of discriminatory gender norms on adolescent girls’ lives across very different contexts. Grounded in four years of in-depth research in Ethiopia, Nepal, Uganda and Viet Nam, the book adopts a holistic approach, recognising the inter-related nature of capabilities and the importance of local context. By exploring the theory of gendered norm change, contextualising and examining socialisation processes, the book identifies the patriarchal vested interests in power, authority and moral privilege, which combine in attempts to restrict and control girls’ lives. Throughout the book, Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries demonstrates how efforts to develop more egalitarian gender norms can enable disadvantaged adolescent girls to change the course of their lives and contribute to societal change. Accessible and informative, the book is perfect for policy makers, think tanks, NGOs, activists, academics and students of gender and development studies.