A survey and comparative analysis, this aims to provide a deeper knowledge and understanding of the planning of rural land use at an international level, discussing issues including major land use conflicts, conservation, rural political climate and central-local state relations.
"Women's participation in small- and microenterprise activities in less developed countries (LDCs) has seldom been dealt with either in analytical discussions or in empirical illustrations. This book aims to increase the visibility of such women microentrepreneurs by bringing th…
"Women's participation in small- and microenterprise activities in less developed countries (LDCs) has seldom been dealt with either in analytical discussions or in empirical illustrations. This book aims to increase the visibility of such women microentrepreneurs by bringing th…
Rural Geography is an introduction to contemporary rural societies and economies in the developed world. It examines the social and economic processes at work in the contemporary countryside - including the more traditional: like agriculture; land use; and population; as well as…
How effective is western aid-agency intervention in Africa? What can African women do to manage the AIDS crisis? Can western feminist theory be applied to the rural African context? These vital issues, and many others, are considered in this topical book by eminent scholars and …
"Applying a feminist and environmentalist approach to her investigation of how the changing global economy affects rural women, Carolyn Sachs focuses on land ownership and use, cropping systems, and women's work with animals in highly industrialized as well as developing countri…
"Reversed Realities uncovers the deeply entrenched, hence barely visible, biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to women's needs in current development policy. Naila Kabeer traces the emergence of 'women' as a specific cate…
At the International Geographical Union's 20th Congress, held in Glasgow in 2004, the Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems' sessions included a range of papers relating to sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural communities. This book brings together some of t…
"Significant because [it] traces the development process from the non-industrial societies to present-day socialist nations, includes scholars from the first and third worlds, and provides data for a comparative analysis of structural changes in gender relations, links productio…
by Williams, Suzanne, Seed, Janet, Mwau, Adelina, Oxfam
This manual includes activities which explore : Gender awareness and self-awareness for women and men ; Gender roles and needs ; Gender-sensitive appraisal and planning ; Gender and major global issues ; Working with counterparts on gender issues ; and Strategies for change.
