Mortgaging women's lives : feminist critiques of structural adjustment

Author(s)

• Sparr, Pamela

Bibliographic Information

Mortgaging women's lives : feminist critiques of structural adjustment

edited by Pamela Sparr

Zed Books, 1994

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

"Published for and on behalf of the United Nations"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hard ISBN 9781856491013

Description

This book explores the impact on Third World women of the stringent economic prescriptions of the World Bank and IMF. Introductory chapters explain in non-jargonistic terms exactly what structural adjustment is. These are followed by feminist critiques of its implications, and then a series of carefully chosen case studies examining the specific dimensions of structural adjustment in countries as diverse as Jamaica, Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt, Turkey, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. 

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781856491020

Description

This book explores the impact on Third World women of the stringent economic prescriptions of the World Bank and IMF. Introductory chapters explain in non-jargonistic terms exactly what structural adjustment is. These are followed by feminist critiques of its implications, and then a series of carefully chosen case studies examining the specific dimensions of structural adjustment in countries as diverse as Jamaica, Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt, Turkey, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

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Details

• NCID: BA23807246
• ISBN:
  • 1856491013
  • 1856491021
• LCCN: 94041464
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 214 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD6223
  • DC20 : 331.4/09172/4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women -- Employment -- Developing countries -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Structural adjustment (Economic policy) -- Developing countries -- Case studies