Post poverty, gender and development?

Jackson, Cecile (1997) Post poverty, gender and development? IDS Bulletin, 28 (3). pp. 145-155. ISSN 1759-5436

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Abstract

Poverty reduction lies at the heart of development discourses and practice. Yet it is a notion which is rooted in Enlightenment thought, and increasingly questioned by the intellectual currents which deny universalist ideas of progress and well-being. Similarly, much western feminism also invokes the promise of modernity, and faces postist challenges. This article looks at postmodernist arguements which critique the universalising character of current poverty reduction approaches – Sen's capabilities framework in particular – for what they signify for GAD's own emerging agenda on poverty: gender relationships. It attempts to indicate a way through what can be experienced as a disempowering critique. It does this by bringing together ‘materialist’ and ‘culturalist’ perspectives on poverty in the idea of the embodied subjectivity of women which transcends physical/mental dualism. The article draws on the work of Nancy Fraser and Seyla Benhabib towards a more discursively oriented way of thinking about gendered poverty and development. It also argues for the validity of universalist concepts of gender justice, and envisages a role for development intervention.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Experimental Economics (former - to 2017)
Depositing User:	Abigail Dalgleish
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2011 13:40
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2023 11:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/33821
DOI:	10.1111/j.1759-5436.1997.mp28003012.x

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