No Shortcut to Change: An Unlikely Path to a More Gender Equitable World
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (539 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1479817163 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
States increasingly promote women in government, ensure women’s economic rights and protect women from violence, all in the name of creating a more gender equitable world. No Shortcut to Change is a historical, theoretical, and political overview of why the common, liberal-feminist-driven ‘shortcut’ approach has not actually improved the status of women throughout the world—and why a new approach taking social, racial, and political hierarchies into account alongside gender is sorely needed. This innovati
. Kara Ellerby is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Political Science & International Relations and Women & Gender Studies at the University of Delaware
This is a powerful and lucid argument about why the gender inclusion model may not achieve feminist goals or provide a path to improving women's (or anyone else's) lives. “Kara Ellerby's book is necessary and required reading for all those engaged with debates on gender empowerment, equality, equity, or quotas in global or national contexts. Ellerby has advanced feminist thinking and politics.”-Inderpal Grewal,author of Transnational America: Feminisms, Diasporas, Neoliberalisms“No Shortcut to Change is a groundbreaking critique of common-sense approaches to improving gender equality throughout the world. A must-read book for anyone who seriously cares about this important issue.”-Laura Sjoberg,author of <