Negotiating development in Muslim societies
Subtitle: gendered spaces and translocal connections
By: edited by Gudrun Lachenmann and Petra Dannecker.
Contributors: Lachenmann, Gudrun.; Dannecker, Petra.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780739126196
Subjects: Women in politics -- Islamic countries -- Case studies; Women -- Islamic countries -- Case studies; Women's rights -- Islamic countries -- Case studies; Women in development -- Islamic countries -- Case studies; Non-governmental organizations -- Islamic countries -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Negotiating Development in Muslim Societies explores the negotiation processes of global development concepts such as gender equality, human rights, and poverty alleviation. It focuses on three countries that are undergoing different Islamization processes: Senegal, Sudan, and Malaysia. While much has been written about the hegemonic production and discursive struggle of development concepts globally, this book analyzes the negotiation of these development concepts locally and translocally. This comparative study examines the ways the activities of women's organizations and groups constitute new spaces by transferring and negotiating global development concepts, networking, and interactions with different local and translocal actors. Negotiating Development in Muslim Societies broadens the understanding of the relationship between gender, development, and Islam and the meanings of development in different cultural contexts in a globalizing world."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.