Development, sexual rights and global governance

This book addresses how sexual practices and identities are imagined and regulated through development discourses and within institutions of global governance. The underlying premise of this volume is that the global development industry plays a central role in constructing people's sexual live...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Lind, Amy (auth)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge 2010
2010.
Edición:1 ed
Colección:RIPE series in global political economy ; 29.
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Sumario:This book addresses how sexual practices and identities are imagined and regulated through development discourses and within institutions of global governance. The underlying premise of this volume is that the global development industry plays a central role in constructing people's sexual lives, access to citizenship, and struggles for livelihood. Despite the industry's persistent insistence on viewing sexuality as basically outside the realm of economic modernization and anti-poverty programs, this volume brings to the fore heterosexual bias within macroeconomic and human ri
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (230 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135244590
9781135244606
9781282576544
9786612576546
9780203868348