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Gendering the World Bank

Neoliberalism and the Gendered Foundations of Global Governance

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Penny Griffin

    1. University of New South Wales, Australia

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Neoliberalism, Gender and Global Governance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-22
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    2. Discourse, Sex and Gender in Global Governance

      • Penny Griffin
      Pages 23-48

    3. Analysing ‘The Economy’

      • Penny Griffin
      Pages 49-82

    4. Analysing the World Bank

      • Penny Griffin
      Pages 83-109

  3. Gender in/and World Bank Policy-Making

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-112
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    2. World Bank Policy-Making (1): Gender in/and the World Bank

      • Penny Griffin
      Pages 113-145

    3. World Bank Policy-Making (2): Reproducing (Economically Viable) Gender Norms

      • Penny Griffin
      Pages 146-170

    4. World Bank Policy-Making (3): Gender, HIV/AIDS and Sub-Saharan Africa

      • Penny Griffin
      Pages 171-199

    5. Conclusion(s)

      • Penny Griffin
      Pages 200-210

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 211-243
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Gendering the World Bank provides an unusual, wide-ranging and accessible account of the constitution and effects of discourses of neoliberal governance. Paying particular attention to how gender matters in and to contemporary global governance, the author focuses in particular on the development discourse of the World Bank.

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Winner of the BISA International Political Economy Group Book Prize 2010

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of New South Wales, Australia

    Penny Griffin

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PENNY GRIFFIN is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

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