Gender, Activism, and International Development Intervention in Kyrgyzstan

by Joanna Pares Hoare

The collapse of the Soviet Union brought about the sudden expansion of the 'developing world', as the populations of many of the former Soviet republics were abruptly plunged into poverty and international development agencies rushed to their aid. In this account of development intervention since 1991 in Kyrgyzstan, one of these republics, Joanna Pares Hoare draws on feminist critiques to chart how concepts of gender equality, civil society, and activism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900446123X
• ISBN13: 9789004461239
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 288 Pages