Rethinking Agency: Developmentalism, Gender and Rights

by Sumi Madhok

Book Overview

This book proposes a new theoretical framework for agency thinking by examining the ethical, discursive and practical engagements of a group of women development workers in north-west India with developmentalism and individual rights.

Rethinking Agency asks an underexplored question, tracks the entry, encounter, experience and practice of developmentalism and individual rights, and examines their normative and political trajectory. Through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138660264
• ISBN13: 9781138660267
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"