The International Handbook of Gender and Poverty: Concepts, Research, Policy

by Sylvia H. Chant

Book Overview

In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a range of disciplinary and professional perspectives, achieving extensive thematic as well as geographical coverage. This benchmark volume presents women's and men's experiences of gendered poverty with respect to a vast spectrum of intersecting issues including local...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184844334X
• ISBN13: 9781848443341
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 736 Pages