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Gender and Development (Routledge Perspectives on Development)
by Janet MomsenGlobal financial problems, rising food prices, climate change, international migration - increasingly by women - conflict situations in many poor countries, the spread of tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue fever and the increased incidence of HIV/AIDS and TB, and changing patterns of trade... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Gender and Development (Routledge Perspectives on Development)
by Janet MomsenThis revised and updated third edition of Gender and Development provides a concise, accessible introduction to gender and development issues in the developing world and in the transition countries of Eastern and Central Europe. The nine chapters include discussions on: changes in theoretical appr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Environmental Planning in the Caribbean (Urban Planning and Environment)
by Janet MomsenIllustrated by case studies from both smaller nations - such as Carriacou, Barbados and St Lucia - and larger countries - including Cuba, Mexico and Jamaica - this volume brings together leading writers on environmental planning in the Caribbean to provide an interdisciplinary contemporary critical ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2006 -
Women and Development in the Third World (Routledge Introductions to Development)
by Janet MomsenFor all societies, the common denominator of gender is female subordination. For women of the Third World the effects of this position are worsened by economic crisis, the legacy of colonialism, as well as patriarchal attitudes and economic crises.Feminist critique has introduced the gender factor t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1991 -
Tourism and Agriculture: New Geographies of Consumption, Production and Rural Restructuring (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility)
Shifting global consumption patterns, tastes and attitudes towards food, leisure, travel and place have opened new opportunities for rural producers in the form of agritourism, ecotourism, wine, food and rural tourism and specialized niche market agricultural production for tourism. Agriculture is o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Development (Routledge International Handbooks)
The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Development provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for gender and development policy making and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. Specifically, it provides critical reviews and appraisals of the current state of gender a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Bridging Worlds - Building Feminist Geographies: Essays in Honour of Janice Monk (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place)
This book marks the 30th anniversary of the IGU Commission on Gender and Geography, honouring the contributions of Janice Monk in establishing the field of feminist geography. The collection is published as part of the series International Studies of Women and Place that Janice Monk co-edited with J... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
British Prose Poetry: The Poems Without Lines
by Jane MonsonThis book is the first collection of essays on the British prose poem. With essays by leading academics, critics and practitioners, the book traces the British prose poem’s unsettled history and reception in the UK as well as its recent popularity. The essays cover the nineteenth, twentieth and twen... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Gender and Rural Globalization: International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development
by Anne Cassidy • Monika Agarwal • Mark Riley • Margaret Alston • Janet Momsen • Wendy Harcourt • Sally Shortall • Heather Sangster • Jessica Duncan • Berit Brandth • Angela Calvo • Megan Canning • Francesca Alice Centrone • Majda Cernic Istenic • Chrysanthi Charatsari • Elisabeth Garner • Donatella Greco • Marit S. Haugen • Susie Jacobs • Lori Ann McVay • Ilona Matysiak • Peter Mollinga • Angela Mosso • Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill • Nargiza Nizamedinkhodjayeva • Carolyn Sachs • Susanne Stenbacka • Margreet van der Burg • Chiara ZanettiThis book explores how rural gender relations are changing in a globalising world that fundamentally impacts on the structure of agricultural life in rural areas and urban-rural relations. It analyses the development of rural gender relations in specific places around the world and looks into the ef... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Gender at the Border: Entrepreneurship in Rural Post-Socialist Hungary (Border Regions Ser.)
Looking at two contrasting border regions, one in western Hungary, one in the east of the country, this volume is the first to combine an examination of border related issues with gender and economic development. By comparing and critically analyzing the relative levels of encouragement of entrepren... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Gender, Migration and Domestic Service (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place)
This book examines a wide range of migration patterns which have arisen, and exposes the tensions and difficulties including: * legal and empowerment issues * cultural and language diversities and barriers * the impact of live-in employment. The book features case studies taken from Europe, South an... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2000 -
Different Places, Different Voices: Gender and Development in Africa, Asia and Latin America (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place)
Different Places, Different Voices challenges Western feminist and post-colonial approaches in its analysis of the changing lives of women of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania. Recognising the significance of place, this is a book informed by the voices of female geographers from the developin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1993 -
Building the Spatial University: Spatial Thinking, Learning, and Service Throughout the System
This volume discusses the concept of The Spatial University as part of the broad growth of spatial science and the need for spatial infrastructure in colleges and universities. The book centers on the development of U-Spatial, the spatial science infrastructure at the University of Minnesota that of... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Frameworks for Practice in Educational Psychology: A Textbook for Trainees and Practitioners
by Stephen Joseph • Barbara Kelly • Tommy Mackay • Geoff Lindsay • Jane Leadbetter • James Boyle • Ioan Rees • Lisa Woolfson • Andrew Richard • Gillian Rhydderch • Patsy Wagner • Jey Monsen • Fraser Lauchlan • John Gameson • Norah Frederickson • Robert BurdenThis textbook assesses existing and emerging practice frameworks in educational psychology and their relation to theory. Covering current frameworks, such as the Monsen et al. Problem-Solving Framework, the Integrated Problem Solving Framework for Practitioners and the Constructionist Model, as wel... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Frameworks for Practice in Educational Psychology, Second Edition: A Textbook for Trainees and Practitioners
by Susan Dean • Stephen Joseph • Barbara Kelly • Tommy Mackay • Sandra Dunsmuir • Geoff Lindsay • Jane Leadbetter • James Boyle • Ioan Rees • Gillian Rhydderch • Patsy Wagner • Fraser Lauchlan • John Gameson • Norah Frederickson • Andrew Richards • Bob Burden • Jeremy Monsen • Lisa Marks Woolfson • Michael E. HarkerNow in its second edition, this comprehensive textbook presents a rich overview of approaches to educational psychology, through an in-depth exploration of both existing and emerging practice frameworks. Covering established techniques such as the Monsen et al. Problem-Solving Framework and the Con... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Health Humanities Reader
by Mark Vonnegut • Audrey Shafer • Martha Stoddard Holmes • Howard Brody • Jeff Nisker • Bradley Lewis • Rosemarie Tong • Ian Williams • Sander L. Gilman • Rafael Campo • Daniel Goldberg • Michael Rowe • Thomas R. Cole • Alice Dreger • Joseph N. Straus • Jonathan M. Metzl • Arthur W. Frank • E. Ann Kaplan • Rebecca Hester • John Lantos • Shelley Wall • Alan Bleakley • Marjorie Levine-Clark • Michael Sappol • Mark Clark • Professor Therese Jones • Professor Delese Wear • Professor Lester D. Friedman • David H. Flood • Rhonda L. Soricelli • Lisa Keränen • Martin F. Norden • Professor Lisa I. Iezzoni • Felicia Cohn • Martha Montello • Amy Haddad • Rebecca Garden • Jack Coulehan • Professor Bernice Hausman • Gretchen A. Case • Allen Peterkin • Susan M. Squier • Sayantani DasGupta • Maren Grainger-Monsen • Benjamin Saxton • Jerald Winakur • Anne Hudson Jones • Tod Chambers • Raymond C. Barfield • Lucy Selman • Jeffrey P. Bishop • Catherine Belling • Paul Root Wolpe • Professor Allison B. Kavey • Julie M. Aultman • Michael Blackie • Erin Gentry Lamb • Jay BaruchOver the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014