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  • GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
    JANET MOMSEN
    This 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 approaches, gender complexities and the Sustainable Development Goals; social and biol...

    $1,320.00

  • GENDER AT THE BORDER
    JANET HENSHALL MOMSEN
    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 entrepreneurial activities and gender differences, it highlights the importance of border...

    $860.00

  • ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN THE CARIBBEAN
    JANET MOMSEN
    Illustrated 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 overview. They argue that context is central to the practice of environmental p...

    $1,460.00

  • TOURISM AND AGRICULTURE
    REBECCA MARIA TORRES AND JANET HENSHALL MOMSEN
    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 one of the oldest and most basic parts of the global economy, while tourism is on...

    $1,320.00

  • WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD
    JANET MOMSEN
    For 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 to development theory, arguing that the equal distribution of the benefits of eco...

    $1,200.00

  • GENDER, MIGRATION AND DOMESTIC SERVICE
    JANET HENSHALL MOMSEN
    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 and North America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa and uses original fieldwork using q...

    $1,160.00