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The political economy of gender in the twentieth-century Caribbean /

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The political economy of gender in the twentieth-century Caribbean /

[Book]

Eudine Barriteau.

New York :

Palgrave,

2001.

xvi, 214 pages :

maps ;

22 cm.

International political economy series

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-201) and index.

1. Introduction: Mapping the Terrain -- Political Culture and Demography -- Aims and Objectives -- Barbadian Political Economy: a Case Study -- Race and Racism -- The Barbados Economic Model -- Men and the State -- Gendered Development Planning -- 2. Theorizing the State and Gender Systems in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean -- Theorizing Gender Systems in the Caribbean -- Gender and Gender Systems Defined -- The Methodologies of Gender Analysis -- The Distinguishing Features of Caribbean Gender Systems -- The Post-Independent State and the Enlightenment Legacy -- The State and Modernization Strategies -- Theorizing Gender Relations in the Post-Independent State -- 3. Women and Gender Relations in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean -- Caribbean Women and Gender Relations -- 1900-37: Economic and Social Deprivation -- 1937-50s: Nationalist Developments -- Indo-Caribbean Women in the Public Domain -- 1950s-1970s: Independence and Nation Building -- Migration, Matrifocality and Economic Development -- Women and Political Participation -- 1970s-2000: Economic Restructuring/Gender Backlash -- Conclusion: Toward the Millennium Round? -- 4. Constructing Gender Containing Women: Promoting Gender Equity in Caribbean States -- Institutional Mechanisms within the State -- Limitations of the WID Discourse -- Liberal Feminism and Women-in-Development -- Socialist Feminism and Women-in-Development -- Gender-and-Development and Women? -- Gender and Policy Confusion in the Caribbean -- Caribbean Male Marginality and Gender Equity -- 5. Gender Systems in an Independent Caribbean State: the Barbadian Case -- Colonial Development Planning -- Political Parties and the Creation of Gender Ideologies -- Constructing Gender Roles in Economic Development -- Women's Fertility and Reproducing the Labor Force -- 6. Women, the Economy and the State -- The State and Entrepreneurial Development -- Profile of Women Entrepreneurs -- Race/Racism and Ethnicity -- The Business Environment and Women's Economic Agency -- Industrial Sectors -- Ownership Patterns -- Sources of Investment Capital -- Major Problems Experienced -- Perceptions on Size of Operations -- Assessment of Performance -- Characteristics for Success -- Government Assistance -- Macroeconomic Linkages -- Sources of Support -- Networking -- Work/Home Role Conflict -- Future of Women in Entrepreneurship -- Rethinking Women's Economic Behavior -- 7. Rethinking Gender and Development for the Twenty-First Century -- Trinidad and Tobago: from WID to GAD -- Jamaica: Using Gender Analysis to Improve Women's Condition -- Barbados: the Invisibility of Programming on Women -- The Limitations of Existing Research -- Rethinking Development Policy -- Revising Theoretical Claims -- Postmodernist Feminist Openings -- Future Directions in Research on Gender -- Research on Men and Masculinities -- Women and the Economy.

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Man-woman relationships-- Caribbean Area.

Sex discrimination against women-- Caribbean Area.

Women-- Barbados.

Women-- Caribbean Area-- Economic conditions.

Women in development-- Caribbean Area.

Man-woman relationships.

Sex discrimination against women.

Women-- Economic conditions.

Women in development.

Women.

Barbados.

Caribbean Area.

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