POLS1701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ester Boserup, Power (Social And Political), Grameen Bank
Lecture 9 - 08/05 - Women, Gender and Development
Public vs. Private Sphere:
public = usually state mediated
private = engaging with each other privately, with our own agency
personal is political
power operates informally in regulating our social and political relations
formal inequality does not necessarily equal substantive equality
in many societies, patriarchal relations did not always exist
they are an outcome of social transformations to capitalism
e.g. majority of women working in assembly lines
householding is not a part of the national economy - womens work not counted
leads to lack of entitlements - if they were at work for this time they would be paid
etc.
reproductive work = work necessary for the reproduction of society
class, race, culture, religion affect how women experience in/equality
women framed in a traditional way -> gendered social relations
small hands = perfect for assembly lines
consequences = productive vs reproductive roles
public/private sphere and the gender/women question
reproductive work = work necessary for the reproduction of society
women in global politics
distinction between high politics and low politics
high politics seen as state, military, etc.
low politics = invisible aspects of everyday life
Women and gender: visible and invisible?
measuring development: what if women counted?
colonial division of labour - focused more on economy rather than other social relations
Approaches to women, gender, and the developing world
Women in development
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Premised on the idea that we need to include women in dev. processes
emerged in 1970s - Ester Boserup
womens role in dev. has been underestimated and undervalued
theoretical base: liberal (modernisation)
focus: integrate - women into dev. programs, markets, etc
Contributions: women made more visible
neglects fact that women were already active agents in a reproductive sense
Critique: working within the existing framework of social power relations -
perspective is too narrow
add women and stir approach
Women and development
we have to think about women + dev., but also structures
not just bringing women in, but thinking about other structures of inequality
emerged from critique of WID
Theoretical base: dependency theory and radical (not liberal) explanations of
underdev.
focus: link between development processes and womens location within these
contributions: draws attention to inter/national power structures (of governance) that
contribute to unequal relations
Critique: focus on womens productive role
too limited?
does not foreground gender sufficiently?
Gender and development
developed from critique of both WID and WAD
about overcoming structures and relations
Theoretical base: socialist feminist thinking
focus: womens lives and gender
contributions: men & women (gender) are the focus - examines gender in the
private sphere
Critique: does not engage the question of political difference within feminism
Gender and the international division of labour
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Document Summary
Lecture 9 - 08/05 - women, gender and development. Women and gender: (cid:1684)visible(cid:1685) and (cid:1684)invisible(cid:1685)? measuring development: what (cid:1684)if women counted(cid:1685)? colonial division of labour - focused more on economy rather than other social relations. Approaches to women, gender, and the (cid:1684)developing world(cid:1685) Contributions: women made more visible neglects fact that women were already active agents in a reproductive sense. Critique: working within the existing framework of social power relations - perspective is too narrow (cid:1684)add women and stir(cid:1685) approach. Women and development we have to think about women + dev. , but also structures not just bringing women in, but thinking about other structures of inequality emerged from critique of wid. Theoretical base: dependency theory and (cid:1684)radical(cid:1685) (not liberal) explanations of underdev. focus: link between development processes and women(cid:1685)s location within these contributions: draws attention to inter/national power structures (of governance) that contribute to unequal relations.
