Gendering the World Bank provides an unusual, wide-ranging and accessible account of the constitution and effects of discourses of neoliberal governance. Paying particular attention to how gender matters in and to contemporary global governance, the author focuses in particular on the development discourse of the World Bank.
Gendering the World Bank provides an unusual, wide-ranging and accessible account of the constitution and effects of discourses of neoliberal governance. Paying particular attention to how gender matters in and to contemporary global governance, the author focuses in particular on the development discourse of the World Bank.
1 Discourse, sex and gender in global governance 232 Analysing 'the economy' 493 Analysing the World Bank 834 World Bank policy-making (1) : gender in/and the World Bank 1135 World Bank policy-making (2) : reproducing (economically viable) gender norms 1466 World bank policy-making (3) : gender, HIV/AIDS and sub-Saharan Africa 171Conclusion(s) 200App. 1 Interviewee codes (anonymised) 211App. 2 Schedule of questions for interview 212Notes 218References 222Index 234