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Gender and international aid in Afghanistan [electronic resource] : the politics and effects of intervention / Lina Abirafeh.

By:

Abirafeh, Lina, 1974-

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

Publication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2009.Description: viii, 224 p. : illSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

DDC classification:

305.4209581 22

LOC classification:

HQ1236.5.A3 A25 2009eb

Online resources:

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Contents:

An agenda for social change -- Discourses on Chaddari politics -- Gender and the aid apparatus -- Transplanting democracy -- Afghaniyat and the gender order -- Maida, Maida -- This is Afghanistan -- Violence in the aftermath -- Insecurities and ideological occupations.

Summary: "This book seeks to understand the tenuous relationship between social indicators and aid dynamics; the advancing of the gender agenda through Afghanistan's 2005 parliamentary elections; and the journey from policy formulation to interpretation to implementation through the voices of policy-makers, policy implementers, NGO leaders, and Afghanistan specialists. The final chapter is voices of Afghan women and men"--Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Book	Strathmore University (Main Library) Online Resource		Link to resource	Not for loan

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book seeks to understand the tenuous relationship between social indicators and aid dynamics; the advancing of the gender agenda through Afghanistan's 2005 parliamentary elections; and the journey from policy formulation to interpretation to implementation through the voices of policy-makers, policy implementers, NGO leaders, and Afghanistan specialists. The final chapter is voices of Afghan women and men"--Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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