Devonya, your student might also look at the work of the development
economist, Esther Duflo, who has several papers that attempt to measure
the effects of having women in leadership positions. Some paper titles
include: "Gender Equality in Development," "Why Political
Reservations," "Unappreciated Service: Performance, Perceptions, and
Women Leaders in India," and "Women as Policy Makers: Evidence from a
Randomized Policy Experiment in India." Her website with links to these
papers is here: http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/eduflo/papers.
Best wishes,
Sarah
Sarah Song
Professor of Law and Political Science
University of California, Berkeley
Nancy J. Hirschmann wrote:
> I hate to be the one to mention it, but there is the most obvious:
> Nussbaum's Women and Human Development.....you may not agree with the
> capabilities approach, or her particular take on "third world women,"
> but its goal as Nussbaum articulates it in this book is to empower
> poor women.
>
> There's also Tazul Islam, Microcredit and Poverty Alleviation, Sylvia
> Chant, Gender, Generation and Poverty, and of course the U.N.'s
> Womenwatch. Nancy
>
> Nancy J. Hirschmann
> R. Jean Brownlee Endowed Term Chair
> Graduate Chair
> Department of Political Science
> The University of Pennsylvania
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>
> /"Nothing serves as well as obscurity to make shallowness look
> profound"--Walter Kaufman/
>
>
>
> On Sep 21, 2010, at 4:29 PM, Diana Meyers wrote:
>
>> If you're looking for philosophy papers, Christine Koggel has written
>> about
>> this topic -- e.g., in Embodiment and Agency (Penn State Press). Diana
>>
>> ******************************************************************
>> Diana Tietjens Meyers
>> Ignacio Ellacurķa SJ Chair of Social Ethics and
>> Professor of Philosophy
>> Loyola University, Chicago
>> 1032 W. Sheridan Road
>> Chicago IL 60660
>> Phone: 773-508-2295
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Feminist ethics and social theory
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 3:21 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: Seeking resources for student writing a thesis on women's
>> empowerment
>>
>> H Devonya,
>>
>> Here are three sources that address your student's topic, two perhaps
>> unexpected, the third not.
>>
>> 1. "Women as Agents of Geopolitical Change" (From pp. 16-17 of Global
>> Trends 2025: A Transformed World, released in November 2008 by the
>> National
>> Intelligence Council, and available at
>> http://www.dni.gov/nic/NIC_2025_project.html)
>> <http://www.dni.gov/nic/NIC_2025_project.html%29>
>>
>> 2. There is a section on your student's topic in The Pentagon's New
>> Map by
>> Thomas P.M. Barnett (an "American military geostrategist" -- i think
>> he is
>> a neocon, but i'm not sure).
>>
>> 3. Nicholas Kristof address this topic in a March 4, 2010 column in
>> The New
>> York Times, titled "Divorced Before Puberty."
>>
>> I hope these resources are helpful for your student.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Tom Digby
>> Professor of Philosophy
>> Springfield College
>> 263 Alden Street
>> Springfield, MA 01109
>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> "Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire."
>> --William Butler Yeats
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Havis <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: 09/21/2010 12:20 AM
>> Subject: Seeking resources for student writing a thesis on women's
>> empowerment
>> Sent by: Feminist ethics and social theory <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I am advising a thesis in which the student is looking to make an
>> argument that empowering women and girls, particularly in developing
>> nations, ultimately leads to an overall improvement in the conditions
>> for everyone. The topic is rather broad but i was wondering if anyone on
>> the list has done work in this area. Any suggestions would be welcome.
>> Please feel free to contact me off list at [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your assistance,
>> Devonya
>>
>> --
>> Devonya N. Havis, Ph.D.
>>
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