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The Political Economy of Gender in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Eudine Barriteau

    1. Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Mapping the Terrain

    • Eudine Barriteau
    Pages 1-19

  3. Theorizing the State and Gender Systems in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean

    • Eudine Barriteau
    Pages 20-44

  4. Women and Gender Relations in the Twentieth-Century Caribbean

    • Eudine Barriteau
    Pages 45-73

  5. Constructing Gender Containing Women: Promoting Gender Equity in Caribbean States

    • Eudine Barriteau
    Pages 74-94

  6. Gender Systems in an Independent Caribbean State: the Barbadian Case

    • Eudine Barriteau
    Pages 95-120

  7. Women, the Economy and the State

    • Eudine Barriteau
    Pages 121-150

  8. Rethinking Gender and Development for the Twenty-First Century

    • Eudine Barriteau
    Pages 151-178

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 179-214
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About this book

Eudine Barriteau exposes the precarious position of women in twentieth century Caribbean societies through analyzing the operations of gender systems. She reveals the absence of gender justice and equity, and demonstrates that after twenty-five years of policies on women, Caribbean societies still have not confronted the fundamental problem of women's subordination and the conditions that maintain this. The strategies used by developing states to focus on women are criticised as inadequate and it is recommended that state and society pay more attention to understanding the lives of women.

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'This is a timely contribution to the debates on gender issues in the Caribbean. ..this book would seve as an excellent textbook for undergraduate students in courses on gender and development, as it pushes against commonly accepted tenets of gender relations in the Caribbean. Barriteau is to be commended for writing a thoughtful book that pushes against conventional perceptions of Caribbean women as essentially favoured economic and political citizens.' - Lyla Brown, Black and Asian Studies Association

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados

    Eudine Barriteau

About the author

EUDINE BARRITEAU is Director of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. She has been a Publications Specialist at UNESCO/CARNEID and a trained teacher at St. George Secondary School, Barbados.

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