The Political Economy of Gender and Development

Paper Code: 
WMS-223
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This paper addresses the issues of women and economic development connecting the local to the global. It also attempts to review development concepts with reference to women’s existence.

 

12.00

Economic Activities - Introduction, Breton woods Conferences, WTO and marginalization of women’s Work

 

12.00

Production and Distribution: Formal and Informal Labour and space of women

 

12.00

Different Sectors of Indian Economy: Industry and Agriculture and women’s visibility

 

 

 

 

 

12.00

Patterns of Consumption: Intra Household Divisions, Entitlements and Bargaining, Unpaid Labour and the Care Economy.

 

12.00

Concepts of Development, Underdevelopment and Human Development.

  1. Alternatives to Development Models: Environment and Feminist Critiques of Development.
  2. Engendering Development, WID-WAD: GID-GAD; International Funders and the Rhetoric of Development.

 

 

Essential Readings: 

Unit I

Chandiramani, Nilima, World Trade Organisations and Globalisation, An Indian Overview, Shroff Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai 1999, pp 37-42, 111-117, 125-132.

Acharya, Sarthi, ‘Women’s Work and Economic Development’ in Krishnaraj, Maithreyi, Women Studies in India, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1986

Unit II

Dr. Tripathy S.N. and Das, Soudamani, Informal Women Labour in India, Discovery Publishing House, New Delhi 110002

Gandhi, Nandita and Shah, Nandita, ‘Labouring for Love and Wages’ in The Issues at Stake, Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1992   

Unit III

‘Economic Reforms and Agriculture’ in Joshi, Mahesh V, Economic Reforms in India, APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, pp 1-43. 

Unit IV

Palriwal, Rajni, Economics and Patriliny: Consumption and Authority within the Household, in Mary E John ed. Women’s Studies in India, A Reader, Penguin Books, 2008, pp 414-424.

Unit V

Ghatak, Subrata, Introduction to Development Economics, Routledge, Delhi 2007 pp 351-361 (Structural Adjustment and Development)

References: 
  1. IAWS, Feminist Approaches to Economic Theory, A Report, Delhi, 1995
  2. Anita Banerji and Raj Kumar Sen, (eds), Women and Economic Development, Deep and Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi 110027 2000
  3. Dr.(Mrs) Murty S, Women and Employment, RBSA Publishers, Jaipur 2001
  4. Kishwar, Madhu and Vanita, Ruth (eds) In Search of Answers, Horizon India Books, New Delhi 1991
  5. Krishnaraj, Maithreyi and Chanana, Karuna, Gender and the Household Domain, Sage Publications, New Delhi 1989 Preface and Introduction
  6. Mahajan, V.S., Women’s Contribution to India’s Economic and Social Development, Deep and Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi 1989
  7. Dr. Awasthi, D.S. ed., Readings in Economics Series, Role of Women in Economic Development, The Indian Economic Association, Sahitya Ratnalaya, Kanpur 208001

 

Academic Session: 
2018-19
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