Intersecting inequalities : women and social policy in Peru, 1990-2000 /

Intersecting inequalities : women and social policy in Peru, 1990-2000 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Boesten, Jelke.
Imprint:	University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.
Description:	xviii, 174 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Poor women -- Government policy -- Peru. Poor women -- Services for -- Peru. Poor women -- Peru -- Social conditions. Equality -- Peru. Equality. Poor women -- Government policy. Poor women -- Services for. Poor women -- Social conditions. Social policy. Peru -- Social policy. Peru.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8122750

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ISBN:	9780271036700 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271036702 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Examines how food aid, population policies and policy against domestic violence reflected and reproduced existing inequalities based on race, class and gender in 1990s Peru"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
1. Introduction: Intersecting Inequalities
2. The Peruvian State and (Poor) Women
3. Food Aid, Motherhood, and Women's Work
4. Population Policies, Poverty, and Women's Bodies
5. Violence, Democracy, and Resistance
6. Revisiting Women
References
Index