Intersecting Inequalities - Women and Social Policy in Peru, 1990–2000

As the only male head of state to address the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995, Alberto Fujimori projected an image as a promoter of progressive policies to improve the condition of women, especially the poor, in society. And indeed, during his tenure, the Peruvian government did pursue such policies in several areas, including poverty relief, population control, and domestic violence. In Intersecting Inequalities, Jelke Boesten uses these policies as case studies, examining the relationship between gender/race/class/ethnic divisions and the state in its project of nation building. Her investigation reveals that policies meant to further women's development and emancipation often reproduced the marginality they were supposed to fight. She also explores the strategies women developed to negotiate with and challenge the state.

About the author

Jelke Boesten is Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jelke Boesten, Jelke (Lecturer Boesten, Boesten Jelke
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2013
• EAN: 9780271036717
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03671-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government policies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General