Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: the gender politics of development

Organization of the book

1 | Gender, nationalism and 'nation-building'

Gender and nationalism

Imaging a nation

Nationalist movements and the 'self-determination' of women

Codifying nationalism

Conclusion

2 | Women and the post-colonial state

Women in struggle

Negotiating boundaries

Conclusion: in and against the state?

3 | Theorizing gender and democratization

Feminist engagements

Gender and democratization

Democratization and entitlements

Democratization and globalization

In conclusion

4 | Mainstreaming gender, democratizing the state?

Defining issues

Can state institutions promote women's interests?

National machineries for women

Democratization of the state

5 | Quotas in context

The context

Quota discourses in South Asia

Quota provisions in local government: a comparative perspective

Quotas in practice: do they make a difference?

Conclusion

6 | Globalization, development and global governance

Framing the global governance literature

Defining global governance

Challenges by and for feminist politics

7 | Knowledge and/as power

Women inventors, invented stories

The World Trade Organization and intellectual property rights

Trade Related Intellectual Property rights - national and gender perspectives

Conclusions

8 | Networking across borders

Agents of knowledge, knowledge as power

SARN as a regional network: working across political borders

Conclusion: understanding the politics of knowledge networks

Conclusion: what hopes, why despair?

Notes

Bibliography

Index