Women, gender and conditional cash transfers : interdisciplinary perspectives from studies of Bolsa Família /
Women, gender and conditional cash transfers : interdisciplinary perspectives from studies of Bolsa Família /
edited by Teresa Sacchet, Silvana Mariano and Cássia Maria Carloto.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 194 pages) : illustrations
"Conditional Cash Transfer Programs have been widely used throughout less developed countries to fight poverty and foster socioeconomic development. In Women, Gender and Conditional Cash Transfers, a multidisciplinary group of feminist scholars use survey data analysis, in-depth interviews, and ethnographic and archival research to explore the extent to which Bolsa Familia in Brazil contributes to women's autonomy and improves gender relations. Comprised of nine chapters, written by authors from different regions of Brazil, this book captures perspectives from across Brazil to explain these regional social inequalities and provide historical, and up-to-date, insights of this program from a feminist perspective. The authors are able to move beyond conventional feminist knowledge on CCTs, women and gender relations, through considering questions of gender raised in the specialized literature related to Bolsa Familia, and by addressing concerns of intersectional categories such as race, ethnicity, age and geographic location, Women, Gender and Conditional Cash Transfers will be of great interest not only to scholars of Latin American politics, but also to students of development policy, public policy and gender"--
9780429286131 0429286139 9781000173260 1000173267 9781000173246 1000173240 9781000173284 1000173283
Bolsa Família (Program)
Family services--Brazil.
Family allowances--Brazil.
Poor women--Services for--Brazil.
Poverty--Brazil.
Women--Economic conditions.--Brazil
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
HV700.B7 / W66 2021
362.83/985820981
"Conditional Cash Transfer Programs have been widely used throughout less developed countries to fight poverty and foster socioeconomic development. In Women, Gender and Conditional Cash Transfers, a multidisciplinary group of feminist scholars use survey data analysis, in-depth interviews, and ethnographic and archival research to explore the extent to which Bolsa Familia in Brazil contributes to women's autonomy and improves gender relations. Comprised of nine chapters, written by authors from different regions of Brazil, this book captures perspectives from across Brazil to explain these regional social inequalities and provide historical, and up-to-date, insights of this program from a feminist perspective. The authors are able to move beyond conventional feminist knowledge on CCTs, women and gender relations, through considering questions of gender raised in the specialized literature related to Bolsa Familia, and by addressing concerns of intersectional categories such as race, ethnicity, age and geographic location, Women, Gender and Conditional Cash Transfers will be of great interest not only to scholars of Latin American politics, but also to students of development policy, public policy and gender"--
9780429286131 0429286139 9781000173260 1000173267 9781000173246 1000173240 9781000173284 1000173283
Bolsa Família (Program)
Family services--Brazil.
Family allowances--Brazil.
Poor women--Services for--Brazil.
Poverty--Brazil.
Women--Economic conditions.--Brazil
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
HV700.B7 / W66 2021
362.83/985820981
