1st Edition

Gendering Ethnicity Implications for Democracy Assistance

By Lori Handrahan Copyright 2002
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    274 Pages
    by Routledge

    Democracy, anticipated by American and other Western powers to prevent economic chaos and political conflict within and among states, is not evolving as expected. This research argues that part of the failure resides in United States democracy assistance's inadequate consideration of gender within democracy programming.

    Introduction 1.The Significance of Feminist Research 2.Gendering Ethnicity 3. Gendering Democracy:Theory and Practice 4.Gender and Ethnicity in the Democratic Transition of Kyrgyzstan 5.Analyzing Identity in Kyrgyzstan:Fieldwork Method and Design 6.Gendered Attachments to Ethnicity:Survey Results 7.The Impact of Gendered Ethnicity on the Future of US Democratic Assistance Bibliography

    Biography

    Lori Handrahan