Narayanaswamy, L orcid.org/0000-0003-1172-0583 (2016) Whose feminism counts? Gender(ed) Knowledge and Professionalisation in Development. Third World Quarterly, 37 (12). pp. 2156-2175. ISSN 0143-6597
Abstract
Gender and development has become a transnational discourse and has, as a result, generated its own elite elements. This elitism has tended to be attributed to a Northern hegemony in how feminism has been articulated and then subsequently professionalized and bureaucratized. What has received less attention, and what this paper highlights empirically, is how Southern-based feminisms might themselves be sites of discursive exclusion. This paper interrogates these concerns through an analysis of how professionalisation is evidenced in feminist engagement amongst civil society organisations working on gender in New Delhi, India. The analysis suggests that efforts to create spaces for subaltern voices are constrained not only by the disciplining effects of neoliberal frameworks, but also – and in tandem – by Southern elite feminist priorities. The implications of these findings are significant: processes of professionalisation and the elitism they engender may have the effect of potentially precluding the engagement of those people on the margins whose voices are so sought after as part of efforts to facilitate inclusive development.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2016, Southseries Inc. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Third World Quarterly on 9 May 2016, available online: 10.1080/01436597.2016.1173511http://dx.doi.org/ |
Keywords: | gender and feminism; neoliberalization; participation and power; professionalisation; civil society |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2016 15:54 |
Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2017 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1173511 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/01436597.2016.1173511 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98398 |