Unjust Conditions: Women's Work and the Hidden Cost of Cash Transfer Programs

Author:   Tara Patricia Cookson
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520296992


Pages:   212
Publication Date:   10 May 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Tara Patricia Cookson
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780520296992


ISBN 10:   0520296990
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   10 May 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Map of Peru 1 Introduction: Making Aid Conditional 2 Setting the Conditions 3 The Ironic Conditions of Clinics and Schools 4 Rural Women Walking and Waiting 5 Paid and Unpaid Labor on the Frontline State 6 Shadow Conditions and the Immeasurable Burden of Improvement 7 Conclusion: Toward a Caring Society Notes References Index

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A nuanced analysis of a widely implemented and evaluated approach to poverty reduction . . . Unjust Conditions is a must-read for those interested in the political-economic drivers of poverty, as well as researchers, students and practitioners of development, gender and labour, and governance and social policy who wish to understand CCT from a critical perspective. * Anthropologica * ...provides an excellent ethnographic study of the implementation of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme, commonly known as `Juntos' (Together), in Peru. . . .This is a `must read' for all those with an interest in the gendered and racialised nature of poverty, and the shortcomings of current poverty reduction policies. * Gender & Development *


...provides an excellent ethnographic study of the implementation of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme, commonly known as `Juntos' (Together), in Peru. . . .This is a `must read' for all those with an interest in the gendered and racialised nature of poverty, and the shortcomings of current poverty reduction policies. * Gender & Development *


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Tara Patricia Cookson is a SSHRC Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia and the founder of Ladysmith, a women’s equality venture. Her research on gender, international development, and social justice has been published in a variety of public and policy outlets as well as in academic journals such as Antipode. 

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