{"product_id":"9783031915604","title":"Gender, Development and Social Change","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGender, Development and Social Change\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFourshey, Catherine Cymone; Jaksch, Marla; Moletsane, Relebohile\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #242424; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;\"\u003eThis project draws on African feminisms to propose major questions about the agency of girls. The central research questions of the book are: what is the history of girlhood on the ground in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003evarious regions of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #242424; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; color: inherit;\"\u003e Africa? In African contexts, how are humanistic approaches helping social scientists and development practitioners to unravel some of the seemingly unsolvable challenges? And, finally, in what ways might development projects defined and shaped by adolescent African girls lead us to better understandings of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003echallenges they face\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #242424; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; color: inherit;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003ebeneficial as well as realistic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #242424; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; color: inherit;\"\u003esolutions and critical responses to poverty, development, and inequality? The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; color: inherit;\"\u003eauthors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; color: inherit;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eexpand\u003c\/span\u003e the existing conversation by drawing upon epistemological foundations emerging from groundbreaking work in the history of gender in Africa. The data and \u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eanalyses\u003c\/span\u003e presented in this work \u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003econtribute \u003c\/span\u003eto the fields of African politics, girlhood studies, African feminisms, \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eAfrican histories\u003c\/span\u003e, and development studies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-01-03\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031915604\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-91561-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 293\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44317746004108,"sku":"9783031915604","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031915604.jpg?v=1774037609","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031915604","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}