Paved with Good Intentions: The Structural Impact of Gender on Post-Conflict Reconstruction Policy Implementation

dc.contributor.advisorScimecca, Joseph A.
dc.contributor.authorDegi, Elizabeth A.
dc.creatorDegi, Elizabeth A.
dc.date2012-07-19
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-08T14:20:37Z
dc.date.availableNO_RESTRICTION
dc.date.available2012-10-08T14:20:37Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-08
dc.description.abstractThis thesis traces the outcomes of a legal reform enacted in Bali to address unintended consequences of a World Bank policy that undermined women’s economic, legal and human rights. This qualitative exploratory inquiry emphasizes how cultural concepts of gender structurally influenced the legal reform; both the construction of the policy, and the outcomes stemming from its implementation. The analysis suggests that policy measures intended to ‘empower’ women which fail to address the influence of gender in the formation and functioning of social institutions reinforce conceptualizations of gender that constrain women’s autonomy and reify patriarchal sociocultural institutions. This work seeks to allow women’s voices to reflect back on and reciprocally transform social theories and practices. This thesis is intended to contribute to theoretical understandings of the influence of gender in legal reform efforts.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/7966
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectDomestic violence
dc.subjectPost-conflict
dc.subjectEmpowerment
dc.subjectInternational development
dc.subjectRule of law
dc.titlePaved with Good Intentions: The Structural Impact of Gender on Post-Conflict Reconstruction Policy Implementation
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelMaster's
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Sociology

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