Through the Gender Lens

A Century of Social and Political Development in Nigeria
Herausgeber: Soetan, Funmi; Akanji, Bola

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A cross-sectoral overview of social and political development policies and practices and their gender outcomes in Nigeria, this volume describes the status of women and men under the colonial and post-colonial policy regimes, unearthing the gender relations and gender (in)equality outcomes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 747g
• ISBN-13: 9781498564724
• ISBN-10: 1498564720
• Artikelnr.: 53928914

Autorenporträt

Funmi Soetan is professor of economics at Obafemi Awolowo University. Bola Akanji is adjunct professor of gender studies at University of Connecticut and Quinnipiac University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Gender Inequality in Socio-Political Development of the
Nigerian Nation-State: An Empirical Glimpse
Bola Akanji and Funmi Soetan
Chapter Two: Gender and State Formation: A Comparative Study of Latin
America and Africa
Bola Akanji, Tope Osanyintuyi, Michael Akanji and Christian Ubani
Chapter Three: Gender-Based Power Differentials and Sexual and Reproductive
Health in Nigeria
Funmi Soetan and Bola Lukman Solanke
Chapter Four: Re-Thinking Gender Roles towards Promotion of Socio-Economic
Advancement: Evolution of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria
Helen Aderemi
Chapter Five: Analysis of Gender-inclusiveness of Education Policies and
Practices in Nigeria: Colonialism as Cause and Effect
Bola Akanji and Kolade Odekunle
Chapter Six: Environmental Change, Gender and Sustainable Development in
Nigeria
Yinka Adesina and Theophilus Odekunle
Chapter Seven: Gender, Youth and Agricultural Development: Reflecting on
the Centenarian Status of the Nigerian State
Dixon Torimiro
Chapter Eight: Gender, Citizenship and Democratic Governance in Nigeria
Funmi Para-Malam
Chapter Nine: Do we Understand the Value of Women in Political Leadership
in Nigeria's History?
Irene Pogoson
Chapter Ten: Gender, Culture and Development Debates in Nigeria.
Funmi Soetan, I.O. Olomola, Modupe Kolawole
Chapter Eleven: Women's Activism for Gender Equality and Social Justice in
Nigeria (1900-2015)
Kehinde Olayode
Chapter Twelve: Resisting Structural Violence: Continuity and Change in
Women's Street Protests in Nigeria
Isaac Olawale Albert