Preface to the 1997 Edition
Preface to the 1990 Edition
1. Introduction: "Gender Politics in Bureaucracy: Theoretical Issues in Comparative Perspective" – Kathleen Staudt
Part I: Women's Political Organizations: Links with Bureaucracy
2. "Who Needs [Sex] When You Can Have [Gender]? Conflicting Discourses at Beijing" – Sally Baden and Anne Marie Goetz
3. "Contradictions of a 'Women's Space' in a Male-Dominant State: The Political Role of the Commissions on the Status of Women in Postauthoritarian Brazil" – Sonia E. Alvarez
4. "Hierarchy and Class in Women's Organizations: A Case from Northern Mexico" – Gay Young
Part II: International Agencies
5. "Can an Aid Bureaucracy Empower Women?" – Karin Himmelstrand
6. "The Adaptability of International Development Agencies: The Response of the World Bank to Women in Development" – Nüket Kardam
7. "The Inter-American Foundation and Gender Issues: A Feminist View" – Sally W. Yudelman
8. "The Feminist Agenda in Population: Private Voluntary Organizations" – Judith Helzner and Bonnie Shepard
Part III. National Agencies
9. "The Malawi Case: Enclave Politics, Core Resistance, 'Nkhoswe No. 1'" – David Hirschmann
10. "Farming Women, Public Policy, and the Women's Ministry: A Case Study from Cameroon" – Barbara Lewis
11. "Tough Row to Hoe: Women in Nicaragua's Agricultural Cooperatives" – Rural Women's Research Team, Center for the Investigation and Study of Agrarian Reform (CIERA)
Part IV. Tinkering with Bureaucracy: Internal Politics, Procedures, and Plans
12. "Women in FAO Projects: Cases from Asia, the Near East, and Africa" – Alice Carloni
13. "Getting to the Third World: Agencies as Gatekeepers" – Katherine Jensen
14. "Planning Social Change: A Misdirected Vision" – Cathy Small
15. "Mainstreaming Women and Development: Four Agency Approaches" – Rounaq Jahan
16. Conclusion: "Strategies for the Future" – Kathleen Staudt and Kristen Timothy
List of Contributors
