TY - BOOK AU - Kabeer,Naila AU - Stark,Agneta AU - Magnus,Edda ED - Sweden. TI - Global perspectives on gender equality: reversing the gaze T2 - Routledge/UNRISD research in gender and development SN - 9780415963497 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - HQ1237.5.S86 G56 2008 U1 - 305.4209485 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Sex discrimination against women KW - Sweden KW - Norway KW - Cross-cultural studies N1 - "The Expert Group in Development Issues (EGDI)--P. [v]."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Reversing the gaze; Naila Kabeer, Edda Magnus, and Agneta Stark --; The transition to mass literacy : comparative insights from Sweden and Pakistan; Haris Gazdar --; Gender and the family in public policy : a comparative view of Argentina and Sweden; Elizabeth Jelin --; Maternalist politics in Norway and the Islamic Republic of Iran; Shahra Razavi --; Challenging the male norm of employment : evidence from Sweden, Norway, and Hungary; Beata Nagy --; Sexual politics and social policy : Swedish policy reviewed; Ramya Subrahmanian --; "Women are like boats" : discourse, policy, and collective action in Sweden and India; Seema Arora-Jonsson --; Quotas and interest representation : South Africa and Sweden in comparative perspective; Shireen Hassim --; What's in that little book? Gender statistics and the Nordic road map toward evidence-based policies in Africa; Bola Akanji --; Institutionalising equality : putting gender issues at the centre in Mexico and Sweden; Francisco Cos-Montiel --; Don't disturb the men : a viable gender equality strategy?; Agneta Stark --; Passion, pragmatism, and the politics of advocacy : the Nordic experience through a "gender and development" lens; Naila Kabeer ER -