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"The dominant development model, primarily conceived as aWest-centric enterprise to modernize the post-colonial societies,did not realize the promised utopia of improved quality of life forall. Instead, increased poverty, economic and gender inequalitiesand degradation of environment have emerged as the accompanyingfallouts of development policies and practices during the past halfcentury.

With this as a backdrop, the book relooks at development,particularly globalization-driven neo-liberal development, througha gender lens. Raising some basic theoretical and ideologicalquestions, the essays address issues like economic and politicalempowerment, state-market-civil society interface, MDGs, challengesemanating from the socio-cultural structures/norms,gender-blind/neutral state policies, violence/armed conflicts andthe sustainability of environment.

The book will be valuable for researchers, teachers, students,civil society activists and policy planners engaged in framingdevelopment policies and practices. "