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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction : making aid conditional -- Setting the conditions -- The ironic conditions of clinics and schools -- Rural women walking and waiting -- Paid and unpaid labor on the frontline state -- Shadow conditions and the immeasurable burden of improvement -- Conclusion : toward a caring society. |
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"Unjust Conditions follows the lives and labors of poor mothers in rural Peru, richly documenting the ordeals they face to participate in mainstream poverty alleviation programs. Championed by behavioral economists and the World Bank, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are praised as efficient mechanisms for changing poor people's behavior. While rooted in good intentions and dripping with the rhetoric of social inclusion, CCT programs' successes ring hollow, based solely on metrics for children's attendance at school and health appointments. Looking beyond these statistics reveals a host of hidden costs for the mothers who meet the conditions. With a poignant voice and keen focus on ethnographic research, Tara Patricia Cookson turns the reader's gaze to women's care work in landscapes of grossly inadequate state investment, cleverly drawing out the tensions between social inclusion and conditionality"--Provided by publisher |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
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Cookson, Tara Patricia 2018 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-SA license. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses. |
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In English. |
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Open Access EbpS |
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Rural women -- Peru -- Economic conditions.
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Economic assistance, Domestic -- Social aspects -- Peru.
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Femmes en milieu rural -- Pérou -- Conditions économiques.
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Aide au développement économique régional -- Aspect social -- Pérou.
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Development studies.
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Gender studies, gender groups.
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Regional and national history.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
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Rural women -- Economic conditions
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Peru
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behavioral economists. |
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cct programs. |
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changing behavior. |
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childrens attendance. |
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conditional cash transfer. |
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efficiency. |
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ethnographic research. |
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facing ordeals. |
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good intentions. |
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grossly inadequate state investment. |
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health appointments. |
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hidden costs. |
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lives and labors. |
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mainstream poverty alleviation programs. |
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mothers. |
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peru. |
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poor mothers. |
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rural poor. |
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school appointments. |
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social inclusion. |
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womens care work. |
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world bank. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cookson, Tara Patricia, 1983- Unjust conditions. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520296992 (DLC) 2018024568 |
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0520969529 |
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9780520969520 (electronic bk.) |
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9780520296992 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0520296990 |
| Standard No. |
10.1525/9780520969520. doi |
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