The gender dimension of the agrarian transition: women,men and livelihood diversification in two peri-urban farming communities in the Philippines |
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Authors: | Leonora C Angeles Kathryn Hill |
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Institution: | 1. Centre for Human Settlements, University of British Columbia , 1933 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada;2. Department of Geography , University of British Columbia , 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada |
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Abstract: | Based on parallel field research conducted in two peri-urban villages in the cities of Naga and Valencia, the Philippines, this article deploys gender analysis to understand livelihood diversification in the context of agrarian change. In analyzing the role of state organizations and NGOs in (re)producing gender differences, hierarchies, roles and identities within agrarian settings, it brings poststructuralist and postcolonial theory into conversation with political economy to explore how gender is at stake in daily livelihood struggles. Specifically, attention is drawn to how structural constraints and institutional discourses still render livelihood diversification a gendered project, and how state and other development organizations are continuing to perpetuate gender inequalities and reinscribe normative gender discourses, particularly around masculinities and women's reproductive roles, in agrarian communities. |
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Keywords: | gender livelihood diversification agrarian change agrarian transition peri-urbanization Philippines |
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