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AbstractDespite important work in development studies on the 'male bias in the development process', it is generally recognized that gender and development analyses have been slow to engage with masculinities. Focusing attention on the nexus between identity and globalizing development discourses, this article explores the relationship between masculinities and development through an analysis of the gendering of water paradigms. By analysing the example of the recent Cochabamba water wars in Bolivia, and placing them in historical context, the author explores how gendered representations and language are used to downplay and upgrade particular understandings of modernity as they relate to water management, and examines the mechanisms through which specific gendered identities become associated with the most successful versions of 'modern' development.

Examines public sector employment of poor women during periods of economic crisis and how the state has responded to it in Latin America; focuses on the Peruvian emergency program PAIT (Temporary Income Support Program), 1985-90.

"Drawing on global research, this book argues that processes of professionalisation form an integral part of the production of neoliberal spaces, with profound implications for political activism. It brings together original research from diverse contexts, including studies conducted in the Global South and the Global North, in order to enable key features of neoliberalisation to be understood more fully."--Jacket

Analyzes the transnational relations of indigenous politics after their shift to the global level, and explores how the contest between neo-liberal economics and anti-free market politics generates new forms of development and culture.