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Feminist political economists have demonstrated that development policy is embedded within localized gendered norms and practices (Kabeer 1994) and implicated in nationalist narratives (Rai 2002) particularly pertaining to women’s naturalized role in the household. As Harris (1981) notes, naturalization of the household serves to uphold gender subordination, and this process can have particularly pernicious effects within the context of the development of global capitalism. This chapter considers economic development policy in a post-war context, and how gendered assumptions about women’s economic participation and household roles are reconciled within post-conflict state narratives of development.
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Gunawardana, S.J. (2013). Rural Sinhalese Women, Nationalism and Narratives of Development in Sri Lanka’s Post-War Political Economy. In: Elias, J., Gunawardana, S.J. (eds) The Global Political Economy of the Household in Asia. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137338907_5
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