TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 51, Issue 2 (June 2008)

Gender and Fisheries

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Upfront

Editorial: Whatever Happened to Women, Environment and Development? FREE

Proposes the need for a new political ecology from a feminist perspective

Wendy Harcourt

Development 51: 173-175; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.23

Guest Editorial: Gender and Fisheries FREE

Introduces the topic of gender and fisheries as a key development issue

Poh Sze Choo, Barbara S Nowak, Kyoko Kusakabe and Meryl J Williams

Development 51: 176-179; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.1

Why Look at Fisheries through a Gender Lens?

Underlines the links between gender analysis and fisheries

Meryl J Williams

Development 51: 180-185; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.2

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Thematic Section: Gender Relations in Fisheries and Development

Environmental Degradation and its Gendered Impact on Coastal Livelihoods Options among Btsisi' Households of Peninsular Malaysia

Explores the diversity in livelihood activities which operated as a community-based resource management

Barbara S Nowak

Development 51: 186-192; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.3

Globalization and Women in Coastal Communities in Tanzania

Shows how women in coastal communities suffer disproportionately from processes of interactive restructuring

Marilyn Porter, Rosemarie Mwaipopo, Richard Faustine and Max Mzuma

Development 51: 193-198; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.4

Social Impact and Women Empowerment through Mussel Farming in Kerala, India

Argues that training alone is not sufficient to motivate villagers to adopt new fishing technologies

Vasanth Kripa and Vazhoor Gopalan Surendranathan

Development 51: 199-204; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.5

From the Lake to the Plate: Assessing gender vulnerabilities throughout the fisheries chain

Describes the implications of gender relations in the fisheries chain

Charlotte Tindall and Katrien Holvoet

Development 51: 205-211; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.6

Globalization, Class and Gender Relations: The shrimp industry in southwestern Bangladesh

Illustrates how global capitalism is interlinked with the local economy

Meghna Guhathakurta

Development 51: 212-219; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.15

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Dialogue: Reviewing the MDGs

Making Sense of the MDGs

Aims to correct some misunderstandings around the MDGs

Jan Vandemoortele

Development 51: 220-227; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.7

Going Beyond Development Monoculture: Critical reflections on the MDGs

Reviews the concerns which she feels has not been covered by the MDG process

Ana Agostino

Development 51: 228-235; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.8

A New Foundation for International Cooperation in the 21st Century

Reminds us how development has succeeded and the important role of the MDGs

Jos J Van Gennip

Development 51: 236-240; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.9

The MDGs in a World of Multiplying Inequalities and Differentiating Complexities

Outlines what the MDGs process indicates for today's development path

Shobha Raghuram

Development 51: 241-244; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.10

Innovations in Local Governance: Meeting Millennium Development Goal number 7 in Southeast Asia

Suggest how the MDGs are used in water management in Southeast Asia

James H Spencer, Bunnarith Meng, Hao Nguyen and Craig Guzinsky

Development 51: 245-251; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.16

The Politics of Ableism

Proposes the need for a field of ability studies which examines ableism

Gregor Wolbring

Development 51: 252-258; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.17

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Local Global/Encounters: Lessons from Coastal and Island Communities

Ethnic Women in Aquaculture in Nepal

Examines traditional ethnic fishing community and food security in Nepal

Ram C Bhujel, Madhav K Shrestha, Jharendu Pant and Sukanya Buranrom

Development 51: 259-264; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.11

Women in Artisanal Fisheries in Brittany, France

Illustrates how French fishers' wives play an important role within fisheries

Katia Frangoudes and Enora Keromnes

Development 51: 265-270; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.20

Gender Issues in Aquaculture: Learning lessons from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

Draws lessons from gender-based social analysis at ICRISAT with a particular focus on agriculture

Ravula Padmaja and Ma Cynthia Serquina Bantilan

Development 51: 271-277; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.21

Urbanization, Migration and Water Management in Trujillo, Peru

Looks at housing and water in relation to transmissible diseases

Aurora Elisa Ruiz Rosado

Development 51: 278-281; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.22

Safe Water for People in Low, Small Island Pacific Nations: The rural–urban dilemma

Examines the resourcing of village-level water and sanitation in rural communities

Ian White, Tony Falkland, Taboia Metutera, Mourongo Katatia, Tererei Abete-Reema, Marc Overmars, Pascal Perez and Anne Dray

Development 51: 282-287; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.18

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Window on the World

Window on the World FREE

Lists websites of various institutions working on fisheries

Compiled by Sonja Cappello

Development 51: 288-291; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.13

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Resources on Gender and Fisheries

Resources on Gender and Fisheries

Gives specific references to the latest web and printed material on gender and fisheries

Poh Sze Choo, Kyoko Kusakabe, Barbara S Nowak and Meryl J Williams

Development 51: 292-294; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.14

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Book Shelf

Book Shelf

Reviews books on fisheries, environment and development

Compiled by Sonja Cappello

Development 51: 295-298; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.12

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Who's Who

Who's Who

Lists the contacts for the contributors to this issue

Development 51: 299-304; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.24

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Last Word

Women and Fisheries Network

Development 51: 305; doi:10.1057/dev.2008.19