When culture trumps ideology : micro-enterprise and the empowerment of women in Bangladesh
| dc.contributor.author | Reza, Hasan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-22T17:20:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-22T17:20:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.description | Includes abstract in French | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper offers a perspective of micro-enterprise as an instrument for facilitating the empowerment of women, as seen through the experiences of women in Bangladesh. It is usual to treat empowerment as an individual pursuit and, therefore, as a particularized endeavour that is of a short-term and potentially temporary nature. This, by implication, diminishes the importance of structural approaches to changes in society that have long-term and quasi-permanent consequences. The article distinguishes between the woman as a person and the social nature of her existence. Empowerment is situated in the context of two importantparameters: (1) culture is seen as the sign$cant environmental variable - as opposed to the conventional posture of ideology (for example, capitalism) as dominant; (2) the group and the constituent members are treated as subjects in the discourse on development - as opposed to being treated as objects. The resulting focus is on the woman as a member of a household and a chosen community that generate social income and social capital. The article uses first-person narratives as evidence of women's ownership of their empowering experiences. | en |
| dc.format | Text | en |
| dc.format.extent | 1 digital file (p. 439-459) | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | Application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Reza, H. (2003). When Culture Trumps Ideology: Micro-Enterprise and the Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh. Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 24(3): 439-459. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10625/50982 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | BANGLADESH | en |
| dc.subject | WOMEN | en |
| dc.subject | MICROENTERPRISES | en |
| dc.subject | EMPOWERMENT | en |
| dc.subject | WOMEN'S RIGHTS | en |
| dc.subject | WOMEN WORKERS | en |
| dc.subject | POVERTY ALLEVIATION | en |
| dc.subject | ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN | en |
| dc.subject | CREDIT | en |
| dc.subject | SMALL ENTERPRISES | en |
| dc.subject | MICROCREDIT | en |
| dc.subject | WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT | en |
| dc.title | When culture trumps ideology : micro-enterprise and the empowerment of women in Bangladesh | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
| idrc.dspace.access | IDRC Only | en |
| idrc.noaccess | Due to copyright restrictions the full text of this research output is not available in the IDRC Digital Library or by request from the IDRC Library. / Compte tenu des restrictions relatives au droit d'auteur, le texte intégral de cet extrant de recherche n'est pas accessible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI, et il n'est pas possible d'en faire la demande à la Bibliothéque du CRDI. | en |
| idrc.project.number | 100821 | |
| idrc.project.title | IDRC Corporate Awards 2001-2002 | en |
| idrc.rims.adhocgroup | IDRC SUPPORTED | en |