In this Book
- Logics of Empowerment: Development, Gender, and Governance in Neoliberal India
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
summary
Celebratory news features about India’s thriving middle class tell only part of the story of the country’s recent economic rise, frequently glossing over the 300 million Indians who live on the margins and struggle to survive under economic liberalization. How do those cast out of their country’s successes perceive and respond to their position and mobilize against disempowerment? In Logics of Empowerment, Aradhana Sharma takes up these questions, focusing on the work of an innovative women’s program called Mahila Samakhya that is part governmental and part nongovernmental and strives to empower those rural Indian women who have been pushed aside. She details the awkward ideological articulations and paradoxical outcomes of this unique activist-cum-government organizational structure and usage of empowerment. Bringing much-needed specificity to the study of neoliberalism, Logics of Empowerment fosters a deeper understanding of development and politics in contemporary India.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Abbreviations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 12-13
- Introduction: The Politics of Empowerment
- pp. xiii-xxxvii
- Bibliography
- pp. 219-238
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816666515
Related ISBN(s)
9780816654536
MARC Record
OCLC
318220537
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No