Credit to Capabilities - A Sociological Study of Microcredit Groups in India

Informationen zum Autor Paromita Sanyal is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Cornell University, New York. Her research interests include development, gender, economic sociology, and participatory forms of governance like deliberative democracy (gram sabha in India). She has been previously affiliated with Harvard University, Massachusetts and the Development Research Group at the World Bank. Klappentext This book focuses on how group-based microcredit programs in India facilitate women's empowerment through the mechanism of group participation and networking. Zusammenfassung Credit to Capabilities discusses microcredit and women's empowerment! a hot topic globally in addressing poverty and how to improve the lives of poor women. This is the first sociological study of how microcredit improves women's agency in India! finding that it is the mechanism of group participation and networking! rather than the loan capital itself! that truly empowers women. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The global trajectory of microcredit; 2. Agency; 3. Converting loans into leverage; 4. The power of participation; 5. Microcredit and collective action; 6. Culture and microcredit: why socio-religious dimensions matter; 7. Loans and well-being; 8. Interpreting microcredit: beyond the salvation/exploitation alternatives; 9. Epilogue: the future of microcredit.

Product details

• Authors: Paromita Sanyal, Paromita (Cornell University Sanyal, Sanyal Paromita
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2014
• EAN: 9781107077676
• ISBN: 978-1-107-07767-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, India, Social groups, Social issues & processes, Business studies: general, Sociology & anthropology, Credit and credit institutions