Women and Microfinance in the Global South - Empowerment and Disempowerment Outcomes

Women and Microfinance in the Global South is a grounded exploration of the intersections of neoliberal ideology and feminism.

List of contents

1. The microfinance revolution and market pathways to empowerment; 2. Gendering and transforming microfinance; 3. Exploring women's empowerment through meta-synthesis; 4. Putting microfinance into practice; 5. Means to an end? Microfinance NGOs target women; 6. Economic outcomes of microfinance; 7. Women's individual and household empowerment; 8. Inside microfinance groups; 9: Women's collective actions and resistance; 10. Synthesizing case findings; 11. Conclusion.

About the author

Lynn Horton is Associate Professor of Sociology at Chapman University, California. She has worked for non-governmental organisations on issues of human rights, sustainable development, gender equality, and the environment.

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Horton, Lynn (Chapman University Horton, Horton Lynn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781108418720
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41872-0
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, International Relations, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, economic growth, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural anthropology, Feminism and feminist theory, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies