Local Participation and Social Capital in Women's Development Projects

ISBN-13: 9783848484669 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 188 str.

Iva Walterova

Opis

The social dimension of development studies has gained significance in recent decades. Civil society and social capital are, therefore, increasingly more examined as these concepts are widely discussed; and there are not many empirical country specific studies of them. Accordingly, this book focuses on local participation and social capital in womens development projects in Turkey, with a central question revolving around the influence of internal vs. external financing on local participation in womens development projects of NGOs. In order to examine the role of financing in local participation in womens development projects, theoretical arguments focusing on development, civil society, womens development and social capital are assessed to demonstrate the importance of local participation for sustainable development and womens development projects for empowerment of women. Furthermore, an overview of Turkeys history from the angle of civil society and womens movement is presented to provide a background for the evolution of womens NGOs and their work in Turkey. A sample of donors and externally and internally funded womens development projects is selected as cases.

O autorze

The author has a BA from the USA and an MA from Turkey. She currently lives in Prague, where she manages international projects in a small NGO. Prior to that, she worked on projects undertaken by NGOs in the Czech Rep., Turkey and India. Her professional interests include eInclusion, social inclusion, local development, gender and minority issues.