Women's Informal Associations in Developing Countries: Catalysts for Change?

ISBN-13: 9780367216863 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 154 str.

Kathryn S. March

Opis

Informal associations among women in developing countries constitute an important source of vitality and integrity for women. This book evaluates the impact of development programs on women’s informal associations and sharpens our understanding of them.

Spis treści

Preface: Making Women Visible -- Women’s Informal Associations in Perspective -- Toward a Definition -- Women’s Informal Associations -- Dynamics of the Informal Sphere -- Informal Associations: Defensive or Active? -- Women’s Economic Associations: Patterns in the Redistribution of Resources -- Women’s Ritual and Religious Associations: Patterns of Authority and Power -- Linkages to the Formal Sphere -- Personal Connections -- Institutional Linkages and Group Organization for Development -- Some Concluding Guidelines