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Author Sanyal, Paromita, author.

Title Credit to capabilities : a sociological study of microcredit groups in India / Paromita Sanyal
Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (336 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The global trajectory of microcredit ; The savior-slayer dichotomy; Deploying social relationships for financial ends; Contradictions and controversies; Extrapolating from the evidence from West Bengal; 2 Agency ; Existing approaches; Social deprivation in a context of patriarchy and control; An appositional approach; Gender "habitus"; Strategies of observing agency; Pathways to agency; 3 Converting loans into leverage ; Wives who turned worthy; Brides who bargained; Mired mutinies; Conclusions
4 The power of participation Self-conscious social awareness; Social interaction; Physical mobility; Domestic power; Civic participation; Conclusions; 5 Microcredit and collective action ; Collective action and sanctioning; Explaining the capacity for collective action; 6 Culture and microcredit: why socio-religious dimensions matter ; "Group styles" in microcredit; In search of explanations; Conclusions; 7 Loans and well-being ; Egalitarian Muslim households; De facto female-headed Muslim households; True female-headed Muslim households; Egalitarian Hindu households
De facto female-headed Hindu householdsTrue female-headed Hindu households; Conclusions; 8 Interpreting microcredit ; Looking beyond the salvation-exploitation dichotomy; 9 Epilogue: the future of microcredit ; Methodological debates and directions; Microcredit's place in policy; Philanthropy, free market, and choices facing microcredit; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Summary This book focuses on how group-based microcredit programs in India facilitate women's empowerment through the mechanism of group participation and networking
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Microfinance -- Social aspects -- India
Entrepreneurship -- India
Poor women -- Employment -- India
Self-employed women -- India
Businesswomen -- India
Women -- India -- Economic conditions
Women -- India -- Social conditions
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
Businesswomen
Entrepreneurship
Poor women -- Employment
Self-employed women
Women -- Economic conditions
Women -- Social conditions
India
Form Electronic book
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