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dc.contributor.authorBatliwala, Srilatha*
dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborahen
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T09:59:27Zen
dc.date.available2011-05-24T09:59:27Zen
dc.date.issued2007-08-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614520701469559en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/130884en
dc.descriptionThis article traces the centuries-long evolution of the concept and practice of empowerment, its adoption by radical social movements, especially women's movements from the 1970s onwards, and its conversion, by the late 1990s, into a buzzword. Situating the analysis in the context of women's empowerment interventions in India, the article describes the dynamic of the depoliticisation and subversion of a process that challenged the deepest structures of social power. The 'downsizing' and constriction of the concept within state policy, the de-funding of genuine empowerment strategies on the ground, and the substitution of microfinance and political quotas for empowerment are examined and analysed.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>en
dc.format.extent8en
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/taking-the-power-out-of-empowerment---an-experiential-account-130884
dc.subjectApproach and methodology
dc.subjectGender
dc.titleTaking the power out of empowerment - an experiential accounten
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.countryIndiaen
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment methods
oxfam.subject.keywordGender mainstreaming
oxfam.subject.keywordDevelopment in Practice Journal
oxfam.subject.keywordDiP
prism.issuenameBuzzwords and Fuzzwords: Deconstructing development discourseen
prism.number4 & 5en
prism.volume17en
dc.year.issuedate2007en


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