Taking the power out of empowerment - an experiential account
dc.contributor.author | Batliwala, Srilatha | * |
dc.contributor.editor | Eade, Deborah | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-24T09:59:27Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-24T09:59:27Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2007-08-01 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0961-4524 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09614520701469559 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130884 | en |
dc.description | This 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.extent | 8 | en |
dc.format.mimetype | en | |
dc.language.iso | English | en |
dc.publisher | Oxfam GB | en |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
dc.relation.url | http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/taking-the-power-out-of-empowerment---an-experiential-account-130884 | |
dc.subject | Approach and methodology | |
dc.subject | Gender | |
dc.title | Taking the power out of empowerment - an experiential account | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1364-9213 | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Development in Practice | en |
oxfam.signoff.status | For public use – can be shared outside Oxfam | en |
oxfam.subject.country | India | en |
oxfam.subject.keyword | Development methods | |
oxfam.subject.keyword | Gender mainstreaming | |
oxfam.subject.keyword | Development in Practice Journal | |
oxfam.subject.keyword | DiP | |
prism.issuename | Buzzwords and Fuzzwords: Deconstructing development discourse | en |
prism.number | 4 & 5 | en |
prism.volume | 17 | en |
dc.year.issuedate | 2007 | en |