Bloomsbury Home
Challenging the NGOS
Women, Religion and Western Dialogues in India
Challenging the NGOS
Women, Religion and Western Dialogues in India
Description
The image of “Third World Woman” victimhood is one that runs through discourses in Western feminism, the fields of gender and development and also the activities of NGOs. Tamsin Bradley deconstructs this through her exploration of the relationships between NGOs and the people they target, using a unique multi-disciplinary perspective that examines the interfaces between anthropology, development and religion. She argues that dominant approaches in development practice see women as a singular and weak “other”, a focus for pity and compassion, which obscures the complexities of diverse communities and the ability to respond to real needs.
Bradley's extensive fieldwork, on grassroots NGOs in rural Indian Rajasthan, and their Western donor organisations, and combines it with her compelling critique of development theory and practice, which she finds often caught in a macro system unable to connect with social realities. This leads her to a new and unique methodology, one rooted in a more honest, responsive and inclusive approach to encourage development workers to listen to the needs of those they seek to help.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 The Development Discourse
2 Feminist Politics
3 Understanding the Image of Sita
4 Revisiting the Development Discourse
5 Questioning Participation
6 Violence in Rural Rajasthan
Conclusion: The Meaning of Freedom
Product details
| Published | 28 Apr 2006 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 232 |
| ISBN | 9780857711205 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
ONLINE RESOURCES
Bloomsbury Collections
This book is available on Bloomsbury Collections where your library has access.
Related Titles
