{"product_id":"microfinance-and-its-discontents-women-in-debt-in-bangladesh-paperback-softback-9780816670956","title":"Microfinance and Its Discontents; Women in Debt in Bangladesh (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816670956","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMicrofinance and Its Discontents\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWomen in Debt in Bangladesh\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLamia Karim (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816670956\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"It is precisely because the microcredit mantra has been so endlessly repeated, often in place of actual empirical documentation to back its claims, that \u003ci\u003eMicrofinance and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e is so compelling. This is an outstanding, courageous, and path-breaking piece of scholarship; one that will doubtless unsettle the microcredit establishment, and by extension, key presumptions of neoliberal research agendas.\" -Kamala Visweswaran, University of Texas, Austin\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Lamia Karim has done an excellent job by juxtaposing facts against myths, lies against truths and objective research against subjective hagiographies [...] I believe this book is an important addendum to the growing literature that demonstrates and deconstructs the lies and myths about microcredit and NGO business in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the Third World.\" -\u003ci\u003ecountercurrents.org\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Karim's book is a timely contribution to the debate on microfinance, and is a challenging and engaging read for the specialist as well as the lay reader. I believe that her ideas will serve as a guideline for future researchers’ and policy-makers inquiries into the gender aspect of microfinance.\" -Soumya Mishra, \u003ci\u003eGovernance across Borders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Karim’s book serves as a stark and timely reminder of the value of ethnographic research in offering a deeper understanding of how developmental interventions in specific institutional and local contexts may reproduce or even exacerbate structural inequalities, and also in informing the strategies that seek to counter these inequalities.\" -\u003ci\u003eEconomic \u0026amp; Political Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e A feminist critique of the much-lauded microcredit process in Bangladesh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2006 the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh won the Nobel Peace Prize for its innovative microfinancing operations. This path-breaking study of gender, grassroots globalization, and neoliberalism in Bangladesh looks critically at the Grameen Bank and three of the leading NGOs in the country. Amid euphoria over the benefits of microfinance, Lamia Karim offers a timely and sobering perspective on the practical, and possibly detrimental, realities for poor women inducted into microfinance operations. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e In a series of ethnographic cases, Karim shows how NGOs use social codes of honor and shame to shape the conduct of women and to further an agenda of capitalist expansion. These unwritten policies subordinate poor women to multiple levels of debt that often lead to increased violence at the household and community levels, thereby weakening women’s ability to resist the onslaught of market forces. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e A compelling critique of the relationship between powerful NGOs and the financially strapped women beholden to them for capital, this book cautions us to be vigilant about the social realities within which women and loans circulate-realities that often have adverse effects on the lives of the very women these operations are meant to help. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Neoliberalism, Microfinance, and Women's Empowerment\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Structural Transformation of the NGO Sphere\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Research Terrain\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Everyday Mediations of Microfinance\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Social Life of Debt\u003cbr\u003e 5. NGOs, Clergy, and Contested \"Democracy\"\u003cbr\u003e 6. Power\/Knowledge in Microfinance\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: From Disciplined Subjects to Political Agents?\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Bengali Words\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685348438296,"sku":"9780816670956","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/microfinance-and-its-discontents-women-in-debt-in-bangladesh-paperback-softback-9780816670956","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}