Lewellen gives us the first analytic overview of an important new subject area in a field that
has long been identified with the study of relatively bounded communities. Globalization …

Through an analysis of agency and risk, this article argues that an outcome-driven agenda
of neoliberal developmentalism treats women's agency as an instrument of social change …

Social theorists focus on the everyday lives and experiences of people living in South Asia
in this book composed of papers that clearly convey important facets of the history, diversity …

Most studies of microcredit programs for women have been concerned with the relationship
between borrowers and men outside microcredit groups, such as husbands and …

The late 1990s saw a shift in the implementation of Indian health and population policies
from a focus on fertility control in its Family Planning programme towards a rights-based and …

This article analyses gendered discourses of development in rural North India, and
addresses the usefulness of recent scholarship on development as 'discourse'for …

Set in the context of the processes and practices of human reproduction and reproductive
health in Northern India, this book examines the institutional exercise of power by the state …

Equity is central to community-based development efforts, but community perspectives on
equity are seldom examined in the development literature. This study investigates how …

Rights‐based approaches have become prevalent in development rhetoric and
programmes in countries such as India, yet little is known about their impact on development …

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) provide an ideal context in which to examine the
production and reproduction of identities and modernities in the contemporary world …