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Taking the power out of empowerment - an experiential account
JOURNAL: Development in Practice
VOLUME: 17 ISSUE: 4/5
THEME: Buzzwords and Fuzzwords: Deconstructing Development Discourse
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AUTHOR:
Srilatha Batliwala
EDITED BY:
Deborah Eade
ISSN: 0961-4524 E-ISSN: 1364-9213
STOCK CODE: 002J1217
AVAILABILITY:
Available online only
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT:
Downloadable PDF
(pp: 8)
PUBLISHED:
Aug 2007
READERSHIP:
Activists and Campaigners, Postgraduate, Undergraduate, Professional and Practitioners,
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ABSTRACT
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.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not
necessarily reflect the policies of Oxfam GB
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