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dc.contributor.authorMadland, Ragnhildnb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-19T14:25:53Z
dc.date.available2014-12-19T14:25:53Z
dc.date.created2008-10-07nb_NO
dc.date.issued2008nb_NO
dc.identifier37513nb_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/265341
dc.description.abstractDrawing on participatory knowledge creation, this thesis examines the diverse ways in which social capital of poor, rural women in Bangladesh serve as a “capacity of individuals to command scarce resources, by virtue of their membership in networks or broader social structures” (Portes 1995:120). It addresses how women’s capacity to command resources, needed for their livelihood and for a dignified life, is influenced by cultural practice, power and gender relations, which interplay within and around their networks. Women are represented as active participants who are shown to celebrate, adapt, sustain, negotiate and resist the circumstances of their lives. Women find space to manoeuvre in the situations they face, strategize in their dealings with various actors, and manipulate resources and constraints. The author argues that the social capital of women and the portfolio of bonding, bridging and linking relations that women have, or do not have, are keys to an understanding of the bargaining processes in their households and communities. Among the research participants, women’s ability to eventually change cultural practice, power- and gender relations depends upon whether women, individually or collectively, have a variety of bonding, bridging and linking relations to strengthen their bargaining power.nb_NO
dc.languageengnb_NO
dc.publisherNorges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap og teknologiledelse, Geografisk instituttnb_NO
dc.subjectSocial capitalen_GB
dc.subjectwomenen_GB
dc.subjectcultureen_GB
dc.subjectdevelopmenten_GB
dc.subjectagencyen_GB
dc.subjectbargainingen_GB
dc.subjectrural Bangladeshen_GB
dc.titleBargaining with social capital: A picture provided through the lens and context of poor, rural women inBangladeshnb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.contributor.departmentNorges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap og teknologiledelse, Geografisk instituttnb_NO


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