Challenging the NGOS

Women, Religion and Western Dialogues in India

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Tamsin Bradley

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The image of "Third World Woman" victimhood is one common to discourses in Western feminism, 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 focused on the interfaces between anthropology, development and religion. She argues that dominant approaches in development practice see women as a singular and weak "other" which obscures the complexities of communities and the ability to respond to real needs. Bradley's extensive fieldwork, on grassroots NGOs in rural Indian Rajasthan and Western donor organisations, combines with a compelling critique of development theory and practice. She constructs a more inclusive methodology, to encourage development workers to listen to the needs of those they seek to help.

Author Biography:

Tamsin Bradley is Lecturer in International Development at the University of Portsmouth. She has taught Anthropology and Development at London Metropolitan University and Religion and Gender at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, where she completed her PhD. She is also the author of Religion and Gender in the Developing World: Faith-Based Organizations and Feminism in India (I.B.Tauris, 2011).

Release date Australia

March 28th, 2012

Author

Tamsin Bradley

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

256

Dimensions

134x216x23

ISBN-13

9781848859678

Product ID

10417863

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