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Why do women's cooperative societies languish? A study of selected societies in Kottayam, Kerala
Kerala has had a long history of cooperatives starting from the pre-independence era. The idea of women’s cooperatives came much later, with the earliest ones coming into being only after 1975. This study draws on both primary and secondary data, focusing on the challenges faced by women’s cooperati...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Asian Journal of Women’s Studies,
2015
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| Online adgang: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005859.pdf |
| Summary: | Kerala has had a long history of cooperatives starting from the
pre-independence era. The idea of women’s cooperatives came much later,
with the earliest ones coming into being only after 1975. This study draws
on both primary and secondary data, focusing on the challenges faced by
women’s cooperative societies (WCSs) in Kottayam District in Southern
Kerala. Most women’s cooperatives function by limiting their operations to
small scale banking activities and enlisting men’s participation in various
ways. The paper concludes that the scope of empowerment of women
through women’s cooperatives is severely constrained by the way property
rights and gender relations are structured in the state and the manner in
which local male politicians have manipulated the societies for partisan ends. |
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| Fysisk beskrivelse: | p.105–125 2015 Vol. 21, No. 2, |