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BRAC, Global Policy Language, and Women in Bangladesh
2015
Overview
Founded in 1972 and now the largest NGO in the world, BRAC has been lauded for its efforts aimed at lifting the poor, especially women, out of poverty. In BRAC, Global Policy Language, and Women in Bangladesh, Manzurul Mannan—while not denying the many positive accomplishments of BRAC—places the organization under a critical microscope. Drawing on his experience as a Bangladeshi native and BRAC insider, Mannan provides unique insights into not only BRAC's phenomenal growth and its role in diffusing western and development ideologies but also, more importantly, how target populations have been affected culturally and socially. He explains how BRAC has employed western ideas, theories, and philosophies of agency when engaging in development interventions in even the remotest villages, seeking to transform social structures, women's status, and the local polity. The resulting intermingling of exogenous perspectives with local knowledge leads to a degree of inconsistency and dissonance within BRAC's own operations, while generating opposition from local commoners and elites. Cautionary yet hopeful, the book advocates greater cultural sensitivity as a way to mitigate conflict between BRAC and the constituencies it serves.
Publisher
State University of New York Press,SUNY Press
Subject
/ Anthropology and Archaeology : Anthropology
/ Asian Studies : Asian Studies
/ Business and Economics : Economy and Society
/ Cultural
/ Gender and Sexuality : Women's Studies
/ HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
/ NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
/ Non-governmental organizations-Bangladesh
/ POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
/ Politics and Law : Comparative Politics
/ Rural development-Bangladesh
/ Rural development-Sociological aspects-Bangladesh
/ SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
/ SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
ISBN
1438457855, 9781438457857, 9781438457833, 1438457839, 9781438457840, 1438457847
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