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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nayma QayumPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.312kg ISBN: 9781978816442ISBN 10: 1978816448 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 12 November 2021 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Prologue PART I Setting the Stage 1 Institutions 2 A Gendered Story 3 Poor Women’s Politics PART II Formal and Informal Institutions 4 Clients, Rules, and Transactions 5 Rule of Law PART III Negotiating with State and Society 6 Changing Distributive Politics 7 Negotiating Justice 8 Governing Locally Conclusion Appendix Acknowledgments Glossary of Terms Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""Drawing on sustained and in-depth engagement with Polli Somaj, a program associated with the NGO BRAC, Qayum argues among other things that NGOs can play a critical role in development: in linking marginalized citizens with state services and societal resources, and in shifting cultural practices through offering alternative or competing 'logics of appropriateness.' Written in carefully crafted, evocative prose, Village Ties is a welcome addition to the field.""— Dina M. Siddiqi, Clinical Associate Professor, New York University ""Village Ties does something new and valuable by telling a more complicated story about NGOs and rural Bangladeshi women. Nayma Qayum shows how these activists tackle the informal institutions that keep rural women poor and powerless, and in so doing, help build the necessary foundations for women’s power. Scholars of civil society and NGOs, of Bangladesh’s development, and of women’s empowerment will find this fascinating, full of stories and substantive arguments about the deep roots of social change.""— Naomi Hossain, co-editor of The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning ""Confronting Social Norms is Critical for Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh, a New Book by Political Science Alumna Shows"" - an interview with Nayma Qayum— CUNY.edu ""Contributes to scholarship that attends to ordinary people’s lived experiences to understand how marginalised communities solve political and social problems.""— LSE Review of Books ""Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh"" interview with Nayma Qayum— New Books Network: New Books in Gender Studies ""?Changing the Rules of the Game,"" by Aleta Mayne— College Magazine" Confronting Social Norms is Critical for Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh, a New Book by Political Science Alumna Shows - an interview with Nayma Qayum-- CUNY.edu Contributes to scholarship that attends to ordinary people's lived experiences to understand how marginalised communities solve political and social problems. -- LSE Review of Books Village Ties does something new and valuable by telling a more complicated story about NGOs and rural Bangladeshi women. Nayma Qayum shows how these activists tackle the informal institutions that keep rural women poor and powerless, and in so doing, help build the necessary foundations for women's power. Scholars of civil society and NGOs, of Bangladesh's development, and of women's empowerment will find this fascinating, full of stories and substantive arguments about the deep roots of social change. --Naomi Hossain co-editor of The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning Drawing on sustained and in-depth engagement with Polli Somaj, a program associated with the NGO BRAC, Qayum argues among other things that NGOs can play a critical role in development: in linking marginalized citizens with state services and societal resources, and in shifting cultural practices through offering alternative or competing 'logics of appropriateness.' Written in carefully crafted, evocative prose, Village Ties is a welcome addition to the field. --Dina M. Siddiqi Clinical Associate Professor, New York University Village Ties does something new and valuable by telling a more complicated story about NGOs and rural Bangladeshi women. Nayma Qayum shows how these activists tackle the informal institutions that keep rural women poor and powerless, and in so doing, help build the necessary foundations for women's power. Scholars of civil society and NGOs, of Bangladesh's development, and of women's empowerment will find this fascinating, full of stories and substantive arguments about the deep roots of social change. --Naomi Hossain co-editor of The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning Drawing on sustained and in-depth engagement with Polli Somaj, a program associated with the NGO BRAC, Qayum argues among other things that NGOs can play a critical role in development: in linking marginalized citizens with state services and societal resources, and in shifting cultural practices through offering alternative or competing 'logics of appropriateness.' Written in carefully crafted, evocative prose, Village Ties is a welcome addition to the field. --Dina M. Siddiqi Clinical Associate Professor, New York University """?Changing the Rules of the Game,"" by Aleta Mayne-- ""College Magazine"" ""Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh"" interview with Nayma Qayum-- ""New Books Network: New Books in Gender Studies"" ""Confronting Social Norms is Critical for Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh, a New Book by Political Science Alumna Shows"" - an interview with Nayma Qayum-- ""CUNY.edu"" ""Contributes to scholarship that attends to ordinary people's lived experiences to understand how marginalised communities solve political and social problems.""-- ""LSE Review of Books"" ""Village Ties does something new and valuable by telling a more complicated story about NGOs and rural Bangladeshi women. Nayma Qayum shows how these activists tackle the informal institutions that keep rural women poor and powerless, and in so doing, help build the necessary foundations for women's power. Scholars of civil society and NGOs, of Bangladesh's development, and of women's empowerment will find this fascinating, full of stories and substantive arguments about the deep roots of social change.""--Naomi Hossain ""co-editor of The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning"" ""Drawing on sustained and in-depth engagement with Polli Somaj, a program associated with the NGO BRAC, Qayum argues among other things that NGOs can play a critical role in development: in linking marginalized citizens with state services and societal resources, and in shifting cultural practices through offering alternative or competing 'logics of appropriateness.' Written in carefully crafted, evocative prose, Village Ties is a welcome addition to the field.""--Dina M. Siddiqi ""Clinical Associate Professor, New York University""" Author InformationNAYMA QAYUM is an associate professor of Asian studies and global and international studies at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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