The Other Women and the Other Economy

Roksana Bahramitash

Chapter Chapter 1 in Gender and Entrepreneurship in Iran, 2013, pp 21-42 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The introductory chapter ended with a discussion on the importance of the concept of Other/subaltern women—women of low-income households. In this chapter, I will introduce the concept of social capital (social networks) before discussing the major theme of the book. The aim is to create a space within which to view the critique of the discourses around mainstream development, gender, and development/gender and the informal sector in ways other than portraying women as victims. There are two main questions: How can women of low-income households exercise agency? And how can the Other women operate through the Other economy (as an alternative to the market-led formal economy) in ways that can contest social and economic power structures, rather than reproducing and reinforcing them?

Keywords: Social Capital; Civil Society; Informal Sector; Social Economy; Social Entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137339232_2

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