2002
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00246
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Gender and the Silences of Social Capital: Lessons from Latin America

Abstract: Social capital has entered development policy thinking and practice in Latin America where it converges with the premises of a new development agenda that emerged in the 1990s. Women are often central to the forms of social capital that development agencies are keen to mobilize in poverty relief programmes, but the terms of women's insertion into these programmes is rarely problematized. This article critically examines the gendered assumptions that govern efforts to build social capital, and explores some of … Show more

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“…In certain societies, women face legal restrictions such as the rights to sign a contract, to register a business, to open a bank account, to own a property, or to work at night (Sadi & Al-Ghazali, 2010;Winn, 2005), whereas men usually hold the powerful positions in the formal economy (Schuler, Hashemi, Riley, & Akhter, 1996). Men dominate political networks (Molyneux, 2002), have more business contacts, and have more contacts at the top of the hierarchy than women (Winn, 2005). In addition, the probability for a male entrepreneur to have a contact in a bank is higher than the chance for a female entrepreneur to have a contact in a bank (e.g., Branisa et al, 2013).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In certain societies, women face legal restrictions such as the rights to sign a contract, to register a business, to open a bank account, to own a property, or to work at night (Sadi & Al-Ghazali, 2010;Winn, 2005), whereas men usually hold the powerful positions in the formal economy (Schuler, Hashemi, Riley, & Akhter, 1996). Men dominate political networks (Molyneux, 2002), have more business contacts, and have more contacts at the top of the hierarchy than women (Winn, 2005). In addition, the probability for a male entrepreneur to have a contact in a bank is higher than the chance for a female entrepreneur to have a contact in a bank (e.g., Branisa et al, 2013).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In informal contexts, legitimacy is based on the prevailing cultural norms (Molyneux, 2002) that often emphasize the embeddedness of social relationships and the local hierarchy (Burgess & Steenkamp, 2006). Embeddedness refers to a desirable relationship between an individual and a group which helps maintain the status quo and limits actions that might disrupt group solidarity or a traditional order (Licht, Goldschmidt, & Schwartz, 2005;Schwartz, 2006).…”
Section: The Role Of Stakeholders' Configurationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As agências de desenvolvimento, por exemplo, adotaram largamente a ideia de capital social, apesar de que não é óbvio definir como este conceito deve ser aplicado nas suas intervenções. Conforme esclarece Molyneux (2002), se a teoria do capital social explica a importância de preservar e estimular as formas associativas orgânicas, quais formas de capital social devem ser priorizadas? Quais associações fortalecer?…”
Section: Capital Socialunclassified
“…Sua definição, ao contrário, não contempla questões mais amplas, tendendo a se situar em um nível "micro" de análise. Além do mais, conforme destaca Molyneux, a implicação política do capital social não é clara, sendo utilizado conforme a discricionariedade de governos, organizações não governamentais e agências de desenvolvimento (MOLYNEUX, 2002). Talvez resida no caráter limitado do conceito em captar questões mais amplas da realidade social, a incapacidade desta teoria possibilitar mudanças mais profundas nas realidades dos países assistidos pelas intervenções, ou talvez seja injusto esperar tantos resultados de apenas um modelo teórico.…”
Section: Capital Socialunclassified
“…Sosyal sermaye kavramını kullanan kimi sosyal bilimciler, toplumsal cinsiyet, eşitsizlik, çatışma ve sınıf gibi temel kavramları göz ardı ettikleri ve sosyal ilişkilere yalnızca işlevsel ve dayanış-macı özellikler açısından yaklaştıkları gerekçesiyle eleştirilmektedirler (Molyneux, 2002). Gerçekten de bazı çalışmalarda sosyal sermaye kavramı ile toplumcu dayanışma ruhunun fazlaca romantikleştirilmesi ve kavramın alt gelir grupları içindeki bireylerin devletten herhangi bir destek almadan da kendi başlarına var olabilecekleri şek-linde liberal bir teze dayalı olarak kullanıl-ması oldukça sorunlu görünmektedir.…”
Section: Sosyal Sermaye Kavramıunclassified