1st Edition

From Despondency to Ambitions: Women's Changing Perceptions of Self-Employment Cases from India and Other Developing Countries

By Uschi Kraus-Harper Copyright 1998
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1998, this volume takes an international approach to women’s evolving perspectives on self-employment, with a particular focus on women in India. Author Uschi Kraus-Harper draws on ten years of research and interviews, visits and observations, gathering women’s stories from around the world. This book deeply explores women’s situations, empowerment, changing perceptions of... Read more

1. Introduction. 2. Handicapped by Poverty and Gender: The Non-Enterprising Women. 3. "In times of need women get busy": The Enterprising Women. 4. Changing Perceptions of Enterprise. 5. "Now that our eyes are opening".

Biography

Kraus-Harper, Uschi