| ID | 133723 |
| Title Proper | Citizenship in practice |
| Other Title Information | poverty reduction and self-help groups |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ghosh, Sujay |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Citizenship is essentially about membership in society which enables citizens to participate in the affairs of their community on roughly equal terms and culturally enjoins upon them to collectively surmount their commonly felt problems, such as poverty. The role of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) should be understood in this context. Through observation and conversation-analysis methods, this paper studies two SHGs in India: the successful one practiced citizenship, envisaged a sense of community and made progress towards capacity building and empowerment, especially pertaining to education, health and sanitation. It concludes that in developing countries, citizens acquire the appropriate virtues through participation in the programmes linked with their vision of well-being and thus strengthen the cause of citizenship. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol.49, No.4; Aug.2014: p.442-456 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Asian and African Studies Vol.49, No.4; Aug.2014: p.442-456 |
| Key Words | Citizenship Community ; Empowerment ; Participation ; Poverty ; Economic Cooperation ; Self-Help Groups |