CHALLENGING THE GENDERED ENTREPRENEURIAL SUBJECT Gender, Development, and the Informal Economy in India

• Published in: Gender & society Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 157 - 179
• Main Author: BOERI, NATASCIA
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Sage Publications, Inc 01.04.2018; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Autonomy; Economic development; Economic models; Entrepreneurs; Entrepreneurship; Equality; Feminism; Gender; Gender inequality; Gender roles; Home based; Informal economy; Investments; Job characteristics; Lifting; Marginality; Policy making; Poverty; Social reproduction; Well being; Women; Workers; Working women; India; informal economy; development; neoliberalism; gender; social reproduction; India
• ISSN: 0891-2432; 1552-3977
• DOI: 10.1177/0891243217750119

The World Bank’s premise that “gender equality is good business” characterizes the current gender and economic development model. Policymakers and development practitioners promote and encourage women’s entrepreneurialism from the conviction that increasing women’s market-based opportunities is key...