BRAC, Global Policy Language, and Women in Bangladesh : Transformation and Manipulation.

Intro -- Contents -- Diagrams and Tables -- Diagrams -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- The Development-scape and Global Policy Language -- Hybrid Culture -- Bangladesh Context: BRAC and NGOs in Bangladesh -- Modern Bangladesh and Social Transformation in Broader Context -- Development and Transformation of Rural Society -- Bangladesh: Hierarchical Structure and Values -- Hierarchy and the Structure of Society -- Hierarchy and Language -- Hierarchy and Patron-Client Relationships -- Individualism versus Hierarchy -- Hierarchical Values and the Structure of NGO Projects -- Outline of the Book -- 2. Mining Fieldwork Experience to Enhance Anthropology and Development -- Introduction -- Field and Sites -- Methods and Interpretations -- Experience and Development Narratives -- Country Boat Project -- Experiences at an International NGO -- Experiences at BRAC -- Religious Backlash on BRAC -- Democracy Partnership Program -- Global Partnership Project -- Training Division -- Experiences at an International NGO and the European Commission -- University, Research, and Fieldwork -- Discussion -- 3. History of Development and NGOs in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Phase One: The Gestation Phase (1971-1975) -- Missionary Voluntarism -- Family Planning Program -- Village Cooperative Movement -- Phase Two: Consolidation Phase (1975-1990) -- Phase Three: Globalization and the NGO Industry -- NGO Industry and New Direction -- Market Economy, Transformation of Money into Capital -- NGOs, Market Driven Agency for Mass Production -- NGOs and Parliamentary Democracy -- NGOs and Human Rights -- Government and NGO Politicking -- Discussion and Reflection -- 4. NGOs, Programs, and Projects -- Introduction -- Project Context -- The Project History of the Rural Development Program of BRAC (see Appendix One).

The Project History of Five Small NGOs (see Appendix Two) -- NGOs: Projects, Programs, or Organizations -- Project Debate: 1970-1990 -- Project Debate, 1990-beyond 2000 -- Organization, Program, and Project Linkage -- Organizational Strategic Plan -- Project and Program -- Donors and Projects -- Projects, Process or Movement -- Why Projects Evolve, Succeed, and Fail -- Discussion and Reflection -- 5. The Organizational Culture of BRAC -- Introduction -- Culture Perspectives of Organization -- Organization and the Reproduction of Culture -- Indigenization of Western Culture -- The Reproduction of Bengali Culture and Practices in BRAC -- Promoting Fear -- Loyalty -- Individual Loyalty -- Organizational Loyalty -- Professional Loyalty -- The Economics of Staff Retention -- Economic Value of BRAC Staff -- Signs of Change -- Discussion and Reflection -- 6. Cooperative Antagonism -- Introduction -- Development Research and Its Context -- Status of Development Research in Bangladesh -- NGO Power Structures -- The Relationship between Anthropologists and Multidisciplinary Teams -- Example One: Jam-Jelly Anthropologists -- Example Two: Spouse of a Famous Anthropologist -- Example Three: "Expert" Technology and "Ignorant" Women -- Example Four: Where Are the Poor? -- Example Five: The Great Tradition and Little Tradition in BRAC -- Example Six: An Epidemiologist's Reaction to Misconstrued Anthropology -- Example Seven: Doing Ethnography from a Helicopter -- Anthropologists and the Power Structure of NGOs -- Problematic Relationship between Researchers and Development Management -- The Problems of Researchers in Development Organizations -- The Problem of Managers in Understanding Research -- The Field -- Strategic Research and Development -- Discussion and Reflection -- 7. Society and Village Organization -- Introduction -- Traditional Social Structure.

Descent and Kinship -- Samaj -- Development Intervention and New Forms of Social Organizations -- A New Area Where People Have No Knowledge of BRAC -- People Are Aware of BRAC -- Trickle-down from Existing VOs -- VO Formation and Dynamics -- VOs, New Sphere, and the Rise of Matrifocal Kinship -- VOs and the Rise of Matrifocal Kinship -- Village Organizations versus Samaj -- Discussion and Reflection -- 8. Microcredit and Morality of Money -- Introduction -- Culture and Money -- Money: Individual, Cultural, and Samaj -- Money: Moral or Immoral? -- Traditional Money-Saving Practices -- Microcredit and Saving -- Women and the Notion of Savings -- Credit and Households -- Credit, Culture, and Religion -- Microcredit and Women -- Multiple Moralities: The Debate on Moral and Immoral Money -- Women's New Position in the Social Structure as Miskin -- Individualism versus Collectivism -- Discussion and Reflection -- 9. BRAC and the Making of Religious Opposition -- Introduction -- Context of the Conflict -- Allah na Apa?" (God or Teacher?) -- The Network of Religious Organizations -- BRAC's Failure to Comprehend the Religious Situation -- Encountering Village Power-Structure -- Sericulture and the Common Resource -- Education -- Male Staff and Female Beneficiaries -- Hybridity, Fiction, and Invoking Fear -- The Role of Pro-NGO Religious Leaders and Small NGOs -- The Crisis in the Macro Context -- Scaling up the Conflict: Toward the Phony War -- Mobilization of NGOs -- Training of Trainers (TOT) -- Module Development -- Identification of Anti-Progressive Forces -- External Mobilization and Alliance Building -- NGO Politicking and Islamic Microfinance -- Discussion and Reflection -- 10. Conclusion -- Development, Discontent, and Discourse -- Control over and Effects of GPL -- BRAC Shifts the GPL -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Notes -- Glossary of Terms.

Kin Glossary -- Kinship Symbols: -- Example -- Bibliography -- Index.

A critical examination of the impact of BRAC, the world's largest NGO, on the status of women in Southern Bangladeshi cultural life.

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