Enterprising Women in Urban Zimbabwe

Informationen zum Autor Mary Johnson Osirim is Professor of Sociology and co-director of the Center for International Studies at Bryn Mawr College. Klappentext Enterprising Women in Urban Zimbabwe offers a comprehensive study of women's role as entrepreneurs in the microeconomic sector that shows them as agents during challenging political and economic times. Zusammenfassung Investigates the business and personal experiences of women entrepreneurs in Harare and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to understand their successes, challenges, and contributions to development. This book also advances the literature on gender and development, offering a study of women's role as entrepreneurs in the microeconomic sector. Inhaltsverzeichnis This is a tentative table of contents. 1. Introduction 2. Shaping the Discourse on Women, Development and the Microenterprise Sector: The Feminist Political Economy Paradigm and the Modern History of Zimbabwe 3. Market Traders: Persisting against Difficult Odds 4. Crocheters and Knitters: Creativity and Innovation in Production 5. Hairdressers and Seamstresses: Higher Status in the Microenterprise Sector? 6. Entrepreneurship, the State, and the Development of Civil Society 7. Conclusion

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Mary Johnson Osirim

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Enterprising Women in Urban Zimbabwe offers a comprehensive study of women's role as entrepreneurs in the microeconomic sector that shows them as agents during challenging political and economic times.

Résumé
Investigates the business and personal experiences of women entrepreneurs in Harare and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to understand their successes, challenges, and contributions to development. This book also advances the literature on gender and development, offering a study of women's role as entrepreneurs in the microeconomic sector.

Contenu

This is a tentative table of contents.

1. Introduction
2. Shaping the Discourse on Women, Development and the Microenterprise Sector: The Feminist Political Economy Paradigm and the Modern History of Zimbabwe
3. Market Traders: Persisting against Difficult Odds
4. Crocheters and Knitters: Creativity and Innovation in Production
5. Hairdressers and Seamstresses: Higher Status in the Microenterprise Sector?
6. Entrepreneurship, the State, and the Development of Civil Society
7. Conclusion