Women's Informal Associations In Developing Countries

"Kathryn S. March is assistant professor of anthropology, women’s studies, and Asian studies at Cornell University and is a fellow at Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College. Rachelle L. Taqqu received her MBA from the Cornell Graduate School of Management and has taught at both Stanford and Cornell universities."

• Preface: Making Women Visible -- Women’s Informal Associations in Perspective -- Toward a Definition -- Women’s Informal Associations -- Dynamics of the Informal Sphere -- Informal Associations: Defensive or Active? -- Women’s Economic Associations: Patterns in the Redistribution of Resources -- Women’s Ritual and Religious Associations: Patterns of Authority and Power -- Linkages to the Formal Sphere -- Personal Connections -- Institutional Linkages and Group Organization for Development -- Some Concluding Guidelines