| dc.creator |
Onyango, Paul O. |
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| dc.creator |
Jentoft, Svein |
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| dc.date |
2016-07-08T12:31:45Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-07-08T12:31:45Z |
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| dc.date |
2011 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2018-03-27T08:23:32Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2018-03-27T08:23:32Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Onyango, P.O. and Jentoft, S., 2011. Climbing the hill: Poverty alleviation, gender relationships, and women’s social entrepreneurship in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Maritime Studies (MAST), 10(2), pp.117-140. |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2951 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2951 |
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| dc.description |
This paper tells the story of how a group of women in a Lake Victoria
fishing community in Tanzania addressed the poverty status of their community
through their agency and social entrepreneurship and, by doing so, also
their subordination relative to men. Their efforts to improve their situation in the
community landed them in men’s traditional space. In order to occupy that space
without stirring antagonism, it was crucial that the women apply their practical,
cultural, and relational skills in a way that did not jeopardize men’s cultural roles
and sense of worth. The paper argues that women’s entrepreneurship is circumscribed
by social relationships that do not work in their favour. Thus, to become
change agents in an economic sense, they also need to be change agents in a social
relational sense. The paper also illustrates how Aristotle’s concept of phronesis
– practical wisdom or prudence – is useful for understanding what poverty alleviation
and social entrepreneurship requires |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.title |
Climbing the Hill: Poverty Alleviation, Gender Relationships, and Women's Socia Entrepreneurship in Lake Victoria, Tanzania |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article, Peer Reviewed |
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