Habits of contributing citizenship: self-help groups in rural Tanzania
| dc.creator | Matunga, Benta N. | |
| dc.creator | Chang'a, Haji H. | |
| dc.creator | Kontinen, Tiina | |
| dc.creator | Kilonzo, R. G. | |
| dc.date | 2020-03-20T06:59:28Z | |
| dc.date | 2020-03-20T06:59:28Z | |
| dc.date | 2019 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-06T13:13:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-06T13:13:50Z | |
| dc.description | Abstract. Full Text Book Chapter available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429279171 | |
| dc.description | The chapter examines self-help groups in rural Tanzania as practices in which citizenship habits are formed. Self-help groups are referred as locally organized groups established to address the needs and challenges of the members. From the point of view of pragmatism, self-help groups provide concrete examples of a specific form of associated life and of a general human activeness in addressing shared problems. Based on interviews and focus-group discussions conducted in Kondoa district with local self-help groups, the characteristics of these practices are analyzed through three themes: the kinds of shared problems the groups address, the governance of internal interaction of the groups, and the sorts of participants included. Based on our analysis, we suggest a habit of contributing citizenship emerging out of the participation in self-help groups. | |
| dc.identifier | Kilonzo, R. G., Matunga, B. N., Chang'a, H. H., & Kontinen, T. (2019). Habits of contributing citizenship: Self-help groups in rural Tanzania. In K. Holma & T. Kontinen (Eds) (2019). Practices of citizenship in East Africa. London: Routlege. | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429279171 | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2244 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2244 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Routledge | |
| dc.subject | Self-help groups | |
| dc.subject | Citizenship habits | |
| dc.subject | Associated life | |
| dc.subject | Human activeness | |
| dc.subject | Shared problems | |
| dc.subject | Kondoa | |
| dc.subject | Public engegament | |
| dc.subject | Citizenship | |
| dc.title | Habits of contributing citizenship: self-help groups in rural Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Book chapter |