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Generalization in rural development: Eleven villages in South Gujarat, India
Author(s) -
George Shanti
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3380040407
Subject(s) - caste , agrarian society , dairy farming , socioeconomics , rural development , economic growth , geography , intervention (counseling) , agrarian structure , agriculture , political science , sociology , economics , psychology , archaeology , psychiatry , law
Sweeping generalizations are often heard about ‘the rural impact’ of some developmental intervention: one notable case is that of dairy cooperatives in India. This paper examines the dairy cooperatives in 11 villages of one sub‐district in western India, and finds such great variations between them that it could be argued that the cooperative was 11 different institutions in these villages. Generalizations can, however, be put forward about the relation of dairy cooperatives in these villages to hierarchies of caste, agrarian class and gender, but through a focus on the latter variables rather than on dairy co‐operatives as prime movers of change.