Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/287679 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] The European Journal of Development Research [ISSN:] 1743-9728 [Volume:] 34 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Palgrave Macmillan UK [Place:] London [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 754-784
Publisher: 
Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
Abstract: 
This paper adds to the empirical research on empowerment drivers by analysing the empowerment of women and men at the community level. Using micro-data from four villages in rural Karnataka/India, our econometric estimations confirm several predictions of Sen's capability approach on potential determinants of empowerment. Education, decent employment, other-regarding agency goals, political networks, trust and fairness coincide with reported impact on community-level change. Gender-specific estimations demonstrate that most empirical drivers of empowerment are quite consistent for men and women in many respects. Some variables, however, notably higher education, correlate with community-level empowerment of men, but not of women, which emphasises different gender roles in rural Karnataka. These findings may help researchers and practitioners to further develop cause-related strategies to overcome major determinants of disempowerment in institutional village decision contexts in general as well as those which are gender-specific.
Subjects: 
Community-level empowerment
Capability approach
Gender
Rural India
Human development
Agency
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