Infrastructural Development’s Effects on Rural Women’s Livelihoods in Tehri-Garhwal, Northern India

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dc.contributor.advisorWeiss, Anita
dc.contributor.authorRay, Kirsten
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-06T22:02:40Z
dc.date.available2018-09-06T22:02:40Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-06
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates the effects of change and modernization on rural women’s livelihoods in northern India. Infrastructural development projects have been identified by research agencies and scholars as beneficial to people in rural areas. I reconceptualize infrastructural development – which here consists of a road, electricity, and irrigation – to act as a lens in which to define and understand the processes of change and modernization. Grounded in feminist methodology, this research is based on interviews with fifty women from six different villages in Tehri-Garwhal, India. I found that while infrastructural development did increase the quality of life for women, women did not experience empowerment. Rather, I argue that the changes brought upon by infrastructural development restructure and redefine the gender inequalities that exist in a region. Infrastructure development acts as a catalyst in a liminal space.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/23820
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectInfrastructural Developmenten_US
dc.subjectRural Livelihoodsen_US
dc.titleInfrastructural Development’s Effects on Rural Women’s Livelihoods in Tehri-Garhwal, Northern India
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of International Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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