Mahasweta M Banerjee
Biographic Data
| ID | 2366514 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mahasweta M Banerjee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mahasweta M |
| FAMILY NAME | Banerjee |
| SIGNATURE | BANERJEE M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Coming Up Short
Objective: Existing research on savings and liquid-asset accumulation is largely quantitative and focuses on descriptions of how income inequality leads to the ability or inability to save. What has been left out of this body of research is an in-depth exploration of the role family composition may play in the way that households accumulate liquid assets. The purpose of this research is to understand how lower and higher income single- and two-pa…
We're not rich, but we're definitely not poor
Financial capability of parents of kindergarteners
Gender Differences in Capabilities for Work among Poor
Gender inequality is exceptionally high in India. It shows up through various explicit measures, but implicit disparities embedded in patriarchal norms are harder to measure. This article explores whether disparate freedoms between genders influence paid-work capabilities—abilities, skills, resources, and opportunities at personal, interpersonal, and structural levels. Using a mixed-methods design, purposive sampling, and face-to-face interviews,…
Applying Sen's Capability Approach to Understand Work and Income among Poor People in India
Applying Sen's capability approach, this paper explores income poor individuals' capabilities—abilities, skills, resources, and opportunities at personal, inter-personal, and structural levels—for work and income. It reports on data collected from 92 individuals identified through purposive sampling and interviewed face-to- face. The study found that 11% of respondents had varied work capabilities and earned a relatively high income; 49% of respo…
The Capabilities Approach
This article reviews the capabilities approach to understand the life circumstances that affect the employability of “hard-to-employ” welfare (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families [TANF]) recipients. It reports research findings related to TANF recipients’ employment and presents key elements of the capabilities approach. It compares and contrasts functionings that impede and enhance TANF recipients’ employment. It finds that employability is i…
Social Work and Social Development
Comparing Rawlsian Justice and the Capabilities Approach to Justice from a Spiritually Sensitive Social Work Perspective
This article examines two social justice theories, Rawlsian Justice and the Capabilities Approach of Sen and Nussbaum, in relation to congruence with four principles of spiritually sensitive social work. We find that although Rawlsian justice has valuable insights, it has some gaps for promoting spiritually sensitive practice. In contrast, the Capabilities Approach bears more promise for promoting spiritually sensitive social work as it meets all…
Work Experiences of Women Survivors
The study presented in this article applied the capabilities approach to the experiences of low-income women survivors of gender-based violence, who worked in the formal and informal economies. Nine women were interviewed about their work histories, alternative resource-generating strategies, the advantages and disadvantages of different types of work, and the impact of gender-based violence on their work lives. The authors vetted these experienc…
Spirituality As a Strength of Afican‐American Women Affected by Welfare Reform
Spirituality, including religious community participation, is commonly an important aspect of life and a significant strength in African‐American communities, especially for women dealing with issues of poverty. In order to deepen knowledge about how this works in people's daily lives, this qualitative study explored how a group of 44 African‐American women in a job readiness program located in a Midwestern urban area utilized spirituality as a s…
Children's Schooling
This study is rooted in many mothers' experiences with their children's schooling and how they affect their ability to work in this era of welfare reform. Responding to problems identified by women participating in a welfare-to-work program, this paper explores the realities of children's schooling and its effects on their mothers' work from the perspectives of ten women of color. The study reveals that personal, interpersonal, and systemic facto…
Applying Rawlsian Social Justice to Welfare Reform
This paper sketches social workers' understanding of social justice and reliance on Rawls (1971), highlights findings about "hard to employ" welfare recipients facing welfare reform, and articulates the parameters of Rawlsian justice (Rawls, 1999a; 2001) with particular emphasis on people who have been on welfare for long. The paper shows that social workers do not have any space to maneuver in Rawlsian justice to uphold justice for long-term wel…
Spirituality
In this paper, the authors examine the meaning and role of spirituality in the lives of eight women of color, participating in a welfare-to-work program. Although largely ignored in social work practice in the context of welfare reform, these women indicate through in-depth interviews that spirituality is a vital source of resilience for them. They articulate their meaning of spirituality, spiritual practices, spiritual experiences with material …
Voicing Realities and Recommending Reform in PRWORA
This article represents the views of 12 women facing welfare reform under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and 12 services providers of two state offices from a midwestern metropolitan area. The author used constructivist inquiry to understand their multiple constructions of reality associated with the "work first" provision of the law. Three aspects of work are discussed: preparation for work, nature of…
Micro-Enterprise Training (MET) Program
In this paper, I present a case study of a Micro-Enterprise Training program (MET) that was designed especially for people trying to leave welfare, and to do so by starting their own very small businesses earning at least $7 per hour. Before presenting the case study, I briefly review the literature on welfare reform, wage employment, and micro-enterprise development. Then I discuss the MET program-an innovative response to welfare reform-in its …
Micro-Enterprise Development
All over the world, micro-enterprise development initiatives are demonstrating that they are a viable response to poverty. This paper discusses a field study of 40 slum-dwellers, 17 of whom had taken out a loan for a micro-enterprise, conducted in Calcutta in 1995. This study helps demonstrate the crucial elements of the Gra-meen model of micro-lending. Findings show there is a significant difference in income of borrowers versus non-borrowers, a…
Linking Disaster Preparedness and Organizational Response Effectiveness
An analytical model is developed to specify the relationship between organizational disaster preparedness and effective disaster response. Specifying this relationship clarifies the theoretical significance of the concept of preparedeness. The model shows how the concept of disaster preparedness. The model shows how the concept of disaster preparedenss applies to a broad range of social services when circumstances overwhelm the usual means of res…
Strategy and Organizational Disaster Preparedness
Strategy is introduced as a predictor of disaster preparedness. Tests with multiple regression show that strategy, disaster experience and capacity for disaster response are the strongest predictors of preparedness. We conclude that the measure of strategy warrants further refinement and that the study of preparedness must move from idiosyncratic, disconnected studies to a more theoretically organized set of studies that verify useful guidelines …
Linking Disaster Preparedness and Organizational Response Effectiveness
An analytical model is developed to specify the relationship between organizational disaster preparedness and effective disaster response. Specifying this relationship clarifies the theoretical significance of the concept of preparedeness. The model shows how the concept of disaster preparedness. The model shows how the concept of disaster preparedenss applies to a broad range of social services when circumstances overwhelm the usual means of res…
Spirituality
In this paper, the authors examine the meaning and role of spirituality in the lives of eight women of color, participating in a welfare-to-work program. Although largely ignored in social work practice in the context of welfare reform, these women indicate through in-depth interviews that spirituality is a vital source of resilience for them. They articulate their meaning of spirituality, spiritual practices, spiritual experiences with material …
Micro-Enterprise Training (MET) Program
In this paper, I present a case study of a Micro-Enterprise Training program (MET) that was designed especially for people trying to leave welfare, and to do so by starting their own very small businesses earning at least $7 per hour. Before presenting the case study, I briefly review the literature on welfare reform, wage employment, and micro-enterprise development. Then I discuss the MET program-an innovative response to welfare reform-in its …
We're not rich, but we're definitely not poor
Work Experiences of Women Survivors
The study presented in this article applied the capabilities approach to the experiences of low-income women survivors of gender-based violence, who worked in the formal and informal economies. Nine women were interviewed about their work histories, alternative resource-generating strategies, the advantages and disadvantages of different types of work, and the impact of gender-based violence on their work lives. The authors vetted these experienc…
Voicing Realities and Recommending Reform in PRWORA
This article represents the views of 12 women facing welfare reform under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and 12 services providers of two state offices from a midwestern metropolitan area. The author used constructivist inquiry to understand their multiple constructions of reality associated with the "work first" provision of the law. Three aspects of work are discussed: preparation for work, nature of…
Micro-Enterprise Development
All over the world, micro-enterprise development initiatives are demonstrating that they are a viable response to poverty. This paper discusses a field study of 40 slum-dwellers, 17 of whom had taken out a loan for a micro-enterprise, conducted in Calcutta in 1995. This study helps demonstrate the crucial elements of the Gra-meen model of micro-lending. Findings show there is a significant difference in income of borrowers versus non-borrowers, a…
Strategy and Organizational Disaster Preparedness
Strategy is introduced as a predictor of disaster preparedness. Tests with multiple regression show that strategy, disaster experience and capacity for disaster response are the strongest predictors of preparedness. We conclude that the measure of strategy warrants further refinement and that the study of preparedness must move from idiosyncratic, disconnected studies to a more theoretically organized set of studies that verify useful guidelines …
Coming Up Short
Objective: Existing research on savings and liquid-asset accumulation is largely quantitative and focuses on descriptions of how income inequality leads to the ability or inability to save. What has been left out of this body of research is an in-depth exploration of the role family composition may play in the way that households accumulate liquid assets. The purpose of this research is to understand how lower and higher income single- and two-pa…
The Capabilities Approach
This article reviews the capabilities approach to understand the life circumstances that affect the employability of “hard-to-employ” welfare (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families [TANF]) recipients. It reports research findings related to TANF recipients’ employment and presents key elements of the capabilities approach. It compares and contrasts functionings that impede and enhance TANF recipients’ employment. It finds that employability is i…
Financial capability of parents of kindergarteners
Applying Rawlsian Social Justice to Welfare Reform
This paper sketches social workers' understanding of social justice and reliance on Rawls (1971), highlights findings about "hard to employ" welfare recipients facing welfare reform, and articulates the parameters of Rawlsian justice (Rawls, 1999a; 2001) with particular emphasis on people who have been on welfare for long. The paper shows that social workers do not have any space to maneuver in Rawlsian justice to uphold justice for long-term wel…
Linking Disaster Preparedness and Organizational Response Effectiveness
An analytical model is developed to specify the relationship between organizational disaster preparedness and effective disaster response. Specifying this relationship clarifies the theoretical significance of the concept of preparedeness. The model shows how the concept of disaster preparedness. The model shows how the concept of disaster preparedenss applies to a broad range of social services when circumstances overwhelm the usual means of res…
Strategy and Organizational Disaster Preparedness
Strategy is introduced as a predictor of disaster preparedness. Tests with multiple regression show that strategy, disaster experience and capacity for disaster response are the strongest predictors of preparedness. We conclude that the measure of strategy warrants further refinement and that the study of preparedness must move from idiosyncratic, disconnected studies to a more theoretically organized set of studies that verify useful guidelines …
Micro-Enterprise Development
All over the world, micro-enterprise development initiatives are demonstrating that they are a viable response to poverty. This paper discusses a field study of 40 slum-dwellers, 17 of whom had taken out a loan for a micro-enterprise, conducted in Calcutta in 1995. This study helps demonstrate the crucial elements of the Gra-meen model of micro-lending. Findings show there is a significant difference in income of borrowers versus non-borrowers, a…
Micro-Enterprise Training (MET) Program
In this paper, I present a case study of a Micro-Enterprise Training program (MET) that was designed especially for people trying to leave welfare, and to do so by starting their own very small businesses earning at least $7 per hour. Before presenting the case study, I briefly review the literature on welfare reform, wage employment, and micro-enterprise development. Then I discuss the MET program-an innovative response to welfare reform-in its …
Voicing Realities and Recommending Reform in PRWORA
This article represents the views of 12 women facing welfare reform under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and 12 services providers of two state offices from a midwestern metropolitan area. The author used constructivist inquiry to understand their multiple constructions of reality associated with the "work first" provision of the law. Three aspects of work are discussed: preparation for work, nature of…
Spirituality
In this paper, the authors examine the meaning and role of spirituality in the lives of eight women of color, participating in a welfare-to-work program. Although largely ignored in social work practice in the context of welfare reform, these women indicate through in-depth interviews that spirituality is a vital source of resilience for them. They articulate their meaning of spirituality, spiritual practices, spiritual experiences with material …
Children's Schooling
This study is rooted in many mothers' experiences with their children's schooling and how they affect their ability to work in this era of welfare reform. Responding to problems identified by women participating in a welfare-to-work program, this paper explores the realities of children's schooling and its effects on their mothers' work from the perspectives of ten women of color. The study reveals that personal, interpersonal, and systemic facto…
Applying Rawlsian Social Justice to Welfare Reform
This paper sketches social workers' understanding of social justice and reliance on Rawls (1971), highlights findings about "hard to employ" welfare recipients facing welfare reform, and articulates the parameters of Rawlsian justice (Rawls, 1999a; 2001) with particular emphasis on people who have been on welfare for long. The paper shows that social workers do not have any space to maneuver in Rawlsian justice to uphold justice for long-term wel…
Spirituality As a Strength of Afican‐American Women Affected by Welfare Reform
Spirituality, including religious community participation, is commonly an important aspect of life and a significant strength in African‐American communities, especially for women dealing with issues of poverty. In order to deepen knowledge about how this works in people's daily lives, this qualitative study explored how a group of 44 African‐American women in a job readiness program located in a Midwestern urban area utilized spirituality as a s…
Work Experiences of Women Survivors
The study presented in this article applied the capabilities approach to the experiences of low-income women survivors of gender-based violence, who worked in the formal and informal economies. Nine women were interviewed about their work histories, alternative resource-generating strategies, the advantages and disadvantages of different types of work, and the impact of gender-based violence on their work lives. The authors vetted these experienc…
Comparing Rawlsian Justice and the Capabilities Approach to Justice from a Spiritually Sensitive Social Work Perspective
This article examines two social justice theories, Rawlsian Justice and the Capabilities Approach of Sen and Nussbaum, in relation to congruence with four principles of spiritually sensitive social work. We find that although Rawlsian justice has valuable insights, it has some gaps for promoting spiritually sensitive practice. In contrast, the Capabilities Approach bears more promise for promoting spiritually sensitive social work as it meets all…
The Capabilities Approach
This article reviews the capabilities approach to understand the life circumstances that affect the employability of “hard-to-employ” welfare (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families [TANF]) recipients. It reports research findings related to TANF recipients’ employment and presents key elements of the capabilities approach. It compares and contrasts functionings that impede and enhance TANF recipients’ employment. It finds that employability is i…
Social Work and Social Development
Gender Differences in Capabilities for Work among Poor
Gender inequality is exceptionally high in India. It shows up through various explicit measures, but implicit disparities embedded in patriarchal norms are harder to measure. This article explores whether disparate freedoms between genders influence paid-work capabilities—abilities, skills, resources, and opportunities at personal, interpersonal, and structural levels. Using a mixed-methods design, purposive sampling, and face-to-face interviews,…
Applying Sen's Capability Approach to Understand Work and Income among Poor People in India
Applying Sen's capability approach, this paper explores income poor individuals' capabilities—abilities, skills, resources, and opportunities at personal, inter-personal, and structural levels—for work and income. It reports on data collected from 92 individuals identified through purposive sampling and interviewed face-to- face. The study found that 11% of respondents had varied work capabilities and earned a relatively high income; 49% of respo…
Coming Up Short
Objective: Existing research on savings and liquid-asset accumulation is largely quantitative and focuses on descriptions of how income inequality leads to the ability or inability to save. What has been left out of this body of research is an in-depth exploration of the role family composition may play in the way that households accumulate liquid assets. The purpose of this research is to understand how lower and higher income single- and two-pa…
We're not rich, but we're definitely not poor
Financial capability of parents of kindergarteners
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Work (physics (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Welfare (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (7 works) · Social Work (7 works) · Business (6 works)