Scripting development through formalization
Accounting for the diffusion of village savings and loans associations in Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2253353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Green (0000-0002-9800-2738, Department of Anthropology School of Social Sciences Arthur Lewis Building University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-122 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-0987 • E-ISSN: 1467-9655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9655.12966 |
| OpenAlex | W2908440270 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 67 |
Village savings and loan associations (VSLAs) are a form of self-organized savings association which has been successfully promoted by development agencies across the Global South. This article examines the increase in VSLAs in Tanzania through an investigation of the practices through which they are organized. Self-organized savings associations use extreme formalization to enact the social and financial discipline which enables members to count on one another. Anthropological theories of ritual as disciplinary practice shed light on the organizational practices of savings associations and their expansion. Such associations adopt the organizational properties of ritual to generate and sustain autonomous local institutions. Ritualization has added value for systems of financial ordering as a 'framing' device through which the financial order of saving can be delineated. Whereas sociological theorizations of institutional diffusion perceive ritualization as empty copying, ethnographically informed anthropological analysis demonstrates the productivity of formalization where detachment from ordinary relations is a sought attribute of organization
Business · Copying · Loan · Political science · Public relations · Ritualization · Scripting language · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Accounting · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Computer Science · Finance · Law · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Religion, Society, and Development
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |