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Binitha V. Thampi
Researcher at Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Publications - 16
Citations - 196
Binitha V. Thampi is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 14 publications receiving 164 citations. Previous affiliations of Binitha V. Thampi include Centre for Development Studies.
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Between ‘Empowerment’ and ‘Liberation’ The Kudumbashree Initiative in Kerala
J. Devika,Binitha V. Thampi +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the claims of the Kerala government's poverty eradication programme, the Kudumbashree, which combines a micro-finance model with other elements through critical feminist lenses, and place this programme within Kerala's own historical experience of empowering the poor.
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Performing Participatory Citizenship - Politics and Power in Kerala's Kudumbashree Programme
TL;DR: Kudumbashree, the Poverty Eradication Mission for the Indian State of Kerala, operates through female-only Neighbourhood Groups, which aim to con....
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Mobility Towards Work and Politics for Women in Kerala State, India: A View from the Histories of Gender and Space
J. Devika,Binitha V. Thampi +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, historical analysis and qualitative fieldwork are combined to question the belief that recent efforts in Kerala to induct women into local governance and mobilize poor women into self-help groups implies continuity with the earlier history of women's mobility into the spaces of paid work and politics.
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Husbands’ Participation in Housework and Child Care in India
TL;DR: The authors tested theories of housework among tea plantation workers in India and revealed a curvilinear relationship between husbands' earnings share and their participation in each task, supporting theories of bargaining and gender display.
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The politics of defining and alleviating poverty: State strategies and their impacts in rural Kerala
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a relational approach to the study of poverty, and use this to critically evaluate state strategies for identifying and alleviating poverty in Kerala, India, and trace these from national planning documents through to their point of implementation.