CALCULATIVE PRACTICES OF THE "RURAL"

This study explores how semantic and moral rules of
rural cultures and intrinsic power relations in
rural politics constrain the institutionalisation of
entrepreneurial ethos and rational calculations in
rural economies. It addresses three interrelated
research questions: (1)What calculative practices
prevail in the rural economy, and how do such
practices interplay with rural culture and politics?
(2) What psychological meanings and moral
factors influence entrepreneurial rationality in
rural communities, and how do these influences come
about?, (3) What inequalities and power
relations constrain rural entrepreneurship, and how
do these constraints operate?, and Based on
ethnographic narratives and stories gathered from
two villages in Sri Lanka, it has found that
entrepreneurial development and underlying
calculative practices in rural contexts are subject
to particular psychological meanings, moral factors,
inequalities and power relations.

Autorentext

Dr. Kelum Jayasinghe (Bcom, MBA, PhD) is a lecturer in accounting at the Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK. He has a desire to conduct 'critical' and 'interdisciplinary' research in accounting and international development.

Klappentext

This study explores how semantic and moral rules of rural cultures and intrinsic power relations in rural politics constrain the institutionalisation of entrepreneurial ethos and rational calculations in rural economies. It addresses three interrelated research questions: (1)What 'calculative practices' prevail in the rural economy, and how do such practices interplay with rural culture and politics? (2) What 'psychological' meanings and 'moral' factors influence entrepreneurial 'rationality' in rural communities, and how do these influences come about?, (3) What 'inequalities' and 'power relations' constrain rural entrepreneurship, and how do these constraints operate?, and Based on ethnographic narratives and stories gathered from two villages in Sri Lanka, it has found that entrepreneurial development and underlying calculative practices in rural contexts are subject to particular psychological meanings, moral factors, inequalities and power relations.