TY - T1 - Trade-offs, rights and responsibilities in the business of microcredit : A case study from South Africa SN - / UR - URN:ISBN:978-952-10-8689-2; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/38909 T3 - A1 - Hietalahti, Johanna A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2013 LA - eng AB - This PhD thesis examines the everyday politics of microcredit by drawing on a case study from Limpopo Province, South Africa. Special attention is focused on how the distribution of rights and responsibilities, together with the multifaceted struggles over authority and power, mediate the different actors social agency and opportunities to benefit from the microcredit programmes. The study rests on thematic interviews and participant observation carried out in four villages and semi-urban settl... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - politiikan ja talouden tutkimus; kehitysmaatutkimus N1 - PP - ER -