IDS working papers;259
Relying on a conceptual synthesis provided by the Political Processes Theory, this paper explains the formation of the Brazilian environmental movement from the 1970s to the 1990s.
1 January 2005
Water scarcity is considered one of the most pressing problems confronting humankind in the new century. This book exposes the social and power relations which usually underlie water crises in western India.
1 January 2005
The collapse of communism in Romania held the promise of a revival of private, small-scale farming. It was expected that collectivized agricultural producers would quickly return to private farming, which was thought to be more desirable in terms of economic efficiency. Overall, however, the...
1 January 2005
This special double edition is based on the outcomes of a writeshop held in April 2004 at the Institute for Development Studies, UK.
1 January 2005
This paper examines national-level explanations for poverty decline in Bangladesh in micro-level detail, in order to better understand the nature of the causalities at work and why somehouseholds have gained, while others have failed to gain, in the processes of change involved.
1 January 2005
1 January 2005
IDS discussion papers;383
This paper summarises the findings of a comparative research project on the contribution of civil society organisations to democratisation in Africa. Drawing primarily on empirical case studies of civil society organisations in South Africa and Uganda, and related material from Ghana, the...
1 January 2005
IDS working papers;228
This paper addresses a contradiction that lies at the core of the relationship between rights and
participation. Participatory development emphasises ideals of consensus, of openness to differences and
to resolving any conflicts these might create, and of the importance of grounding...
1 January 2005
IDS working papers;247
This paper examines the controversy over measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine in Britain through
the lenses of social movement theory and social studies of science. Since the early 1990s, networks of
parents have raised, and mobilised around, concerns that MMR has triggered a particular...
1 January 2005
IDS working papers;249
There is now considerable evidence that civil organisations have become de facto and de jure representatives
of particular segments of the population and interests in the design, implementation, and monitoring of
public policy. This paper explores two questions that are becoming increasingly...
1 January 2005
IDS working papers;254
This paper examines the participatory processes which led to the building of the Berg River Dam in South
Africa’s western Cape province. The government-led formal participatory processes initiated by
government stand in contrast to the mobilisation of environmental activists against the...
1 January 2005
IDS working papers;246
This paper examines citizen mobilisation and activism in relation to asbestos disease and litigation.
Although the litigation of Cape plc, a British company mining asbestos in South Africa, has been seen as a
success story in which local activists worked alongside international lawyers and...
1 January 2005
