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Power, Empowerment and Social Change

Published by: Routledge

This book uncovers how power operates around the world, and how it can be resisted or transformed through empowered collective action...

Strengthening local organization: where the rubber hits the road

Published by: IDS

Springs of Participation: Creating and Evolving Methodologies

Published by: ITDG

Springs of Participation: Creating and Evolving Methods for Participatory Development

Learning from others in the form of fusion and adaptation of existing tools and approaches is very much part of evolving new...

Why Citizens Don’t Engage – Power, Poverty and Civic Habitus

Poor people have been recast by development agencies from ‘beneficiaries’ to ‘engaged citizens’ – yet the assumptions behind...

Climate Justice: A New Social Movement for Atmospheric Rights

Published by: IDS

Many of those in the front lines of climate change negotiations are frustrated. The global policy process is moving too slowly in...

Developing Rights? Relating Discourse to Context and Practice

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Enthusiasm for “rights-based approaches” to development has grown during the past decade, taking on diverse meanings within the...

Introduction: Exploring Power for Change

Concepts and methods of ‘participation’ are used increasingly throughout the world in shaping policy and in delivering services. At...

Power and Pedagogy: Learning for Reflective Development Practice

… a woman stands in the middle of the room, her arms outstretched. Two other women are trying to sculpt her body into a different...

Multiple Faces of Power and Learning

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Power relations are seen by many as an obstacle to reducing poverty and inequality. There is a growing appetite for understanding power...