Citizen Action for Accountability in Challenging Contexts: What Have we Learned?
While much is known about how citizens mobilize and make claims for accountability in more democratic, stable, and peaceful settings,...
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While much is known about how citizens mobilize and make claims for accountability in more democratic, stable, and peaceful settings,...
Published by: Wiley
In recent years, a growing literature has emerged analysing how organised citizen action can achieve more accountable and inclusive...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
How and under what conditions does citizen-led social and political action contribute to empowerment and accountability? What are the...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Energy protests are becoming increasingly common and significant around the world. While in the global North concerns tend to centre around climate issues, in the global South the concerns are more often with affordable energy. Both types of protests, however, have one issue in common: the undemocratic nature of energy policymaking.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Since long before the Covid-19 pandemic emerged in 2020, civic space has been changing all over the globe, generally becoming more...
Published by: Taylor and Francis
This article reviews longstanding debates about the relationship between power over and power to - often posed as the tension between...
Development donors invest significantly in governance reform, including in contexts characterised by conflict and fragility. However, there is relatively little comparative study of their change strategies, and little understanding of what works and why. This paper explores the strategies of six recent DFID-funded programmes in Mozambique, Myanmar, and Pakistan with empowerment and accountability aims.
Published by: IDS
Participation is the act of people engaging in decisions that impact their lives. It has been widely promoted in social, political and...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This report highlights key messages emerging from the work of the Action for Empowerment and Accountability Research Programme (A4EA), and the implications for how donors, policy makers and practitioners support strategies for empowerment and accountability in fragile, conflict and violence affected settings.
Published by: Taylor & Francis Online
With the rise of Trump support in rural Appalachia – the coal mining, mountainous region in the heartland of the eastern United States...