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- From paternalism to participation: the motivations and understandings of the “developers”
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Recently there has been a shift in development discourse from ideas of paternalism to those of participation. Set within the framework of a postmodern critique of development, this paper questions the assumption that the ideas of development still exist ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-11-27 12:51
- Privatisation of urban water and sewerage services in Turkey: some trends
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This article looks at the experience of privatised urban water supply and sewerage services in Turkey, focusing on the case of three cities that have opted for such privatisation. The article opens with an examination of the management of urban water an ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- Participatory appraisal in the UK urban health sector: keeping faith with perceived needs
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Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) emerged in the context of working with rural communities in developing countries. But the principles of participation and of action-oriented research are equally valid for development wor ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
- Networks, support groups, and domestic violence
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The author researched women's experiences of domestic violence and abuse in Calcutta, India. She reports on their strategies for coping with and resisting this violence, noting that the majority of the women developed resistance strategies, and that in ma ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
- Whose terms? Observations on `development management' in an English city
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Using the example of a project in Sheffield intended to promote user-involvement and participation in planning healthcare services, the author criticises the failure of the project to actually provide any forum for user-participation. The structures used ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- Domestic violence, deportation, and women's resistance: notes on managing inter-sectionality
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This Practical note describes the work of the Southall Black Sisters, a group, based in London, England, which provides a variety of assistance to, mainly Asian, women who have been victims of domestic violence and abuse. The author discusses how the UK l ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- Community development: Freire and Grameen in the Barrowfield Project, Glasgow, Scotland
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This article is an attempt to examine one of the better-known failures in UK community development – the Barrowfield Project in Glasgow (1986–1996) – and to compare and contrast it with other attempts at community development, especially some associated w ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
- More than a token gesture: NGOs and trade unions campaigning for a common cause
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With the passage of the 1999 Asylum and Immigration Act in the UK, a system of vouchers for all new asylum seekers was to be introduced from April 2000. These vouchers were widely regarded as iniquitous in that they discriminated against an already vulner ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:11
- The state of the art in citizens’ communication for social change in Spain
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In spite of its long history on different countries, ‘citizens communication for social change’ is little known in Spanish academic and social institutions, so few communication professionals know how to address and undertake in-depth planni ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 13:35
- Thinking about faith-based organisations in development: where have we got to and what next?
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This paper takes stock of current thinking about the nature and distinctiveness of faith-based organisations (FBOs) in development. Since the 1990s, public policy-linked scholarship from the USA has sought to define and categorise FBOs. More recently, m ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-07-12 13:44
