Structuring People The Myth of Participation and the Organisation of Civil Society in Development

Participation has become an orthodoxy in the field of development, an essential element of projects and programmes. This book analyses participation in development interventions as an institutionalised expectation – a rationalized myth – and examines how organisations on different levels of governme...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schindler, Eva Marie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:Sozialwissenschaftliche Zugänge zu Afrika
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical Framework
  • Methodological Framework
  • Responding to the myth of participation through interpretation and decoupling
  • Organising civil society by building membership
  • Organising civil society by setting rules
  • Discussion and Conclusion