Introduction An Anthropology Of Everyday Governance: Collective Service Delivery And Subject-Making

Blundo, Giorgio; Meur, Pierre‐Yves Le

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“…Governance, according to [12], is one of those concepts that have been reconstructed and marketed in developing countries as a "catch-all category". The normative load is problematic and calls for a new lens in studying it to understand mundane everyday life in society.…”

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“…The normative load is problematic and calls for a new lens in studying it to understand mundane everyday life in society. Governance is a paradoxical development parlance, which is neither recent nor solely dedicated to reforming dysfunctional governments to provide quality public services for the population [12]. According to [20], the sociology of governance is when:…”

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“…The World Bank's definition of governance illustrates this perspective: "the manner in which public officials and institutions acquire and exercise the authority to shape public policy and provide public goods and services" [25]. The normative definition of governance by the World Bank has been criticised for being polluted and misleading as it masks neoliberal ideas and depoliticises public affairs to the benefit of a technocratic and managerial vision [12]. Governance can broadly be defined:…”

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“…resulting in more or less stabilised regulations, producing order and disorder (the point is subject to diverging interpretations between stakeholders) and defining a social field, the boundaries and participants of which are predefined". [12] This definition refers to how different institutions operate depending on their positionality at a particular time and space, which gives them legitimacy and authority. Governance here is used as a practical tool in reference to the delivery of collective services.…”

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Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Ghana: What Governance System Works?

Nchanji

2017

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Urban farming takes advantage of its proximity to market, transport and other urban infrastructure to provide food for the city and sustain the livelihoods of urban and peri-urban dwellers. It is an agricultural activity which employs more than 50% of the local urban population with positive and negative impacts on local and national development. Urban agriculture is an informal activity not supported by law but in practice is regulated to a certain extent by state institutions, traditional rulers, farmers and national and international non-governmental organisations. Tamale's rapid population growth, exacerbated by the unplanned development system and institutional conflicts, are factors contributing to the present bottlenecks in the urban agricultural system. In this paper, these bottlenecks are conceptualised as problems of governance. These issues will be illustrated using ethnographic data from land sales, crop-livestock competition, waste-water irrigation, and markets. I will explain how conflicts which arise from these different situations are resolved through the interactions of various governance systems. Informal governance arrangements are widespread, but neither they nor formal systems are always successful in resolving governance issues. A participatory governance does not seem possible due to actors' divergent interests. A governance solution for this sector is not yet apparent, contributing to food and nutritional insecurity.

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Section: Notion Of Governancementioning

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Section: Notion Of Governancementioning

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Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Ghana: What Governance System Works?

Nchanji

2017

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“…achieving wastewater governance in line with human rights also demands that states recognize the fact that policy level and ground realities of everyday wastewater governance are not always coherent (Blundo and le meur, 2009;Zimmer, 2012). Bureaucratic actors at lower levels of governance often have significant leverage and can change policies through negotiated implementation (lipsky, 2010).…”

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Governing wastewater, curbing pollution, and improving water quality for the realization of human rights

2014

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Keywords: sanitation, wastewater, human rights, participation, accountability, non-discrimination and equalityThe impact of water pollution is increasingly recognized as a major threat to human health and well-being. Some even argue that the lack of adequate wastewater management, rather than freshwater availability, is at the heart of a future water crisis (Biswas and tortajada, 2011: 6). however, despite declared intentions to integrate wastewater management into overall water management frameworks, water management has been given priority by policymakers with neglect for wastewater. wastewater policies lag far behind, and implementation and monitoring often fail. Publishing, 2014, www.practicalactionpublishing.org http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/2046-1887.034, ISSN: 2046-1879 (print) 2046-1887 Yet, water contamination has a significant impact on the realization of the human rights to water, sanitation, health, food, and a healthy environment, among many others. risks originate in untreated sewage and faecal sludge from septic tanks leaking into ground and surface water, the content of pits dumped into the environment or overflowing sewer networks, small businesses and large industries discharging contaminated water, extractive industries impacting on water resources, and agricultural run-offs contaminated with pesticides and fertilizers. the lack of adequate wastewater management and pollution control can have significant impacts on public health and the environment. Disadvantaged communities are often worst affected, with negative impacts on their lives, livelihoods, health, and the realization of their human rights.this article seeks to consider these issues by introducing the human rights framework into wastewater and water quality governance. human rights provide guidance in managing wastewater and controlling water pollution. they demand the respect of the cross-cutting human rights principles of non-discrimination, equality, participation, sustainability, and accountability in the governance of wastewater. They offer a flexible framework requiring states to prioritize addressing the most urgent and serious impacts on human rights. they call for a phased approach of progressive improvements in managing wastewater and controlling pollution as illustrated by the concept of a wastewater ladder. human rights demand a shift in priorities with a focus on improving the lives and livelihoods of the most disadvantaged people who are usually worst affected by contamination. the human rights framework recognizes individuals as rights-holders and has the potential to empower people and to demand that governments comply with their human rights obligations. looking at wastewater governance through the perspective of human rights stresses that sanitation and emptying, disposing, and treating of sludge and septage are not the responsibility of individuals alone. even though these issues are often perceived as a private matter and households are left to cope on their own, it is the obligation of states to ensure that the la...

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Justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Practicing Corruption, Practicing Resistance?

Felices-Luna

2011

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Based on empirical material collected in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this article analyses certain practices labelled as corruption as being part of broader relations of subjugation and resistance. In the first part it describes how a system of governance was instituted and maintained during colonialism and dictatorship through knowledge-power that allowed for relations of domination and exploitation to take place. Then, it analyses how in a context of democratic transformation, certain practices of corruption help unveil the complexity of multi-layered power relations mobilising discourses of knowledge as well as practices of subjugation, resistance, oppression and exploitation. The article concludes by underlining that institutional actors have a vested interest in maintaining the current system in place as they represent the nodal point of power-relations.

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Introduction An Anthropology Of Everyday Governance: Collective Service Delivery And Subject-Making

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