uTshani BuyaKhuluma––The Grass Speaks: the political space and capacity of the South African Homeless People’s Federation

Millstein, Marianne; Oldfield, Sophie; Stokke, Kristian

doi:10.1016/s0016-7185(03)00046-0

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“…Webster and Engberg-Pedersen (2002) focus on three key dimensions of political space: the institutional channels through which policy formulation and implementation can be accessed, controlled or contested by the poor; the political discourses in which poverty and poverty reduction are signifi cant issues; and the social and political practices of the poor. The methodological individualism that underpins some notions discussed earlier is absent here, with ethnographic and historical case studies typically preferred to survey-based work (e.g., Paerregaard, 2002;Villarreal, 2002, Millstein et al, 2003, Hickey, 2005.…”

Section: Between Agency and Structure: Re-politicizing The Good Gmentioning

confidence: 99%

The return of politics in development studies (II)

Hickey¹

2009

Progress in Development Studies

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Section: Between Agency and Structure: Re-politicizing The Good Gmentioning

confidence: 99%

The return of politics in development studies (II)

Hickey¹

2009

Progress in Development Studies

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“…'The collective nature of savings helps to ensure that women are nurtured as they develop a new understanding of themselves and their capabilities' (Satterthwaite and Mitlin 2014: 162). Savings groups provide the foundational blocks of much larger structures at settlement, city and national levels that create collective identity, a sense of belonging and the capacity to act (Millstein et al 2003;D'Cruz 2014).…”

Section: Rituals and Mutual Reliancementioning

confidence: 99%

Efficacy in Action: Mobilising Community Participation for Inclusive Urban Development

Shand

2017

Urban Forum

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The idea of inclusive development rides high on the international agenda, following publication of the Sustainable Development Goals in September 2015 and the Habitat III New Urban Agenda in 2016. The commitment to 'leave no one behind' in tackling the linked challenges of economic, social and environmental development provides an encompassing statement of intent. However, it also raises a number of important questions about how ideas of inclusivity are translated into practice, in contexts where there are extreme imbalances in resource and power and where established structures of governance marginalise the involvement of the poor in the delivery of development. Drawing on a case study of a SDI affiliate organisations in Harare, Zimbabwe, this paper examines the creation of efficacy among low-income community members as a foundation for inclusive urban development. The case study is used to discuss the importance of building efficacy as a necessary condition for communities to engage in development.

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“…There is on-going debate concerning the role of SDI and its affiliates in urban development processes. SDI has been immensely successful in asserting the agency of slum-dwellers and has put dialogue and participation in the urban spotlight on both a local and a global scale (Appadurai, 2001;Millstein et al, 2003;Patel and Mitlin, 2009). However, the movement has been criticized for promoting a particular model of engagement that in effect excludes other marginal urban voices; critics also argue that SDI's NGO affiliates support a global agenda of slum eradication and upgrading that is sometimes detrimental to the people they claim to represent (Huchzermeyer, 2012;Roy, 2009).…”

Section: Norwegian Support Of International Urban Development Agendasmentioning

confidence: 99%