scholarly journals Making meaning of empowerment and development in rural Malawi—International individualism meets local communalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 623-636
Author(s):  
Johanna Sofia Adolfsson ◽  
Sigrun Marie Moss
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Gender Development ◽  
Making Meaning ◽  
Policy Theory ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Individual Capacity ◽  
Development Approach

Empowerment is a prominent concept in psychology, and for decades, it has been a key term in global development policy, theory, and practice. However, in line with similar turns toward individualism in psychology, the prevalent understanding of the concept centers on individual capacity to change circumstances, with less focus on empowerment as a context-dependent or communal approach. In this article, adopting decolonial feminist psychology as a lens, we analyze how rural Malawians make meaning of the overarching empowerment and development approach of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in their villages, and how they perceive the approaches as fitting with local contexts. When development implementers largely ignore Malawi’s communal lifestyle, individualized empowerment initiatives can lead to individual and communal disempowerment and distress. Given psychology’s large influence on other arenas, and psychology’s implication with the individualized gender-development-empowerment nexus, we argue that it is imperative to explore the effects and experiences of this empowerment approach in different contexts. A more context-appropriate understanding of empowerment—as with most other psychological concepts—is needed.

scholarly journals Integrative transport policy - theory and practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-32
Author(s):  
Anna Mężyk
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Important Condition ◽  
Policy Theory ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Different Levels

The availability of transport services is one of the basic conditions for meeting the living needs and socio-economic activity of the population. The lack of access to such services is called a communication exclusion. Analyzes indicate that in Poland, both the number and the length of bus lines, mainly regional bus lines, are systematically decreasing. There is also little interest of local government units in building a common public transport offer. At the same time, the automotive index is rising. An important condition for shaping an integrated public transport network is cooperation: cooperation of various authorities at different levels, cooperation of authorities with carriers, cooperation with residents, enabling them to obtain their opinions. An important role can and should be played by non- governmental organizations that exist and operate in many places in Poland, pointing to the desired and expected solutions in the area of transport, e.g. the course of bicycle routes or the location of transfer points, or pointing to shortcomings and deficiencies in infrastructure. Keywords: Transport policy; Availability of transport services

Coordinating Philanthropy for Peace

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Environment And Public Health ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Catalytic Role ◽  
Collaborative Ventures ◽  
Linking Theory And Practice

AbstractCollaboration at many levels – between governments, non-governmental organizations, regional groups, and academic disciplines – will create the fabric from which a durable peace can be established in the post-9/11 era. Private foundations, even without the vast resources of government agencies, can play an important catalytic role in encouraging collaboration across the spectrum of peacebuilding. Transaction costs and barriers to negotiation can make collaboration difficult for foundations and grantees, but the potential gains from collaboration overcome the costs of time and the risks of uncertainty inherent in collaborative ventures. Foundations can be especially helpful in establishing collaborations linking theory and practice (especially in the area of evaluation); in bringing together grantees in particular geographical areas; and in helping disseminate best practices and lessons learned from peacebuilding experiences. Foundations can create an even stronger voice for peacebuilding if foundation leaders are willing to join together as effectively in the peace and security area as they do in areas such as the environment and public health.

scholarly journals Social Work with Military Servants – Participants of Anti-Terroristic Operation Released for Reserve

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (6 (344)) ◽  
pp. 64-77
Author(s):  
Svitlana Arkhypova ◽  
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Olesia Bik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations

In today's conditions, the issue of providing social (including educational) services to demobilized ATO soldiers is extremely important.The study of the issue in socio-pedagogical theory and practice led to the choice of the purpose, which is to analyse modern approaches and theoretical and methodological foundations of the organization of social work with servicemen-participants of the anti-terrorist operation.To solve this purpose, a set of methods was used: study and analysis of scientific and special literature and practical experience on the research problem; pedagogical observation, conversation.The understanding of social work with servicemen-participants of anti-terrorist operation as an integral complex of social services is presented, in particular: informing, counseling, mediation, rendering of various educational services, socio-psychological rehabilitation.The general approaches to social work with servicemen of participants of anti-terrorist operation are opened. It was found that social work is associated with adaptation, socialization, psychological, legal, social assistance and other social services, which was demonstrated by the example of specific projects.The study does not cover all the issues of social work with servicemen participating in the anti-terrorist operation. Topical issues include moral-ethical and pedagogical aspects of social work with members of the ATO and their families. It is promising to study the areas of socio-pedagogical work with servicemen-participants of the anti-terrorist operation, which can be carried out by educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and public organizations.

Development Policy--Theory and Practice.

1969 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 784
Author(s):  
Erik Thorbecke ◽  
Gustav F. Papenek
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Policy Theory

scholarly journals Rethinking NGOization as Postfeminist Practice: Interstitial Intimacies and Negotiations of Neoliberal Subjectivity in Violence Prevention

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Proshant Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Political Actions

The decade of the 1990s marked the rise of postfeminism, a series of discursive, mediatized and intellectual interventions that furthered, but also broke away from, past forms of feminist theory and practice. This period also witnessed the global proliferation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the “NGOization” of feminism, referring to the cooption and erasure of critical social movements. Beyond their temporal instantiation in the 1990s, postfeminism and NGOization converge and entangle in everyday practices of women’s NGOs and organizations. In this article, I examine such convergences and entanglements as they unfold in an NGO’s community-based program to prevent violence against women and girls in Mumbai’s urban poor neighborhoods. Such programs create new forms of femininity and womanhood among women who participate in interventions as frontline workers. These women navigate complex pressures of communitarian gender norms, disciplinary regimes of professionalization and quantification, and the vicarious harm of supporting survivors. Their affective caring labor, thus, is facilitated by and produces what I describe as interstitial intimacies, which problematize and embody key postfeminist claims, while engendering political actions and contestations under neoliberalism.

scholarly journals The Role of Evaluative Thinking in the Teaching of Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Archibald
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Community Based Education ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Evaluative Thinking

In this practice note, I share some reflections on the role of evaluative thinking in the teaching of evaluation. I teach an introductory graduate-level evaluation course to Master’s and Doctoral students and also provide ECB workshops to various community-based education organizations, non-governmental organizations, non-profits, foundations, and groups of emerging evaluators. In this practice note I use a reflective case study augmented with analysis against salient theoretical frameworks to reflect on evaluative thinking as a way: (1) to balance teaching theory and practice; (2) to infuse adult education principles and practices, which can also help learners hone in on the potential for evaluation for social justice; and (3) to equip students for continuing professional development—to help them become life-long learners in evaluation.

Development Policy: Theory and Practice.

Economica ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 37 (146) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Michael Lipton ◽  
Gustav F. Papanek
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Policy Theory

The Theory and Practice of Chinese Grassroots Governance: Five Models

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
BAOGANG HE
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Global Level ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Cooperative Action ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Many

Theories of governance and Chinese understandingsThere is a vast and eclectic literature about many forms of governance, including markets, bureaucratic hierarchies, associations and different types of networks. The Commission on Global Governance, for example, defines governance as ‘the sum of the many ways individuals and institutions, public and private, manage their common affairs. It is a continuing process through which conflicting or diverse interests may be accommodated and cooperative action may be taken. It includes formal institutions and regimes empowered to enforce compliance, as well as informal arrangements that people and institutions either have agreed to or perceive to be in their interest’. Thus, ‘at the global level, governance has been viewed primarily as intergovernmental relationships, but it must now be understood as also involving non-governmental organizations (NGOs), citizens' movements, multinational corporations and the global mass of dramatically enlarged influence’.

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