Around the world bureaucratic forms of state coordination are being displaced by new techniques of participatory governance; changes that blur the boundaries between government, markets, and civil society. These alterations to the state are routinely attributed to three global t…
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This case study is an ethnographic study of workshops in four schools in Durgapur in rural Bangladesh with the goal to understand the perspectives regarding participation and paribesh (environment) of different groups of youth. Among the groups of youth included in this study ar…
Since the 1980s, major rural institutional reforms have been implemented in Northern Nigeria. These include the Better Life for Rural Women Program, the Directorate of Food, Road, and Rural Infrastructure and the North East Arid Zone Development Program (NEAZDP). The first two p…
Spending on infrastructure accounts for several percentage points of gross world product, reflecting its perceived importance to growth and development. Previous literature has made limited progress in providing unbiased estimates of its impacts, or causal evidence about policy …
The aim of this study was to determine factors affecting people's participation in North West rural development program in Tunisia. The review of literature on people's participation presented two competing paradigms: the liberal view and the radical view. The two paradigms are …
Social forestry (SF) has attained momentum in recent years as a tool for social and economic development of the rural poor in Bangladesh. The purpose of the study was to enhance our understanding of gender differences in relation to participation, resources use and efficiency/pr…
This research provides one account of the complex relationship between differentiated experiences of deprivation and the dominant poverty construct in the Jamaican context. It is based on research conducted over a period of nine months in a Jamaican 'squatter' community, Windsor…
There has been a (re)emergence of participatory modes of audience engagement in contemporary western European theatre and performance since the mid-2000s. The concern at the root of contemporary participatory performance practice is the authenticity or inauthenticity with which …
This study analysed the strategies of selected National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and voluntary sport clubs (VSCs) in the process of policy implementation of Sport England s generic Clubmark (a quality mark accreditation framework). Within the overarching Clubmark framework, other…
This submission for the award of PhD by Published Work includes a range of single, joint and multiple-authored publications that were published between 2005 and 2016. The publications cover a range of issues relevant to social work with a particular emphasis on mental health and…
Several studies suggest that the diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in developing countries (DCs) can help such countries achieve national development goals - especially if accompanied by appropriate government policies designed to regulate and promot…
Movement, stasis, and the management of displacement underpin this thesis on refugee participation in UK higher education. Drawing on accounts from mature students of their experience of going to university in England and Wales, the study examines the intersection of higher educ…
From March 2006 until March 2008 I worked and did research with young people in El Salvador. I coordinated a local youth participation project in the capital, where, at the same time, I conducted fieldwork for my PhD research. The youth project aimed at empowering young people t…
For the past 30 years the dominant approach to managing rural water services in low and lower middle income countries has been the community management approach. Yet there is increasing evidence the model is not fit for purpose as too many services fail. The next generation idea…
This thesis draws on an ethnographic research in Ghana to question mainstream views on decentralisation that local level institutions can be consciously crafted to enlist the participation of marginal actors in governance thereby leading to efficiency and equity in development. …
Over the last four decades national environmental groups have become an important means of political participation for many British citizens. Since the mid-1980s these organizations have established a number of local groups. There are still some gaps in our understanding of thes…
The Scottish Parliament which (re)convened in 1999 was designed to engender a new style of political practice. This ‘new politics’ was intended to address perceived failures within the ‘Westminster approach’ to policy‐making and the ‘democratic deficit’ believed to have emerged …
This thesis explores how agonism can emerge through participatory art practice. The practice-based research is contextualised by Chantal Mouffe s political theory of agonism, and the instances in which she applies agonism to art practice (2001-2013). The research highlights the …
This study examines parental experience of 'participation' within Early Years (EY) settings in Northern Ireland. With these services designed to ensure improved short and long term outcomes for the child (HM Treasury, 1998) and society, parents have been designated by policy as …