Sylvia I Bergh
Biographic Data
| ID | 130490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sylvia I Bergh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sylvia I |
| FAMILY NAME | Bergh |
| SIGNATURE | BERGH S I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0651-6732 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 80 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Cambridge Handbook of Facial Recognition in the Modern State
In situations ranging from border control to policing and welfare, governments are using automated facial recognition technology (FRT) to collect taxes, prevent crime, police cities and control immigration. FRT involves the processing of a person's facial image, usually for identification, categorisation or counting. This ambitious handbook brings together a diverse group of legal, computer, communications, and social and political science schola…
From ‘conflict minerals’ to peace? Reviewing mining reforms, gender, and state performance in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
For the last two decades, the Congolese Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector has been undergoing reforms of its governing structures. A recurrent argument supporting the reforms — predominantly in the 3T ASM sector (i.e. tin, tantalum and tungsten) — is that artisanal mining feeds violence (including sexual violence), conflicts, underdevelopment, and poverty. The reforms have been extensively studied, and academic research in turn has tr…
Using citizen science data to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-021-01001-1
Understanding the Role of Outsiders in Community-Based Development Interventions
This article analyzes various roles of development practitioners (called outsiders) in five different cases of community-based development (CBD) in rural Iran. It provides a review of the literature on CBD and identifies three main types of roles fulfilled by outsiders to support indigenous development processes. These include preparing the ground, activating community-based organizations as participatory institutions, and taking on the role of b…
A Gendered Analysis of the Income Generating Activities under the Green Morocco Plan
Since 2005, major donors have been expanding Morocco’s programs to combat poverty, social exclusion and gender inequality. Yet, despite newly designed programs that advocate participatory approaches, empowerment and inclusion, rural women endure a persistent marginalization in development programs. This article explores the latest strategies of the Green Morocco Plan (GMP) and the income generating activities (IGA) strategies that seek to support…
Why women's traditional knowledge matters in the production processes of natural product development
Traditional Knowledge (TK) is well recognized for its contribution to climate change adaptation strategies and community-based natural resource conservation. In Morocco, traditional knowledge is now increasingly incorporated into natural product development derived from natural resources as policies advocate the creation of income generating activities via cooperatives; these initiatives ultimately seek to empower rural women economically and to …
The Redeployment of State Power in the Southern Mediterranean
1. Introduction: Researching the effects of neoliberal reforms on local governance in the Southern Mediterranean 2. Neoliberal Reform and Socio-Structural Reconfiguration in Cairo's Popular Quarters: The Rise of the Lesser Notables in Misr Al Qadima 3. The Neoliberal Transformation of Local Government in Turkey and the Contracting Out of Municipal Services: Implications for Public Accountability 4. Municipalities Go to Market: Economic Reform and…
Struggles over access to the Muslim public sphere
This introductory essay provides the context for the articles in this Themed Section. Despite the diversity in locations, historical backgrounds and contemporary processes of change, all contributors to this Themed Section focus on the struggle of Muslim groups over access to an emergent Muslim public sphere. They highlight the contestations of and shifts in the notions of agency, belonging, and citizenship in nation-states with Muslim communitie…
Wellbeing, Justice and Development Ethics
Plus ça Change? Observing the Dynamics of Morocco's ‘Arab Spring’ in the High Atlas
This contribution focuses on the ‘Arab Spring’ in Morocco and on the \ninteractions between the mainly urban-based activists that made up the 20 February \nMovement (F20M), and the population in rural areas. Based on six weeks of fieldwork \nbetween November 2013 and March 2014, mostly in the areas in and near Marrakech, we find \nthat while the urban F20M events stimulated and inspired protests in rural areas, in practice \nthere were only spora…
Migration, Gender and Social Justice
This book is the product of a collaborative effort involving partners from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America who were funded by the International Development Research Centre Programme on Women an
The challenges of 'participatory' development in a semi-authoritarian context
Decentralisation implies that responsibilities for development planning and management are transferred from central governance levels to sub-national levels, including local governments. Decentralisation reforms assume that local people's greater involvement in local decision-making will lead to more sustainable social and environmental development. Participatory rural techniques and approaches have been devised to support decentralisation reform…
Redeployment of State Power in the Southern Mediterranean
Empowered Participation or Political Manipulation? State, Civil Society and Social Funds in Egypt and Bolivia
Inclusive’ Neoliberalism, Local Governance Reforms and the Redeployment of State Power
This contribution uses the National Initiative for Human Development in Morocco as a case study to show the effects of ‘inclusive’ neoliberal local governance reforms on local state–society relations and the redeployment of state power. This initiative, launched by the king in 2005, is designed to improve socio-economic conditions in targeted poor areas through new participatory local governance mechanisms. The article argues, first, that these m…
Introduction
The effects of neoliberal economic reforms in the Southern Mediterranean are now widely regarded as a main underlying cause of the Arab uprisings. An often neglected dimension is that of the reforms' implications for local governance. The contributions to this collection examine how state power is being re-articulated but also challenged at sub-national levels in Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Turkey. They explore the effects of neol…
Challenging Capacity Building
"Challenging Capacity Building: Comparative Perspectives." Development in Practice, 21(3), pp. 445–446
Assessing the Scope for Partnerships Between Local Governments and Community-Based Organizations
This paper examines whether in rural Morocco, local governments and community-based organizations have the capacity and incentives to engage in developmentally valuable partnerships. These partnerships could take the form of co-production arrangements or more political co-governance mechanisms. The fiscal, administrative and political dimensions of local government autonomy and capacity are discussed. The evidence on community-based organizations…
The New Development Management
Traditional Village Councils, Modern Associations, and the Emergence of Hybrid Political Orders in Rural Morocco
This essay aims to emphasize the relevance and analytical usefulness of the concept of hybrid political orders with regard to a state and a society that is neither in a post-war nor peace-building situation. Rather, the case of rural Morocco illustrates how hybrid political orders emerge over time, in the context of post-colonial state-building in general, and in the context of decentralization reforms, the proliferation of participatory\nprogram…
From Poverty to Power
The essays draw inspiration from experience from the mid-1960s up to the present.This is one of the strengths of the ideas promoted in the essays.They are not presented as a 'new' invention but rather as a re-articulation and re-interpretation of citizen-led solutions to the challenges and complexities of current times.Thus, the temptation of promoting yet another fashion in development is curtailed to a great extent.This widens the potential usa…
Adapting the Capability Approach to Explain the Effects of Participatory Development Programs
This paper attempts to explore the linkages between democracy, participation, and inequality. It does so by situating the role of ‘public scrutiny and debate’ in Sen's work. It then draws on the literature on ‘deliberative democracy’ to show the linkages between requirements for (ideal, democratic) political participation and typologies of participation that have emerged in the development context. It finally links this discussion to concepts of …
The Western Sahara Conflict
The Western Sahara conflict revolves around competing claims to the territory by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement (otherwise known as the government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or SADR). From 1884 to 1975, the territory was a Spanish colony (called Spanish Sahara), although it was only in the final decades that Spain exercised administrative control over the Sahrawi tribes in the interior. In 1965,…
Democratic decentralisation and local participation
This review essay aims to present recent research on the relationships between democracy and decentralisation, with a focus on local participation and empowerment.1 Although an earlier wave of expe
A Man of Three Worlds
Inclusive’ Neoliberalism, Local Governance Reforms and the Redeployment of State Power
This contribution uses the National Initiative for Human Development in Morocco as a case study to show the effects of ‘inclusive’ neoliberal local governance reforms on local state–society relations and the redeployment of state power. This initiative, launched by the king in 2005, is designed to improve socio-economic conditions in targeted poor areas through new participatory local governance mechanisms. The article argues, first, that these m…
From ‘conflict minerals’ to peace? Reviewing mining reforms, gender, and state performance in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
For the last two decades, the Congolese Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector has been undergoing reforms of its governing structures. A recurrent argument supporting the reforms — predominantly in the 3T ASM sector (i.e. tin, tantalum and tungsten) — is that artisanal mining feeds violence (including sexual violence), conflicts, underdevelopment, and poverty. The reforms have been extensively studied, and academic research in turn has tr…
Assessing the Scope for Partnerships Between Local Governments and Community-Based Organizations
This paper examines whether in rural Morocco, local governments and community-based organizations have the capacity and incentives to engage in developmentally valuable partnerships. These partnerships could take the form of co-production arrangements or more political co-governance mechanisms. The fiscal, administrative and political dimensions of local government autonomy and capacity are discussed. The evidence on community-based organizations…
Plus ça Change? Observing the Dynamics of Morocco's ‘Arab Spring’ in the High Atlas
This contribution focuses on the ‘Arab Spring’ in Morocco and on the \ninteractions between the mainly urban-based activists that made up the 20 February \nMovement (F20M), and the population in rural areas. Based on six weeks of fieldwork \nbetween November 2013 and March 2014, mostly in the areas in and near Marrakech, we find \nthat while the urban F20M events stimulated and inspired protests in rural areas, in practice \nthere were only spora…
Why women's traditional knowledge matters in the production processes of natural product development
Traditional Knowledge (TK) is well recognized for its contribution to climate change adaptation strategies and community-based natural resource conservation. In Morocco, traditional knowledge is now increasingly incorporated into natural product development derived from natural resources as policies advocate the creation of income generating activities via cooperatives; these initiatives ultimately seek to empower rural women economically and to …
The challenges of 'participatory' development in a semi-authoritarian context
Decentralisation implies that responsibilities for development planning and management are transferred from central governance levels to sub-national levels, including local governments. Decentralisation reforms assume that local people's greater involvement in local decision-making will lead to more sustainable social and environmental development. Participatory rural techniques and approaches have been devised to support decentralisation reform…
Traditional Village Councils, Modern Associations, and the Emergence of Hybrid Political Orders in Rural Morocco
This essay aims to emphasize the relevance and analytical usefulness of the concept of hybrid political orders with regard to a state and a society that is neither in a post-war nor peace-building situation. Rather, the case of rural Morocco illustrates how hybrid political orders emerge over time, in the context of post-colonial state-building in general, and in the context of decentralization reforms, the proliferation of participatory\nprogram…
Introduction
The effects of neoliberal economic reforms in the Southern Mediterranean are now widely regarded as a main underlying cause of the Arab uprisings. An often neglected dimension is that of the reforms' implications for local governance. The contributions to this collection examine how state power is being re-articulated but also challenged at sub-national levels in Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Turkey. They explore the effects of neol…
Using citizen science data to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-021-01001-1
Understanding the Role of Outsiders in Community-Based Development Interventions
This article analyzes various roles of development practitioners (called outsiders) in five different cases of community-based development (CBD) in rural Iran. It provides a review of the literature on CBD and identifies three main types of roles fulfilled by outsiders to support indigenous development processes. These include preparing the ground, activating community-based organizations as participatory institutions, and taking on the role of b…
Struggles over access to the Muslim public sphere
This introductory essay provides the context for the articles in this Themed Section. Despite the diversity in locations, historical backgrounds and contemporary processes of change, all contributors to this Themed Section focus on the struggle of Muslim groups over access to an emergent Muslim public sphere. They highlight the contestations of and shifts in the notions of agency, belonging, and citizenship in nation-states with Muslim communitie…
Wellbeing, Justice and Development Ethics
Beverly Milton-Edwards. Islamic Politics in Palestine
Democratic decentralisation and local participation
This review essay aims to present recent research on the relationships between democracy and decentralisation, with a focus on local participation and empowerment.1 Although an earlier wave of expe
A Man of Three Worlds
Adapting the Capability Approach to Explain the Effects of Participatory Development Programs
This paper attempts to explore the linkages between democracy, participation, and inequality. It does so by situating the role of ‘public scrutiny and debate’ in Sen's work. It then draws on the literature on ‘deliberative democracy’ to show the linkages between requirements for (ideal, democratic) political participation and typologies of participation that have emerged in the development context. It finally links this discussion to concepts of …
The Western Sahara Conflict
The Western Sahara conflict revolves around competing claims to the territory by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement (otherwise known as the government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or SADR). From 1884 to 1975, the territory was a Spanish colony (called Spanish Sahara), although it was only in the final decades that Spain exercised administrative control over the Sahrawi tribes in the interior. In 1965,…
Traditional Village Councils, Modern Associations, and the Emergence of Hybrid Political Orders in Rural Morocco
This essay aims to emphasize the relevance and analytical usefulness of the concept of hybrid political orders with regard to a state and a society that is neither in a post-war nor peace-building situation. Rather, the case of rural Morocco illustrates how hybrid political orders emerge over time, in the context of post-colonial state-building in general, and in the context of decentralization reforms, the proliferation of participatory\nprogram…
From Poverty to Power
The essays draw inspiration from experience from the mid-1960s up to the present.This is one of the strengths of the ideas promoted in the essays.They are not presented as a 'new' invention but rather as a re-articulation and re-interpretation of citizen-led solutions to the challenges and complexities of current times.Thus, the temptation of promoting yet another fashion in development is curtailed to a great extent.This widens the potential usa…
Assessing the Scope for Partnerships Between Local Governments and Community-Based Organizations
This paper examines whether in rural Morocco, local governments and community-based organizations have the capacity and incentives to engage in developmentally valuable partnerships. These partnerships could take the form of co-production arrangements or more political co-governance mechanisms. The fiscal, administrative and political dimensions of local government autonomy and capacity are discussed. The evidence on community-based organizations…
The New Development Management
Challenging Capacity Building
"Challenging Capacity Building: Comparative Perspectives." Development in Practice, 21(3), pp. 445–446
Inclusive’ Neoliberalism, Local Governance Reforms and the Redeployment of State Power
This contribution uses the National Initiative for Human Development in Morocco as a case study to show the effects of ‘inclusive’ neoliberal local governance reforms on local state–society relations and the redeployment of state power. This initiative, launched by the king in 2005, is designed to improve socio-economic conditions in targeted poor areas through new participatory local governance mechanisms. The article argues, first, that these m…
Introduction
The effects of neoliberal economic reforms in the Southern Mediterranean are now widely regarded as a main underlying cause of the Arab uprisings. An often neglected dimension is that of the reforms' implications for local governance. The contributions to this collection examine how state power is being re-articulated but also challenged at sub-national levels in Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Turkey. They explore the effects of neol…
Redeployment of State Power in the Southern Mediterranean
Empowered Participation or Political Manipulation? State, Civil Society and Social Funds in Egypt and Bolivia
Migration, Gender and Social Justice
This book is the product of a collaborative effort involving partners from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America who were funded by the International Development Research Centre Programme on Women an
The challenges of 'participatory' development in a semi-authoritarian context
Decentralisation implies that responsibilities for development planning and management are transferred from central governance levels to sub-national levels, including local governments. Decentralisation reforms assume that local people's greater involvement in local decision-making will lead to more sustainable social and environmental development. Participatory rural techniques and approaches have been devised to support decentralisation reform…
Wellbeing, Justice and Development Ethics
Plus ça Change? Observing the Dynamics of Morocco's ‘Arab Spring’ in the High Atlas
This contribution focuses on the ‘Arab Spring’ in Morocco and on the \ninteractions between the mainly urban-based activists that made up the 20 February \nMovement (F20M), and the population in rural areas. Based on six weeks of fieldwork \nbetween November 2013 and March 2014, mostly in the areas in and near Marrakech, we find \nthat while the urban F20M events stimulated and inspired protests in rural areas, in practice \nthere were only spora…
The Redeployment of State Power in the Southern Mediterranean
1. Introduction: Researching the effects of neoliberal reforms on local governance in the Southern Mediterranean 2. Neoliberal Reform and Socio-Structural Reconfiguration in Cairo's Popular Quarters: The Rise of the Lesser Notables in Misr Al Qadima 3. The Neoliberal Transformation of Local Government in Turkey and the Contracting Out of Municipal Services: Implications for Public Accountability 4. Municipalities Go to Market: Economic Reform and…
Struggles over access to the Muslim public sphere
This introductory essay provides the context for the articles in this Themed Section. Despite the diversity in locations, historical backgrounds and contemporary processes of change, all contributors to this Themed Section focus on the struggle of Muslim groups over access to an emergent Muslim public sphere. They highlight the contestations of and shifts in the notions of agency, belonging, and citizenship in nation-states with Muslim communitie…
A Gendered Analysis of the Income Generating Activities under the Green Morocco Plan
Since 2005, major donors have been expanding Morocco’s programs to combat poverty, social exclusion and gender inequality. Yet, despite newly designed programs that advocate participatory approaches, empowerment and inclusion, rural women endure a persistent marginalization in development programs. This article explores the latest strategies of the Green Morocco Plan (GMP) and the income generating activities (IGA) strategies that seek to support…
Why women's traditional knowledge matters in the production processes of natural product development
Traditional Knowledge (TK) is well recognized for its contribution to climate change adaptation strategies and community-based natural resource conservation. In Morocco, traditional knowledge is now increasingly incorporated into natural product development derived from natural resources as policies advocate the creation of income generating activities via cooperatives; these initiatives ultimately seek to empower rural women economically and to …
From ‘conflict minerals’ to peace? Reviewing mining reforms, gender, and state performance in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
For the last two decades, the Congolese Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector has been undergoing reforms of its governing structures. A recurrent argument supporting the reforms — predominantly in the 3T ASM sector (i.e. tin, tantalum and tungsten) — is that artisanal mining feeds violence (including sexual violence), conflicts, underdevelopment, and poverty. The reforms have been extensively studied, and academic research in turn has tr…
Using citizen science data to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-021-01001-1
Understanding the Role of Outsiders in Community-Based Development Interventions
This article analyzes various roles of development practitioners (called outsiders) in five different cases of community-based development (CBD) in rural Iran. It provides a review of the literature on CBD and identifies three main types of roles fulfilled by outsiders to support indigenous development processes. These include preparing the ground, activating community-based organizations as participatory institutions, and taking on the role of b…
Political science (20 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Law (13 works) · Politics (13 works) · Economics (12 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Law (7 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (6 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (6 works)