Mary E Galvin
Biographic Data
| ID | 6597009 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary E Galvin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary E |
| FAMILY NAME | Galvin |
| SIGNATURE | GALVIN M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Making Community-Based Adaptation a Reality: Different Conceptualisations, Different Politics
Community-based adaptation (CBA) is criticised for ignoring power realities and damaging the very communities it aims to assist. This paper shows how CBA is not a homogenous, technical practice but is itself a political endeavour. It suggests that there are five types of CBA, based on actors’ conceptualisation of communities, approach to development, and interest in either transition or transformation. It then focuses on how the “change agent” ty…
Water, equity and resilience in Southern Africa: Future directions for research and practice
Participating in urban myths about women's rural water struggles
This Perspective draws together and reflects on primary research conducted by the author over the past decade regarding the barriers to ‘real’ participation of community members and the obstacles to their holding officials and politicians accountable for the delivery of rural water and sanitation services in South Africa. It argues that change in rural areas, that would most affect rural women's realities, is not simply a technical matter as ofte…
The Politics of Decentralisation and Donor Funding in South Africa's Rural Water Sector
Decentralisation appeals to actors across the political spectrum and has become a cornerstone of development orthodoxy. Although the new South African government has adopted a range of policies that promote decentralisation, competing tendencies toward centralisation have become increasingly evident. This article examines how donors have supported decentralisation in South Africa, how they have affected the implementation of decentralisation poli…
Queer Poetics: Five Modernist Women Writers
Preface: Remembering Introduction: Lesbian Theory in Poetry Poltergeist of Form: Emily Dickinson and the Reappropriation of Language and Identity Imagery and Invisibility: Amy Lowell and the Erotics of Particularity This shows it all: Gertrude Stein and the Reader's Role in the Creation of Significance The Rhythms of Experience: Mina Loy and the Poetics of Love Dropping Crooked into Rhyme: Djuna Barnes' Use of Form and the Liminal Space of Gender…
Water, equity and resilience in Southern Africa: Future directions for research and practice
The Politics of Decentralisation and Donor Funding in South Africa's Rural Water Sector
Decentralisation appeals to actors across the political spectrum and has become a cornerstone of development orthodoxy. Although the new South African government has adopted a range of policies that promote decentralisation, competing tendencies toward centralisation have become increasingly evident. This article examines how donors have supported decentralisation in South Africa, how they have affected the implementation of decentralisation poli…
Participating in urban myths about women's rural water struggles
This Perspective draws together and reflects on primary research conducted by the author over the past decade regarding the barriers to ‘real’ participation of community members and the obstacles to their holding officials and politicians accountable for the delivery of rural water and sanitation services in South Africa. It argues that change in rural areas, that would most affect rural women's realities, is not simply a technical matter as ofte…
Queer Poetics: Five Modernist Women Writers
Preface: Remembering Introduction: Lesbian Theory in Poetry Poltergeist of Form: Emily Dickinson and the Reappropriation of Language and Identity Imagery and Invisibility: Amy Lowell and the Erotics of Particularity This shows it all: Gertrude Stein and the Reader's Role in the Creation of Significance The Rhythms of Experience: Mina Loy and the Poetics of Love Dropping Crooked into Rhyme: Djuna Barnes' Use of Form and the Liminal Space of Gender…
The Politics of Decentralisation and Donor Funding in South Africa's Rural Water Sector
Decentralisation appeals to actors across the political spectrum and has become a cornerstone of development orthodoxy. Although the new South African government has adopted a range of policies that promote decentralisation, competing tendencies toward centralisation have become increasingly evident. This article examines how donors have supported decentralisation in South Africa, how they have affected the implementation of decentralisation poli…
Participating in urban myths about women's rural water struggles
This Perspective draws together and reflects on primary research conducted by the author over the past decade regarding the barriers to ‘real’ participation of community members and the obstacles to their holding officials and politicians accountable for the delivery of rural water and sanitation services in South Africa. It argues that change in rural areas, that would most affect rural women's realities, is not simply a technical matter as ofte…
Water, equity and resilience in Southern Africa: Future directions for research and practice
Making Community-Based Adaptation a Reality: Different Conceptualisations, Different Politics
Community-based adaptation (CBA) is criticised for ignoring power realities and damaging the very communities it aims to assist. This paper shows how CBA is not a homogenous, technical practice but is itself a political endeavour. It suggests that there are five types of CBA, based on actors’ conceptualisation of communities, approach to development, and interest in either transition or transformation. It then focuses on how the “change agent” ty…
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works)