Depoliticising development
The uses and abuses of participation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4743002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah C White (0000-0002-3041-1519, University of East Anglia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6-15 |
| Publication date | 1996-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0961452961000157564 |
| OpenAlex | W2085053208 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 306 |
| References cited | 4 |
Participation must be seen as political. There are always tensions underlying issues such as who is involved, how, and on whose terms. While participation has the potential to challenge patterns of dominance, it may also be the means through which existing power relations are entrenched and reproduced. The arenas in which people perceive their interests and judge whether they can express them are not neutral. Participation may take place for a whole range of unfree reasons. It is important to see participation as a dynamic process, and to understand that its own form and function can become a focus for struggle
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The Redd+ policy arena in Vietnam
How Participation Creates Citizens
Participatory futures thinking in the African context of sustainability challenges and socio-environmental change
What's in a name? Unpacking "participatory" environmental monitoring
Unpacking “Participation” in the Adaptive Management of Social–ecological Systems
Local perceptions of land-use change
La participación infantil ante el desafío de la diversidad cultural
Understanding participation in development
The mechanics of communitarianism and social capital in North-West Cameroon
Paradigm of ‘better life
Incentives for community participation in the governance and management of common property resources
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Inclusion and Exclusion in Participation Strategies in the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico
Civil society and reconciliation in Southern Africa
Women's groups for whom? The colonisation of women's groups in Papua New Guinea
The Politics of Child Participation in International Development
External support to local institutions
Transformative Child Rights Advocacy
For en Opløsning Af Alle Selvfølgeligheder
Discourses of positionality and the challenges of democratization in the global south
Global Health
Reclaiming Development? NGOs and the Challenge of Alternatives
Beyond radicalism and resignation
The Mantra of ‘Community Participation’ in Context
Whose Vision, Whose Rules? A Culture and Development Typology
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Design of a Community Ownership and Preparedness Index
Examining Community Engagement in Heritage Conservation Through Geopark Experiences from The Asia Pacific Region
Participation in payments for ecosystem services
Indigenous Women’s Participation in Forest Governance and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Cameroon and Central African Republic
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Towards meaningful participation in humanitarian studies
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Unpacking 'Participation'
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Citizen participation in the governance of nature‐based solutions
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Understanding cultural participation through participation – inventiveness, multivalence and epistemic modernisation
On place-making, participation and public art
Religious actors, civil society and the development agenda
Transnational NGDOS and participatory forms of rights‐based development
Increasing Conservation Management Action by Involving Local People in Natural Resource Monitoring
A Framework for Practice Research on “Transformative Justice
Power, Participation, and ‘peer researchers’
How Does Community Participation Work? Human Rights and the Hidden Labour of Interstitial Elites in Ghana
The lived experience of people with upper limb absence living in Uganda
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Antipolitics and Counterpolitics in Nepal’s Civil Society
Participatory Budgeting in Autocracies
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Community involvement in tourism
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Why does community-based disaster risk reduction fail to learn from local knowledge? Experiences from Malawi
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The meanings of ‘child participation’ in international and European policies on children(’s rights)
Baltimore and the Neighborhood Design Center. Participatory approaches to urban design under conditions of urban shrinkage (1968–2000)
Invisible boundaries to access and participation in public spaces
Picturing Participation
Fast Serious Analogue Games in Planning
Opening the black box of participatory planning
Empowering or managing the locals? Within ‐organizational power relations and capacity building of Korean NGOs in Cambodia
Lessons in a bottle
What happens to local participation when national ownership gets stronger? Initiating an exploration in Rwanda and Cambodia
Game‐Making for Cultural Change and Empowered Youth Participation
Designing wildlife-inclusive cities that support human-animal co-existence
Medical students as agents of change
Reflecting on evaluation in public archaeology
Nurturing transformative participation
A socio-technical framework for urban digital twins
The Slovak NGDO Pontis Foundation’s depoliticizing development discourse
Multistakeholder forums in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Transformative city branding for policy change
Unravelling stakeholder participation under conditions of neoliberal biodiversity governance in Catalonia, Spain
Gendered participation in community forest governance in India
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The Transformation of Participation? Exploring the Potential of ‘Transformative Participation’ for Theory and Practice around Children and Young People's Participation
Children as researchers in Nicaragua
Expertise and exclusivity in adaptation decision-making
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Human agency in disaster risk reduction
Depoliticisation
| Unique citing works | 306 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 10,2 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2026 (31) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 271 |