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Against the Odds: Action for Empowerment and Accountability in Challenging Contexts

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dc.creator Anderson, Colin
dc.creator Gaventa, John
dc.creator Edwards, Jenny
dc.creator Joshi, Anuradha
dc.creator Nampoothiri, Niranjan
dc.creator Wilson, Emilie
dc.date 2022-02-22T14:59:50Z
dc.date 2022-02-22T14:59:50Z
dc.date 2022-02
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:53:04Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:53:04Z
dc.identifier Anderson, C.; Gaventa, J.; Edwards, J.; Joshi, A.; Nampoothiri, N.J. and Wilson, E. (2022) ‘Against the Odds: Action for Empowerment and Accountability in Challenging Contexts’, A4EA Policy and Practice Paper, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
dc.identifier 978-1-78118-904-7
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17189
dc.identifier Power and Popular Politics
dc.identifier 10.19088/A4EA.2022.001
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198968
dc.description How and under what conditions does citizen-led social and political action contribute to empowerment and accountability? What are the strategies used, and with what outcomes, especially in settings which are democratically weak, politically fragile and affected by legacies of violence and conflict? The A4EA programme has explored these questions in Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan over five years between 2016-2021. This paper presents the key findings and policy and practice implications from this research across the themes of space for citizen action; citizen-governance relations; women’s political participation and collective action; citizen-led strategies for empowerment and accountability; and enabling citizen action. It also shares important lessons drawn from A4EA experience on conducting and communicating research in complex political contexts like these, and for research consortia. Whilst the research conclusions are drawn from A4EA’s four focus countries, in an increasingly fragile and authoritarian world, the findings are becoming pertinent for more and more contexts across the globe.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Institute of Development Studies
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights Institute of Development Studies
dc.subject Gender
dc.subject Governance
dc.subject Politics and Power
dc.title Against the Odds: Action for Empowerment and Accountability in Challenging Contexts
dc.type Other
dc.coverage Mozambique
dc.coverage Myanmar
dc.coverage Pakistan
dc.coverage Nigeria


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