Towards a Culture of Participation?
Author | : Julia Vorhölter |
Publisher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783825819347 |
ISBN-13 | : 3825819345 |
Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Although participation and empowerment constitute prominent ideals in international development cooperation, most development interventions are still patronizing and conducted in a top-down manner. This book argues that one reason for the unsuccessful implementation of participation and empowerment relates to the cultures and internal structures of development organizations. A theoretical model explicates how organizational culture influences an organization's approach to participatory development. This model is applied to an ethnographic case-study of a South African development organization.