Beschreibung:
Kei Otsuki is a sociologist and a researcher currently affiliated with the United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Japan.
Does participation in development projects truly facilitate social transformation gearing towards sustainable development? How do we know if the transformation is fair and just for the participants? This book explores these questions by drawing on ideas from social theory, anthropology, political ecology, and case studies from around the world.
Introduction 1. Towards Agentive Participation 2. Community-Based Natural Resource Management in the Brazilian Amazon 3. Community-Led Sanitation in Nairobi Slums 4. Community Resilience in a Semi-Arid Rural Settlement in Ghana 5. Community and Citizenship Building in Post-Triple Disaster Japan 6. Agentive Participation to Transform Food Governance 7. Conclusions