Participation, Empowerment and Sustainability: (How) Do the Links Work?
This paper investigates the relationship between participation, empowerment and sustainability. Using the multisectoral and multicontextual experience of participation amassed in South Africa, both pre-and post-apartheid, we address two questions: does participation lead to empowerment; and does emp...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scotland), 2001-07, Vol.38 (8), p.1233-1251 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This paper investigates the relationship between participation, empowerment and sustainability. Using the multisectoral and multicontextual experience of participation amassed in South Africa, both pre-and post-apartheid, we address two questions: does participation lead to empowerment; and does empowerment, in turn, lead to sustainability? Further, what external factors mediate and influence that relationship? Analysis shows that a relationship does exist and is contingent on a number of contextual factors, crucial to its success. Findings are discussed in terms of the international literature on community participation and local democracy, and policy implications are identified. |
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ISSN: | 0042-0980 1360-063X |
DOI: | 10.1080/00420980125039 |