Volumes 41 - 46: Recent submissions
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Notes on Contributors
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Author Reflections
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 05/2012)What follows are a few individual reflections from the authors of articles in this IDS Bulletin on why they used action research approaches and/or some of the critical issues that they see as important. -
Getting to Grips with Power: Action Learning for Social Change in the UK
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 05/2012)The transformative promises of participatory and action research can lead to a preoccupation with methods and tools, diverting attention from important questions about politics, purpose, facilitation, and the philosophical ... -
Introduction: Action Research for Development and Social Change
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 05/2012)This article examines the threads that run through the seven different accounts of action research that make up this IDS Bulletin . It links the practice of action research to the power and positionality of action research ... -
Shifting Identity from Within the Conversational Flow of Organisational Complexity
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 05/2012)This article draws on an organisational strengthening process I carried out as part of my PhD research, which was intended to develop capacity?building methodology to help organisations grapple with their complex social ... -
Guns, Silences, and Change: Using Action Research in Contexts of Violence
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 05/2012)Using participatory approaches within violent contexts calls for special attention to be paid to a range of issues and questions. Much of current development policy and practice does not take into account the degree to ... -
Sharing and Co?generating Knowledges: Reflections on Experiences with PRA and CLTS
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 05/2012)The evolution and spread of PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal or Participatory Reflection and Action) and CLTS (Community?Led Total Sanitation) have involved activities of sharing and co?generating knowledge which can ... -
Action Research with Children: Lessons from Tackling Disasters and Climate Change
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 05/2012)Recent research and practice from the fields of climate change adaptation and disaster management has created a shift from emphasis of children's vulnerability and need for protection towards their potential as agents of ... -
Participatory Systemic Inquiry
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 05/2012)This article explores Participatory Systemic Inquiry processes through two examples of practise. The first is about embedding public engagement in UK higher education, the second is about water infrastructure development ... -
Linking Community, Radio, and Action Research on Climate Change: Reflections on a Systemic Approach
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 05/2012)This article reflects upon the opportunities and challenges of using Participatory Action Research (PAR) with community radio broadcasters in southern Ghana to investigate the impacts of climate change. Through a detailed ... -
Glossary
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Notes on Contributors
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Preface
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Introduction: 'Some for All Rather than More for Some'? Contested Pathways and Politics since the 1990 New Delhi Statement
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)This introduction reviews the experience of the water and sanitation sector since the 1990 New Delhi Statement – Some for All Rather than More for Some. It explores the policy pathways and contested politics that took place ... -
Barriers and Opportunities for Sanitation and Water for All, as Envisaged by the New Delhi Statement
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)Today, 884 million people lack access to water and 2.6 billion lack access to sanitation. In the past 20 years, there has been important progress made in these areas at the international level. But despite some milestones, ... -
Some for All Rather Than More for Some: A Myth or a Reality?
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Anti?Privatisation Debates, Opaque Rules and ‘Privatised’ Water Services Provision: Some Lessons from Indonesia
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)Anti?privatisation debates dominate Indonesia's contemporary water discourse. This has culminated in attempts at invalidating the Water Law through a Judicial Review. Finally rejected by the Constitutional Court, the law ... -
Pipe Dreams? The Governance of Urban Water Supply in Informal Settlements, New Delhi
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)This article explores two trends which exemplify recent research and thinking in service delivery: first, understanding the role of small?scale informal providers and second, understanding the politics and governance of ... -
Swajaldhara: ‘Reversed’ Realities in Rural Water Supply in India
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)For the last two decades and more, nations, international organisations and civil society, both local and global, have been rallying for the cause of ‘efficient’ and ‘equitable’ water supply and distribution. To this end, ... -
Enabling or Disabling? Reflections on the Ethiopian National WASH Inventory Process
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012)The New Delhi Statement of 1990 called for universal water supply coverage by the year 2000, a goal that was later replaced by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the timeframe of 2015. As we are fast approaching ...