Recent Submissions

  • Power, Poverty and Inequality 

    Scott-Villiers, Patta; Oosterom, Marjoke (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    Ten years on from the landmark 2006 edition of the IDS Bulletin that brought us the ‘powercube’ – a practical approach to power analysis that offered a way of confronting its complexity – we return to the question of how ...
  • Notes on Contributors: Power, Poverty and Inequality 

    Scott-Villiers, Patta (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    This is the notes on contributors for IDS Bulletin 47.5, 'Power, Poverty and Inequality'.
  • Why Invisible Power and Structural Violence Persist in the Water Domain 

    Mehta, Lyla (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    This article argues that inequality in access to water and sanitation is largely caused and legitimised by different forms of invisible power that prevent universal access. It shows how invisible power combined with ...
  • Inclusion as an Agenda for Transformative and Sustainable Change: Addressing Invisible Power through Reflective Practice 

    Howard, Jo; Vajda, Violeta (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    This article discusses discrimination as a form of invisible structural power, and how, if it is not addressed, it can undermine efforts to promote the social inclusion of Romani people in the Western Balkans and Central ...
  • Intersectionality: A Key for Men to Break Out of the Patriarchal Prison? 

    Edström, Jerker; Kumar Singh, Satish; Shahrokh, Thea (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    Reflecting on male gender activists’ lessons from India, this article explores how intersectionality can help men (and women) better understand the structure of patriarchy, by connecting it to other forms of oppression, ...
  • Towards a Pedagogy for the Powerful 

    Cornwall, Andrea (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    Development organisations have learnt to talk the talk on ‘gender’. But in many if not most organisations male privilege and patriarchal attitudes and behaviour persist. This article explores techniques that can be used ...
  • Why Citizens Don’t Engage – Power, Poverty and Civic Habitus 

    Pettit, Jethro (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    Poor people have been recast by development agencies from ‘beneficiaries’ to ‘engaged citizens’ – yet the assumptions behind many democracy and accountability programmes remain simplistic. Power defines and constrains ...
  • Power and Empowerment Meet Resistance: A Critical, Action- Oriented Review of the Literature 

    McGee, Rosemary (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    This article reviews recent literature relating resistance studies to power studies, seeking insights that can be applied by change practitioners and social activists. Starting by critically revisiting the purpose and ...
  • Power in Practice: Bringing Understandings and Analysis of Power into Development Action in Oxfam 

    Rowlands, Jo (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    Theorising about power has developed over the past decade in ways that support significantly more nuanced understanding and analysis; the implications of this for development practice are becoming better understood, but ...
  • Glossary: Power, Poverty and Inequality 

    Scott-Villiers, Patta (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    This is the glossary of IDS Bulletin 47.5, 'Power, Poverty and Inequality'.
  • Introduction: Power, Poverty and Inequality 

    Scott-Villiers, Patta; Oosterom, Marjoke (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    Ten years on from the landmark 2006 issue of the IDS Bulletin that brought us the ‘power cube’ – a practical approach to power analysis that offers a way of confronting its complexity – we return to the question of how ...
  • Inequality, Power and Participation – Revisiting the Links 

    Gaventa, John; Martorano, Bruno (Institute of Development Studies, 2016-11-18)
    Drawing on the contributions from the World Social Science Report 2016, Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World, this article examines the relationship between economic inequality and political participation. ...