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dc.contributor.advisorConradie, Ina
dc.contributor.authorBodja, Sebilu
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-02T11:02:43Z
dc.date.available2023-02-02T11:02:43Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/9536
dc.descriptionMasters in Public Administration - MPAen_US
dc.description.abstractEmpowerment is a catchword that has recently entered current development debate. Development is largely perceived as a process of building capacities hence empowering people to be able to handle their affairs. As such it is a concept highly espoused by prominent development actors and mainly Non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The study attempted to examine the theoretical and empirical aspects of community empowerment from a critical perspective by surveying activities of three NGOs in Ethiopia. A recent framework developed by a working group of the World Bank for measuring and structuring analysis was used for analyzing findings. Conceptualization and practices of empowerment seem to be at a nascent stage and tools for measuring it as well; that is what the findings of the study indicate. Despite the rhetoric surrounding the concept, the experience of surveyed NGOs also shows disparities between theory and practice.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectCommunity Empowermenten_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectCivil Societyen_US
dc.subjectNon-Governmental Organizationsen_US
dc.subject5. Conscientizationen_US
dc.subjectOpportunity Structuresen_US
dc.subjectAssetsen_US
dc.subjectAgencyen_US
dc.subjectFormal/informal Rulesen_US
dc.subjectCollective Actionen_US
dc.titleA Critical Perspective on Community Empowerment: Cases of Selected NGOs in Ethiopiaen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US


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