Participation and gender in Latin America: perspectives from decentralized cooperation and Local Human Development approaches

Villalba, Unai; Jubeto, Yolanda; Guridi, Luis

doi:10.1093/cdj/bst032

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“…It provides an easy access to data and indicators upon which equality, equity, participation, agency and other related factors are actualized and, as such, it helps measure those things that deter actual human social growth. According to Y. Jubeto, U. Villalba, and L. Guridi (Jubeto, Villalba, Guridi 2014) Local Human Development (LHD), "(i) seeks to promote both individual and collective capabilities (ii) has as its normative reference the social and collective dimensions of justice and wellbeing (iii) focuses on local communities, not as static units to be transformed from above, but rather as fluid entities which can experience human development originating from below" (Jubeto, Villalba, Guridi 2014, 229).…”

Section: Local Human Development Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agency and participation as determinants of social capital in Gombe Children’s Theatre Project

Okam

Idebe

2020

Comprehensive Child Studies

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Methodological flexibility and substantive creativity are important internal dynamics that ensure the development of social capital in children's projects. They help to support cultural and sensory spaces to ensure that children participate equitably in projects. This paper aims to foreground how agency and participation, which ostensibly nurture social capital, were handled through purposeful creativity. It uses Gombe Children's Theatre Project (GCTP) as a case study. Its goal is to explore the realization of children's social capital by using Local Human Development (LHD) and Child's Rights Convention (Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989) as theoretical approaches to evaluating the project. Among other findings, the study reveals that agency and participation are determinants of social capital. The success is due to the effective conditions that provided such response to collective consolidation. In a dysfunctional social system, it is difficult to knit the confidence of different stakeholders to produce a noticeable positive outcome. However, the Children's Theatre Project has provided a participatory framework giving the stakeholders full control. The issue in question is of value for all the project participants, therefore, it is necessary to provide a freer space where the students could address the challenges typical for their schools. This lacuna is the result of limited time available to the university and school students alike.

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Section: Local Human Development Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agency and participation as determinants of social capital in Gombe Children’s Theatre Project

Okam

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2020

Comprehensive Child Studies

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“…This is the case for what is known as decentralized or 'community' cooperation, which still offers opportunities in this regard, grounded now on a rather long history and body of experience that has shown its potentialities as well as some contradictions (Marie, 2005). Recent research (Villalba et al, 2014) highlights the potential for frameworks that focus on both individual and collective dimensions of well-being and justice, considering local communities as living and fluid entities, developing with a renewed understanding of IDC where the duality between donor and beneficiary is broken, in favour of more horizontal relations. These horizontal relations, much emphasized in decentralized cooperation, have to be looked at in terms of a process of local participation and interfacing between local institutions and local civil societies, especially when there is a preference for cooperation initiatives arising in the communitarian social sphere.…”

Section: Buen Vivir and Idc Agenda: The Case Of Ecuadormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These horizontal relations, much emphasized in decentralized cooperation, have to be looked at in terms of a process of local participation and interfacing between local institutions and local civil societies, especially when there is a preference for cooperation initiatives arising in the communitarian social sphere. Villalba et al (2014) recall the need to compare the level of civic engagement with the cultural tradition of the indigenous peoples and with the policies of local governments. In this sense, civil engagement of public and private actors can be seen as complementary, but this complementarity depends on the political colour of the parties that rule the institutions and can result in a wide range of outcomes, including some local governments impairing, abusing and altering traditional forms of communitarian participation.…”

Section: Buen Vivir and Idc Agenda: The Case Of Ecuadormentioning

confidence: 99%

A New Agenda for International Development Cooperation: Lessons learnt from the Buen Vivir experience

Monni¹,

Pallottino²

2015

Development

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The debate on growth and development that has been going on over the last decades has clearly highlighted a number of flaws and contradictions that the theory, as well as the practice, of International Development Cooperation (IDC) has failed to address in a convincing and effective way. IDC, once the prime tool for promoting a change in the livelihoods of the poorest and most vulnerable, is increasingly under scrutiny and does not seem to have provided an effective response to the current crisis. Buen Vivir (good life), Latin America's new concept for collective well-being, which has emerged over recent years from the traditional cosmovisions of Andean indigenous peoples and translated into political and institutional practice, offers elements of reflection on economy, environment and social life that are useful for reframing the way 'well-being' is conceived within the current development setting: a fresh perspective on the most urgent global concerns is particularly useful as the debate regarding the successors to the Millennium Development Goals post-2015 starts to heat up. The new approach to IDC developed in Ecuador in recent years represents an attempt to put some of these elements into practice. However, beyond the experiences in Latin America, that can claim a closer link, albeit not without tensions, with the indigenous peoples with which the Buen Vivir culture has its roots, these suggestions can show an interesting convergence with alternative views on development emerging from the reflections and practices of Western social movements.

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“…The age effect on the likelihood of being informed remains to be empirically estimated. Respondent's sex is another potential covariate due to the fact that females tend to participate less in public life than males, and consequently may perceive information to be less relevant to their activities (Villalba et al, 2014;Alemna and Sam, 2006). Additionally, the variable EDUCATION is anticipated to have a positive effect over the probability of having access to information, because individuals with higher education levels may have increased awareness over the benefits of information procurement for successful undertaking of their activities (Dutta, 2009;Lorence and Heeyoung, 2007).…”

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Information sources and profile of informed citizens

Bernal

Vásquez

2015

Information Development

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The purpose of this study is to investigate how Guatemalans procure information on national and local matters. Using data from two nationally representative household surveys, probit models are estimated to identify mechanisms that activate information seeking behaviors among Guatemalans. Findings of the study reveal that Guatemalans primarily use communication media (e.g. television, radio and newspapers) to access information on national issues. In contrast, information procurement on local matters is primarily accessed through individuals' social networks (e.g. family, neighbors and friends). The findings indicate that females, indigenous groups, citizens living in rural areas and poor individuals are less likely to be informed on both national and local matters, in comparison to other groups.

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Participation and gender in Latin America: perspectives from decentralized cooperation and Local Human Development approaches

Cited by 8 publications

References 25 publications

Agency and participation as determinants of social capital in Gombe Children’s Theatre Project

Agency and participation as determinants of social capital in Gombe Children’s Theatre Project

A New Agenda for International Development Cooperation: Lessons learnt from the Buen Vivir experience

Information sources and profile of informed citizens

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