The concept of participation in development

Oakley, Peter

doi:10.1016/0169-2046(91)90100-z

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“…Thus, it is impossible to do justice to the complexity of considerations bound up with the term community participation, which is as old as government itself, in one single document. As implied, the concept of participation does not permit a universally valid definition since it is used so widely and its scope is so comprehensive, that it is impossible to encapsulate within one definitive term (Cohen and Uphoff, 1980;Lisk 1985a;Oakley 1991;Oakley and Marsden 1984). Explicitly, community participation is seen as a concept, which cannot be defined in a single definition, thus, it must be explained by approaching it from different points of view.…”

Section: Spectrum Of Participatory Development Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As most scholars note, the term community participation is elusive, ambiguous, tricky, broad, subject to many interpretations and multiple definitions (Chetkov-Yanoov 1986;Dudley 1993;Godschalk 1971;Law-Yone 1982;Morgan 1993;Oakley 1991;United Nations 1975. That is to say that 'no clear consensus exists as to what is meant by community participation, with the diversity of definitions reflecting the ideological range of interpretations of development and different approaches to planning' (Moser 1989: 81).…”

Section: Spectrum Of Participatory Development Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards a Typology of Community Participation in the Tourism Development Process

Tosun¹

1999

Anatolia

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Although the notion of community participation in tourism originates from the general concept of community participation in development studies, the subject of the former seems to have evolved and popularized in isolation from the meaning and scope of its origin. This article reveals that such isolation has ushered in a rigid and simple paradigm of community participation in tourism. This is assumed to be of one form and has universal validity without considering the existence of the different circumstances at various tourist destinations. It is suggested that the concept of community participation should be re-considered in terms of an adaptive categorical paradigm, which incorporates a range of various forms of community participation. These forms of participation are outlined for a variety of abstract situations with the aim of illustrating the legitimacy of different forms of community participation in tourism.

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Section: Spectrum Of Participatory Development Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Spectrum Of Participatory Development Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Typology of Community Participation in the Tourism Development Process

Tosun¹

1999

Anatolia

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“…However, even these participatory inputs from the user did not always reflect in a favorable outcome for many projects. The term 'participation' includes notions of people's empowerment, involvement, and control over the development initiative [21][22][23]. Agencies involved in improved cookstove projects usually have bureaucratic, power-conscious, performance-driven, and goal-oriented structures.…”

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Development of a fuel efficient cookstove through a participatory bottom-up approach

2013

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Background: Since 1940s, other than a few success stories, the outcomes of efforts of development and dissemination of improved cookstoves a have not been so fruitful. This paper presents a bottom-up approach that was successfully implemented to develop a fuel-efficient cookstove in a tribal village that has resulted in a substantial reduction in firewood consumption. Method: The approach ensured people's participation at multiple stages of the process that started from project selection by capturing people's needs/desires and studying the existing cooking practice to understand its importance in the local context. The performance of the cookstoves was evaluated by modifying a standard Water Boiling Test to accommodate the existing cooking practice. The improvement of the cookstove was achieved by fabricating a simple twisted tape assembly that could be placed on it without changing the existing cookstove. Results: The optimization of the twisted tape device was first carried out in the laboratory and then implemented in the field. The field-level tests resulted in reduction of firewood consumption by around 21% which is a substantial improvement for such a device. It was also found that the improvement reduced soot b accumulation by around 38% and time of cooking preparations by around 18.5%. Conclusion: Overall, a bottom-up and participatory process that not only addressed people's perceived needs but also ensured no changes in the existing cooking practice while providing an easy, low cost (around US$1.25) c , and locally manufacturable solution led to a highly successful improvement in the local cookstove that was accepted easily by the villagers.

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“…There is a concept, in development discourse, that has gained popularity and has been considered as an umbrella term for new genre of development intervention, called participation [6]. With regard to democratic values, participation is also defined as a fundamental ingredient for political and social process and bureaucracy to achieve its goals.…”

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Measuring Quality of Citizens' Participation in Local Development

Yani

Hidayat

Hans

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the International Conference on Administrative Science (ICAS 2017)

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Abstract-The main purpose of this study is to present the quality of citizens participation in the process of local development in Kutai Kartanegara Regency. It is argued that four main aspects of participation namely access, awareness, control and benefit are the key in determining the quality of participation. By examining these four aspects, it is found that the quality of citizens participation in Kutai Kartanegara refers to placation leader, where the quality of participation at this level is just merely formalism. In other words, the government sets opportunity for dialogue with people to propose program in development process, but it just aims to gain support from the community without any burden to realize the proposed program.

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The concept of participation in development

Cited by 45 publications

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Towards a Typology of Community Participation in the Tourism Development Process

Towards a Typology of Community Participation in the Tourism Development Process

Development of a fuel efficient cookstove through a participatory bottom-up approach

Measuring Quality of Citizens' Participation in Local Development

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