Values Deliberation and Collective Action: Community Empowerment in Rural Senegal
Beniamino Cislaghi
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Description for Values Deliberation and Collective Action: Community Empowerment in Rural Senegal
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; GTF; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
This book describes how a program of values deliberations--sustained group reflections on local values, aspirations, beliefs and experiences, blending with discussions of how to understand and to realize human rights--led to individual and collective empowerment in communities in rural Senegal. The study explains what happens during the deliberations and shows how they bring about a larger process that results in improved capabilities in areas such as education, health, child protection, and gender equality. It shows how participants, particularly women, enhance their agency, including their individual and collective capacities to play public roles and kindle community action. It thus provides important ... Read more
This book describes how a program of values deliberations--sustained group reflections on local values, aspirations, beliefs and experiences, blending with discussions of how to understand and to realize human rights--led to individual and collective empowerment in communities in rural Senegal. The study explains what happens during the deliberations and shows how they bring about a larger process that results in improved capabilities in areas such as education, health, child protection, and gender equality. It shows how participants, particularly women, enhance their agency, including their individual and collective capacities to play public roles and kindle community action. It thus provides important ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319337555
SKU
V9783319337555
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99-15
About Beniamino Cislaghi
Beniamino Cislaghi is Lecturer in Social Norms at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. He worked for various NGOs and International Organizations, including UNICEF, WHO, and ILO, and as a civic volunteer in his home country for about 10 years. His past research focused on how development programs can offer participants a space to renegotiate existing cultural ... Read more
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