Beschreibung
Although participation and empowerment constitute prominent ideals in
international development cooperation, most development interventions are
still patronizing and conducted in a top-down manner. This book argues
that one reason for the unsuccessful implementation of participation and
empowerment relates to the cultures and internal structures of development
organizations. A theoretical model explicates how organizational culture
influences an organization’s approach to participatory development. This
model is applied to an ethnographic case-study of a South African
development organization.
M.A. Julia Vorhölter studied Social Anthropology and Political Science at
the University of Hamburg. She is currently pursuing her PhD and working
as a research associate at the Institute for Social Anthropology at the
University of Göttingen.
