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Apartheid space and fractured power: Vicious cycles of poverty in Cornfields, KwaZulu-Natal
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)
Apartheid space and fractured power: vicious cycles of poverty in Cornfields, KwaZulu-Natal
A neglected area in the literature on structural poverty is changing land tenure relations and the disconnect with planning ...
Socialization, legitimation and the transfer of biomedical knowledge to low- and middle-income countries: analyzing the case of emergency medicine in India
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Medical specialization is a key feature of biomedicine, and is a growing, but weakly understood
aspect of health systems in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including India. Emergency medicine
is ...
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency
for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ...
The motivational needs of primary health care nurses to acquire power as leaders in a mine clinic setting
(AOSIS OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2017)
Motivation is a process that influences and directs behaviour in order to satisfy a need. It links with goal 3 of the sustainable development goals that focus on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages. ...
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency
for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ...
Agriculture, value chains and the rural non-farm economy in Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe
(Spinger Nature, 2019)
This chapter compares rural development in Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe, concentrating on agricultural value chains and their implications for the rural non-farm economy (RNFE). Based on detailed qualitative exploration, ...
Representing Hamilton
(Taylor & Francis group, 2017)
In his most important book to date, Freedom is Power: Liberty Through Political Representation (2014b), Lawrence Hamilton offers what he describes as a realistic theory of freedom for
modern conditions, located in the ...
Practice and power: a review and interpretive synthesis focused on the exercise of discretionary power in policy implementation by front line providers and managers
(Oxford University Press, 2014)
Tackling the implementation gap is a health policy concern in low- and middleincome
countries (LMICs). Limited attention has so far been paid to the influence of power relations over this gap. This article presents, ...
Hope as a critical resource for small scale farmers in Mpumalanga
(SAGE, 2015)
I contrast formal institutional structures that
are part of water resources management policy and
practice with more fluid ‘outside’ spaces that I claim are
more apt for participatory engagement around food
production. ...