ISBN:
1280145358
,
9781280145353
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xx, 475 p)
,
ill
Parallel Title:
Print version Measuring Empowerment : Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
DDC:
305.5/69/091724
Keywords:
Poverty
;
Community development Citizen participation
;
Community development ; Developing countries ; Citizen participation
;
Poverty ; Developing countries
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Section One: Frameworks, Concepts, and Methods -- 1 Conceptual Framework and Methodological Challenges -- 2 Evaluating Empowerment: A Framework with Cases from Latin America -- Section Two: Gender and Household -- 3 Women's Empowerment as a Variable in International Development -- 4 Measuring Women's Empowerment: Learning from Cross-National Research -- 5 Gender, Power, and Empowerment: An Analysis of Household and Family Dynamics -- Section Three: Subjective Well-Being and Power -- 6 Psychological Empowerment and Subjective Well-Being -- 7 Subjective Well-Being and Objective Measures: Insecurity and Inequality in Emerging Markets -- 8 Self-Rated Power and Welfare in Russia -- 9 Applying Q Methodology to Empowerment -- Section Four: Community and Local Governance Levels -- 10 Analytical Issues in Measuring Empowerment at the Community and Local Levels -- 11 Peace, Conflict, and Empowerment: The Colombian Case -- 12 Measuring Empowerment at the Community Level: An Economist's Perspective -- 13 Mixing Qualitative and Econometric Methods: Community-Level Applications -- Section Five: National Level -- 14 Assessing Empowerment at the National Level in Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- 15 The CIVICUS Civil Society Index -- 16 Empowerment as a Positive-Sum Game -- 17 Democracy and Poverty -- 18 Empowering the Poor: What Does Democracy Have to Do with It ? -- 19 Measuring Democratic Governance: Central Tasks and Basic Problems -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contributors""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Section One: Frameworks, Concepts, and Methods""; ""1 Conceptual Framework and Methodological Challenges""; ""2 Evaluating Empowerment: A Framework with Cases from Latin America""; ""Section Two: Gender and Household""; ""3 Women�s Empowerment as a Variable in International Development""; ""4 Measuring Women�s Empowerment: Learning from Cross-National Research""; ""5 Gender, Power, and Empowerment: An Analysis of Household and Family Dynamics""; ""Section Three: Subjective Well-Being and Power""
Description / Table of Contents:
""6 Psychological Empowerment and Subjective Well-Being""""7 Subjective Well-Being and Objective Measures: Insecurity and Inequality in Emerging Markets""; ""8 Self-Rated Power and Welfare in Russia""; ""9 Applying Q Methodology to Empowerment""; ""Section Four: Community and Local Governance Levels""; ""10 Analytical Issues in Measuring Empowerment at the Community and Local Levels""; ""11 Peace, Conflict, and Empowerment: The Colombian Case""; ""12 Measuring Empowerment at the Community Level: An Economist�s Perspective""
Description / Table of Contents:
""13 Mixing Qualitative and Econometric Methods: Community-Level Applications""""Section Five: National Level""; ""14 Assessing Empowerment at the National Level in Eastern Europe and Central Asia""; ""15 The CIVICUS Civil Society Index""; ""16 Empowerment as a Positive-Sum Game""; ""17 Democracy and Poverty""; ""18 Empowering the Poor: What Does Democracy Have to Do with It ?""; ""19 Measuring Democratic Governance: Central Tasks and Basic Problems""; ""Index""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
