Asset-based and citizen-led development : using a diffracted power lens to analyze the possibilities and challenges

Alison Mathie; Jenny Cameron; Katherine Gibson

doi:10.1177/1464993416674302

Asset-based and citizen-led development : using a diffracted power lens to analyze the possibilities and challenges

Alison Mathie, Jenny Cameron, Katherine Gibson

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Asset-based community development or Asset-based and citizen-led development (ABCD) is being used in a range of development contexts. Some researchers have been quick to dismiss ABCD as part of the neoliberal project and an approach that perpetuates unequal power relations. This article uses a diffracted power analysis to explore the possibilities associated with ABCD as well as the challenges. It focuses on the application of ABCD in the Philippines, Ethiopia and South Africa, and finds that ABCD can reverse internalized powerlessness, strengthen opportunities for collective endeavours and help to build local capacity for action.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	54-66
Number of pages	13
Journal	Progress in Development Studies
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1464993416674302
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Ethiopia
Philippines
South Africa
community development
economic development
political participation

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