Transforming Participation?: The Politics of Development in Malawi and Ireland (Rethinking International Development)

Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction: Participation and Development – Beyond the Impasse?......Page 18
Participation contested......Page 21
Malawi\'s PRSP/MGDS and Ireland\'s Social Partnership......Page 27
Methodological approach......Page 32
The arrangement of the book......Page 34
Part I: Participation in Context......Page 36
1 Globalisation, Governance and Participation......Page 38
State legitimacy and the network state......Page 39
States, power and civil society......Page 46
Manufacturing civil society......Page 51
Working with, not for: Conscientisation and organic leadership......Page 62
Conclusion......Page 66
2 Malawi and Ireland in a Globalised World......Page 68
Development paradigms and pathways......Page 69
Governance legacies......Page 73
Citizens or subjects?: Political culture......Page 78
Conclusion......Page 86
3 Analysing Participation: A Theoretical Framework of Analysis......Page 87
Institutional frameworks......Page 88
Power and discourse......Page 91
Communication and decision-making......Page 94
Representation and democracy......Page 102
Conclusion......Page 105
Part II: Participation in Practice......Page 108
Institutional design: Differential access......Page 110
Internalising discourses: Excluding members......Page 123
Communication within: Restricting expression......Page 137
Communication without: The power of public debate......Page 140
Consensus decision-making: True or false?......Page 145
Conclusion: Enablers and constraints to transformative participation......Page 150
5 The State and Participation in Malawi and Ireland......Page 153
Layering governance: State participation......Page 154
Spinning participation: Globalised states and \'invisible\' governments......Page 157
Contracting participation: Securing domestic legitimacy......Page 164
Conclusion: Spinning participation, contracting partners, diluting democracy?......Page 179
6 Civil Society and Participation in Malawi and Ireland......Page 182
Transforming participation: Initial engagement......Page 183
Disciplining participation: Ongoing engagement......Page 190
Transforming participation?: MEJN as organic leader?......Page 210
Conclusion: Janus-headed NGOs and transformative participation......Page 217
Part III: Transforming Participation?: Conclusion......Page 220
7 Transforming Participation?: The Politics of Development in Malawi and Ireland......Page 222
Transforming participation: Some practical lessons......Page 224
Transforming participation: Some conceptual lessons......Page 230
Transforming participation, choosing our path......Page 236
Notes......Page 239
Bibliography......Page 244
C......Page 259
G......Page 260
M......Page 261
P......Page 262
S......Page 263
Y......Page 264