Empowerment and local level conflict mediation in Indonesia : a comparative analysis of concepts, measures, and project efficacy, Vol. 1 of 1

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Empowerment and local level conflict mediation in Indonesia : a comparative analysis of concepts, measures, and project efficacy

Author:	Gibson, Christopher; Woolcock, Michael;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3713
Country:	Indonesia;	Date Stored:	2005/09/08
Document Date:	2005/09/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	East Asia and Pacific
Report Number:	WPS3713	SubTopics:	Education and Society; Educational Sciences; Post Conflict Reconstruction; TF054599-PHRD-KYRGYZ; ICT Policy and Strategies
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The notion of empowerment has been more often deductively claimed than carefully defined or inductively assessed by development scholars and practitioners alike. The authors define and assess empowerment through an in-depth examination of the extent to which a large community development project in rural Indonesia empowers participants (especially members of marginalized groups) through building their capacity to manage local conflict. Although the project induces conflict through its deployment of a competitive bidding process, the authors argue that, when well implemented, it can also enable otherwise unequal groups to more peacefully, equitably, and effectively engage one another. Using a mixed methods approach, they compare cases from otherwise similar treatment and control villages to shed light on the chief components of villagers' capacity to manage local conflict. They discuss the interdependencies of two major analytical realms-routines of inter-group collaboration, and sources of countervailing power-and their relation to local conflict processes and outcomes.


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