Perceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs case study of Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service

The purpose of the present case study is to examine the local understandings and experiences of community empowerment, especially in terms of the perceived changes and the evolving power relations triggered by the empowerment intervention, in the context of the Tanzanian NGO Tanganyika Christian Ref...

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Main Author: Ruottinen, Teija
Other Authors: Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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title Perceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs : case study of Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service
title_full Perceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs : case study of Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service
title_fullStr Perceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs : case study of Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service Perceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs : case study of Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service
title_full_unstemmed Perceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs : case study of Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service Perceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs : case study of Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service
title_short Perceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs
title_sort perceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs case study of tanganyika christian refugee service
title_sub case study of Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service
title_txtP Perceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs : case study of Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service
topic empowerment power community development Tanzania Yhteiskuntapolitiikka Social Policy 209 voimaantuminen yhteisöt valta kehittäminen Tansania
topic_facet 209 Social Policy Tansania Tanzania Yhteiskuntapolitiikka community development empowerment kehittäminen power valta voimaantuminen yhteisöt
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