Groups as a means or an end? Social capital and the promotion of cooperation in Ghana
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Porter, G. and Lyon, F. 2006. Groups as a means or an end? Social capital and the promotion of cooperation in Ghana. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 24 (2), pp. 249-262. https://doi.org/10.1068/d0303
Type | Article |
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Title | Groups as a means or an end? Social capital and the promotion of cooperation in Ghana |
Authors | Porter, G. and Lyon, F. |
Abstract | In the past two decades there has been a growing emphasis within the international development industry on promoting group activity. This paper charts how interpretation of the loose concept of social capital has shaped donor and NGO discourses on, and their preoccupation with, groups. Donors are using blueprints of group cooperation in an asocial and aspatial manner that ignores local specificities of place, space and cultural context. An empirical case is examined that demonstrates how donor discourse is reinterpreted, translated and even rejected by players at different spatial scales. The reasons for the continued donor preoccupation with groups in the face of local resistances are explored. |
Research Group | Centre for Enterprise, Environment and Development Research (CEEDR) |
Publisher | Pion |
Journal | Environment and Planning D: Society and Space |
ISSN | 0263-7758 |
Electronic | 1472-3433 |
Publication dates | |
01 Apr 2006 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 22 Feb 2016 |
Accepted | 19 Nov 2005 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is an Author Accepted Manuscript version. The definitive final published article is available via SAGE journals at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/d0303/ |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1068/d0303 |
Language | English |
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