The volume challenges dominant narratives of progress with a rich range of investigations of local struggles from the Global south which are based on original ethnographic research. The chapters take a point of departure in ideas and concepts developed by the pioneering anthropologist Eric R....

Im soziologischen Forschungsprojekt "Multilokalität, raumbezogene Einstellungen und lokales Handeln" wurde untersucht, unter welchen Bedingungen multilokale Akteure kognitiv-emotionale Identifikationen mit ihren Wohnorten entwickeln und wie diese lokale Handlungen, etwa lokalen Konsum und...

Im soziologischen Forschungsprojekt "Multilokalität, raumbezogene Einstellungen und lokales Handeln" wurde untersucht, unter welchen Bedingungen multilokale Akteure kognitiv-emotionale Identifikationen mit ihren Wohnorten entwickeln und wie diese lokale Handlungen, etwa lokalen Konsum und...

This article analyses the role of information in direct public participation for grassroots development in Kenya's devolved government structure of 47 counties. The author reviewed relevant laws, research and government reports, and journals focusing on forms of and information dissemination...

Empirical evidence on the effectiveness of grassroots monitoring is mixed. This paper proposes a previously unexplored mechanism that may explain this result. We argue that the presence of credible and effective top-down monitoring alternatives can undermine citizen participation in grassroots...

Food is one of the four basic needs for any human race as a vital source of energy to maintain our life. However, there are differences in eating pattern in each society which depend on various factors such as geography, economic, way of life, beliefs, tradition and custom that have been carried...