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Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development (2007)
Book
Cornwall, A., Harrison, E., & Whitehead, A. (Eds.). (2007). Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444306675

This collection brings together leading feminist thinkers who examine the struggles for interpretive power which underlies international development. - Questions why the insights from years of feminist gender and development research are so often tur... Read More about Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development.

Historical perspectives on participation in development (2006)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A. (2006). Historical perspectives on participation in development. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 44(1), 62-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662040600624460

Participation in development came to be popularised in the 1990s as a novel, common-sense way to address a range of development ills. Its institutionalisation over the course of that decade in the discourses, if not the practices, of many mainstream... Read More about Historical perspectives on participation in development.

Democratizing Democracy: Feminist Perspectives (2005)
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Cornwall, A., & Goetz, A.-M. (2005). Democratizing Democracy: Feminist Perspectives. Democratization, 12(5), 783-800. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510340500322181

Increasing numbers of women have gained entry into the arena of representative politics in recent times. Yet the extent to which shifts in the sex ratio within formal democratic spaces translates into political influence, and into gains in policies t... Read More about Democratizing Democracy: Feminist Perspectives.

What do buzzwords do for development policy: a critical look at "participation", "poverty reduction" and "empowerment" (2005)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., & Brock, K. (2005). What do buzzwords do for development policy: a critical look at "participation", "poverty reduction" and "empowerment". Third World Quarterly, 26(7), 1043-1060. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436590500235603

In the fast-moving world of development policy, buzzwords play an important part in framing solutions. Today's development orthodoxies are captured in a seductive mix of such words, among which ‘participation’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘poverty reduction’ t... Read More about What do buzzwords do for development policy: a critical look at "participation", "poverty reduction" and "empowerment".

This Place Will Become Home. Refugee Repatriation to Ethiopia (2004)
Book
Hammond, L. (2004). This Place Will Become Home. Refugee Repatriation to Ethiopia. Cornell University Press. https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501727252

How do communities grapple with the challenges of reconstruction after conflicts? In one of the first in-depth ethnographic accounts of refugee repatriation anywhere in the world, Laura C. Hammond follows the story of Ada Bai, a returnee settlement w... Read More about This Place Will Become Home. Refugee Repatriation to Ethiopia.

Whose voices? Whose choices? Reflections on gender and participatory development (2003)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A. (2003). Whose voices? Whose choices? Reflections on gender and participatory development. World Development, 31(8), 1325-1342. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X%2803%2900086-X

Efforts to promote participation in projects, programs and policy consultation would appear to offer the prospect of giving everyone who has a stake a voice and a choice. But community-driven development, participatory planning and other fine-soundin... Read More about Whose voices? Whose choices? Reflections on gender and participatory development.