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Deliberating Democracy: Scenes from a Brazilian Municipal Health Council (2008)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A. (2008). Deliberating Democracy: Scenes from a Brazilian Municipal Health Council. Politics and Society, 36(4), 508-531. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032329208324718

Brazil's health councils appear to offer inspiring examples of what Fung and Wright (2003) term empowered participatory governance. But what happens in practice? This article narrates an episode in the life of a municipal health council in northeast... Read More about Deliberating Democracy: Scenes from a Brazilian Municipal Health Council.

Introduction: Reclaiming feminism: Gender and neoliberalism (2008)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., Gideon, J., & Wilson, K. (2008). Introduction: Reclaiming feminism: Gender and neoliberalism. IDS Bulletin, 39(6), Pages 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2008.tb00505.x

Neoliberalism - that 'grab-bag of ideas based on the fundamentalist notion that markets are self-correcting, allocate resources efficiently and serve the public interest well' as Stiglitz (2008) puts it - has been a focal point for contestation in de... Read More about Introduction: Reclaiming feminism: Gender and neoliberalism.

Rethinking 'citizenship' in the postcolony (2008)
Journal Article
Robins, S., Cornwall, A., & von Lieres, B. (2008). Rethinking 'citizenship' in the postcolony. Third World Quarterly, 29(6), 1069-1086. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436590802201048

This paper argues for an approach to researching citizenship and democracy that begins not from normative convictions but from everyday experiences in particular social, cultural and historical contexts. The paper starts with a consideration of the w... Read More about Rethinking 'citizenship' in the postcolony.

Introduction: Putting unsafe abortion on the development agenda (2008)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., Standing, H., & Lynch, A. (2008). Introduction: Putting unsafe abortion on the development agenda. IDS Bulletin, 39(3), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2008.tb00456.x

This introductory article argues that the interlinked Issues of legal reform, the provision of accessible and affordable services and the strengthening of women's capacities to exercise agency over their own bodies make safe abortion a development is... Read More about Introduction: Putting unsafe abortion on the development agenda.

Engaging citizens: lessons from building Brazil's national health system (2008)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., & Shankland, A. (2008). Engaging citizens: lessons from building Brazil's national health system. Social Science & Medicine, 66(10), 2173-2184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.038

Brazil's Sistema Unico de Saude (SUS), a universal, publicly-funded, rights-based health system, designed and put in place in an era where neo-liberal reforms elsewhere in the world have driven the marketization of health services, offers important l... Read More about Engaging citizens: lessons from building Brazil's national health system.

Unpacking 'Participation': models, meanings and practices (2008)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A. (2008). Unpacking 'Participation': models, meanings and practices. Community Development Journal, 43(3), 269-283. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsn010

The world over, public institutions appear to be responding to the calls voiced by activists, development practitioners and progressive thinkers for greater public involvement in making the decisions that matter and holding governments to account for... Read More about Unpacking 'Participation': models, meanings and practices.

Development with a body: sexuality, human rights and development (2008)
Book
Cornwall, A., Correa, S., & Jolly, S. (Eds.). (2008). Development with a body: sexuality, human rights and development. Zed Books. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350219588

This book offers compelling insights into contemporary challenges and transformative possibilities of the struggle for sexual rights. It combines the conceptual with the political, and offers inspiring examples of practical interventions and campaign... Read More about Development with a body: sexuality, human rights and development.

Democratising engagement : what the UK can learn from international experience (2008)
Book
Cornwall, A. (2008). Democratising engagement : what the UK can learn from international experience. Demos

Conceptualising Empowerment and the Implications for Pro-Poor Growth (2008)
Report
Kabeer, N., Eyben, R., & Cornwall, A. (2008). Conceptualising Empowerment and the Implications for Pro-Poor Growth

This paper proposes a framework for how empowerment can be conceptually understood and operationally explored. It makes recommendations for forthcoming areas of work within the POVNET Work Programme on empowering poor women and men to participate in,... Read More about Conceptualising Empowerment and the Implications for Pro-Poor Growth.