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Andrea Cornwall's Outputs (47)

Researching sex and sexualities (2018)
Book
Morris, C., Boyce, P., Cornwall, A., Frith, H., Harvey, L., & Huang, Y. (Eds.). (2018). Researching sex and sexualities. Zed Books. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350222281

Sexuality is a complex and multifaceted domain – encompassing bodily, contextual and subjective experiences that resist ready categorisation. To claim the sexual as a viable research object therefore raises a number of important methodological questi... Read More about Researching sex and sexualities.

The Making and Unmaking of a New Democratic Space (2017)
Book Chapter
Cornwall, A. (2017). The Making and Unmaking of a New Democratic Space. In S. E. Alvarez, J. W. Rubin, M. Thayer, G. Baiocchi, & A. Laó-Montes (Eds.), Beyond Civil Society: Activism, Participation, and Protest in Latin America (63-80). Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822373353-004

Narratives of civil society participation often paint an overly rosy picture of engaged citizens enlivening democratic deliberation and democratizing decision-making. In this chapter, I draw on ethnographic research in a “new democratic space” in nor... Read More about The Making and Unmaking of a New Democratic Space.

Women's empowerment: what works (2016)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A. (2016). Women's empowerment: what works. Journal of International Development, 28(3), 342-359. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3210

With radical roots in the 1980s, women’s empowerment is now a mainstream development concern. Much of the narrative focuses on instrumental gains—what women can do for development rather than what development can do for women. Empowerment is treated... Read More about Women's empowerment: what works.

From “Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment” to Global Justice: Reclaiming a Transformative Agenda for Gender and Development (2015)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., & Rivas, A.-M. (in press). From “Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment” to Global Justice: Reclaiming a Transformative Agenda for Gender and Development. Third World Quarterly, 36(2), 396-415. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1013341

The language of “gender equality” and “women’s empowerment” was mobilised by feminists in the 1980s and 1990s as a way of getting women’s rights onto the international development agenda. Their efforts can be declared a resounding success. The intern... Read More about From “Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment” to Global Justice: Reclaiming a Transformative Agenda for Gender and Development.

Cultures of Politics, Spaces of Power: Contextualizing Brazilian Experiences of Participation (2013)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A. (2013). Cultures of Politics, Spaces of Power: Contextualizing Brazilian Experiences of Participation. Journal of power, 6(2), 309-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2013.811859

Brazilian democratic innovation is gathering considerable international attention, spawning a growing interest in replicating the institutional designs of its participatory governance institutions in countries with very different political histories... Read More about Cultures of Politics, Spaces of Power: Contextualizing Brazilian Experiences of Participation.

Men and Development: Politicizing Masculinities (2011)
Book
Cornwall, A., Edström, J., & Greig, A. (Eds.). (2011). Men and Development: Politicizing Masculinities. Zed Books. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350221352

Men and Development: Politicizing Masculinities features an exciting collection of contributions from some of today's leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of men, masculinities and development. Together, contributors challenge the neglect... Read More about Men and Development: Politicizing Masculinities.

The Participation Reader (2011)
Book
Cornwall, A. (Ed.). (2011). The Participation Reader. Zed Books

Calls for greater participation of those affected by development interventions have a long history. This expert reader explores the conceptual and methodological dimensions of participatory research and the politics and practice of participation in d... Read More about The Participation Reader.

Introduction: Women's empowerment: Contentions and contestations (2010)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., & Anyidoho, N. A. (2010). Introduction: Women's empowerment: Contentions and contestations. Development, 53(2), 144-149. https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2010.34

Andrea Cornwall and Nana Akua Anyidoho critically examine empowerment in an introduction to how to go beyond mainstream interpretations of empowerment to discover what is happening in women's lives that is bringing about positive change.

Introduction: Negotiating Empowerment (2010)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., & Edwards, J. (2010). Introduction: Negotiating Empowerment. IDS Bulletin, 41(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2010.00117.x

This introductory article draws out some of the dimensions and dilemmas around women's empowerment that are highlighted in the articles in this IDS Bulletin: the choices, the negotiations, the narratives and above all, the context of women's lived ex... Read More about Introduction: Negotiating Empowerment.

The use and abuse of participatory rural appraisal: reflections from practice (2010)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., & Pratt, G. (2010). The use and abuse of participatory rural appraisal: reflections from practice. Agriculture and Human Values, 28(2), 263-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-010-9262-1

Over the course of the 1990s, donor enthusiasm for participation came to be institutionalized in a variety of ways. One particular methodology-Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)-came to enjoy phenomenal popularity. New aid modalities may have shifte... Read More about The use and abuse of participatory rural appraisal: reflections from practice.

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.

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.