Water and Aid in Mozambique

Gendered Perspectives of Change
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-009-19348-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Reihe: The International African Library

Analysing how water development projects unfolded in five rural communities in Mozambique, Emily Van Houweling offers an alternative perspective on water and the politicised nature of water management in the region. Using a hydro-social cycle framework, she demonstrates how water is tied to everyday life in matrilineal Nampula and how social relations, gender roles, and local politics were reconfigured during the project. While centring the experience of community members, Van Houweling also includes the perspectives of project implementers, showing how project plans were translated and negotiated as they worked their way down to the community. Employing the concept of organisational culture, Van Houweling reveals the tensions that resulted from different actors' decision-making processes and motivations, and illuminates possible explanations for the gaps between policy and practice. Exploring women's empowerment, community ownership, and participation, this book facilitates innovative ways for thinking about evaluation, sustainability, and gender-water relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Houweling, Emily van

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Divergent development discourses; 3. Life before the handpumps; 4. Sustainability and sense of ownership; 5. The politics of water access; 6. Gender roles and water practices with the handpumps; 7. Development encounters; 8. Conclusions; Glossary; Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Houweling, Emily van
Emily Van Houweling is an associate professor in the Master of Development Practice program at Regis University. Her research blends anthropology, gender studies, political ecology, and critical development studies to contribute new insights about water and sanitation access and rights in low-income contexts. Her 15 years of experience on the topic span the academic and practitioner divide. Van Houweling' s work has been published in journals such as Society and Natural Resources, Gender, Place and Culture, and the Journal of Development Studies, and she has also contributed to making water and sanitation projects more inclusive and participatory.