Towards a dynamic structure-agency framework: Understanding patterns of participation in community-driven development in Uchira, Tanzania

作者: Anna Mdee

DOI: 10.3828/IDPR.30.4.5

关键词: SociologyStructure (mathematical logic)Community-driven developmentPublic relationsAgency (sociology)EthnographyTanzaniaChronic povertySocial relationshipDifferential (mechanical device)

摘要: This article theorises patterns of individual participation in collective development activities Uchira, Tanzania. Drawing on literature chronic poverty it proposes that the construction a dynamic structure-agency framework for understanding may provide guide to specificity and differential agency individuals shape spaces. Using ethnographic research Uchira village Tanzania, plots relation structural factors gender, wealth age, then considers how these interact with through discussion local norms behaviour, personal motivations social relationships. Through consideration interaction producing certain participation; allows clearer analysis limitations mechanisms enhancing c...

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