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dc.contributor.authorRuottinen, Teija
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-26T20:43:56Z
dc.date.available2014-09-26T20:43:56Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.otheroai:jykdok.linneanet.fi:1446141
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/44342
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of the present case study is to examine the local understandings and experiences of community empowerment, especially in terms of the perceived changes and the evolving power relations triggered by the empowerment intervention, in the context of the Tanzanian NGO Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service. Furthermore, on a more general level, the aim of the study is to look into the possibilities of the empowerment approach to reduce the striking inequalities in the Sub-Saharan African countries, offering them a more sustainable way out of poverty. The data was collected during an internship in the study context in Tanzania in the summer of 2013, the secondary data consisting of official documents and reports provided by the NGO; the primary data consisting of 15 qualitative interviews conducted with the staff and the community members. Phenomenological hermeneutic approach was chosen as the data analysis methods, enabling the in-depth comprehension of the abstract and complex phenomenon of empowerment. The findings indicate that the empowerment resulting from the program intervention is to a large extent genuine and sustainable, affecting also the internal power relations of the community. An empowered community is an independent, active, equal and harmonious collective with all the possibilities to develop further and reach prosperity. The empowerment approach has, indeed, a lot of potential as a sustainable way out of poverty, as long as it is genuine, emerging from within the individuals and the collective.en
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dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subject.otherempowerment
dc.subject.otherpower
dc.subject.othercommunity
dc.subject.otherdevelopment
dc.subject.otherTanzania
dc.titlePerceptions of empowerment and power in community development programs : case study of Tanganyika Christian Refugee Service
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201409262886
dc.type.ontasotPro gradu -tutkielmafi
dc.type.ontasotMaster’s thesisen
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaYhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaFaculty of Social Sciencesen
dc.contributor.laitosYhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Social Sciences and Philosophyen
dc.contributor.yliopistoUniversity of Jyväskyläen
dc.contributor.yliopistoJyväskylän yliopistofi
dc.contributor.oppiaineYhteiskuntapolitiikkafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineSocial Policyen
dc.date.updated2014-09-26T20:43:57Z
dc.type.publicationmasterThesis
dc.contributor.oppiainekoodi209
dc.subject.ysovoimaantuminen
dc.subject.ysoyhteisöt
dc.subject.ysovalta
dc.subject.ysokehittäminen
dc.subject.ysoTansania
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