February 2010
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In the Hands of the People: “Micro-Responsibility”...
What does security mean when facing crushing poverty and limited opportunities? Does “Security”—i.e., state security—even matter when “security”—personal security—is so tenuous? And what does “empowerment” actually mean when used by development organizations and NGOs? I would argue, through my personal observations in the field, that we are facing a possibly intractable conflict within...
January 2010
2 posts
Bringing Moldova's Women into the Democratization... →
The puzzle of democracy and "micro-responsibility"
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the connection (or disconnect) between democratization strategies of the post cold war era (which made neoliberal market ideals the basis of democratization) and the exploding trend within development circles towards social entrepreneurship, microfinance and microenterprise.
On the face of it, this trend—what I call...
December 2009
1 post
Publications
Books 2010. Women, Civil Society and the Geopolitics of Democratization. London: Routledge. Forthcoming, February 2010.
Refereed Journal Articles 2005. “Constructing Agency: US Foreign Funding and Gender Identity in Moldovan Civil Society,” Journal Transitions, Centre d’etude de la vie politique, Universite libre de Bruxelles, Winter 2005-06. 2008. “Setting the...
