Power, Empowerment and Social Change

Rosemary McGee is a Senior Research Fellow in the Power and Popular Politics Cluster, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. Jethro Pettit is a freelance consultant, facilitator and former Director of Teaching and Learning at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK

Part I 1.0 Introduction: power, empowerment and social change Part II Conceptual and theoretical groundings and debates 2.1. Plus ça change…? Shifting power in a disorienting moment 2.2 Finding community: the power of unruliness 2.3 Rethinking accountability: a power perspective 2.4 Transforming power with embodied practice 2.5 Towards a political practice of empowerment in digital times: a feminist commentary from the Global South Part III Analysing power and empowerment: frameworks and approaches 3.1 Did we forget about power? Reintroducing concepts of power for justice, equality and peace 3.2 Applying power analysis: using the ‘Powercube’ to explore forms, levels and spaces 3.3 Critical reflections on shifting the toxic alchemy of institutional power 3.4 Finding the right power tool(s) for the job: rendering the invisible visible Part IV Understanding agency: social action for shifting power 4.1 Power and agency in violent settings 4.2. Micro-level analysis of power and its relevance for practice 4.3 Environmental defenders: courage, territory and power 4.4 The decolonising Zapatista revolution Part V Learning and unlearning power for reflective social action 5.1 Learning about power in a Masters for reflective social change practitioners 5.2 Reflexive aid practice: naming and dealing with power 5.3 Consciousness-raising, intersectionality, and movement building for social transformation