Outputs (4)

Building democracy from below : lessons from Western Uganda (2016)
Journal Article
King, S., & Hickey, S. (2016). Building democracy from below : lessons from Western Uganda. Journal of Development Studies, 53(10), 1584-1599. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1214719

How to achieve democratisation in the neopatrimonial and agrarian environments that predominate in sub-Saharan Africa continues to present a challenge for both development theory and practice. Drawing on intensive fieldwork in Western Uganda, this pa... Read More about Building democracy from below : lessons from Western Uganda.

Understanding social accountability : politics, power and building new social contracts (2016)
Journal Article
Hickey, S., & King, S. (2016). Understanding social accountability : politics, power and building new social contracts. Journal of Development Studies, 52(8), 1225-1240. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2015.1134778

Calls to deepen levels of social accountability within social protection interventions need to be informed by the now extensive experience of promoting social accountability in developing countries. Drawing on a systematic review of over 90 social ac... Read More about Understanding social accountability : politics, power and building new social contracts.

Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building? (2015)
Journal Article
King, S. (2015). Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building?. Third World Quarterly, 36(4), 741-757. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2015.1024436

Opinion is divided about the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) to enhance the political capabilities of disadvantaged groups in neopatrimonial contexts, and particularly through a hegemonic paradigm which seeks to advance poverty reducti... Read More about Political capabilities for democratisation in Uganda : good governance or popular organisation building?.

Increasing the power of the poor? NGO-led social accountability initiatives and political capabilities in rural Uganda (2015)
Journal Article
King, S. (2015). Increasing the power of the poor? NGO-led social accountability initiatives and political capabilities in rural Uganda. European Journal of Development Research, 27(5), 887-902. https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2014.74

Social accountability has become an important new buzzword among development actors seeking to understand the forms of state-society synergy that may be supportive of better public services. Advocates suggest demand-side initiatives are key to increa... Read More about Increasing the power of the poor? NGO-led social accountability initiatives and political capabilities in rural Uganda.