All Outputs (2)

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.