Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Self-determination in a development aid relationship - a phenomenological Paraguayan case study

Pertoft, Ronja LU (2017) STVK02 20171
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the Swedish non-governmental aid organization We Effect affects their partner organizations in Paraguay’s possibilities to self-determination in the framework of their relationship. The question asked is “ How does
We Effects aid cooperation in Paraguay affect their local partner organizations’ possibilities to self-determination? ”. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the concept of self-determination, the study touches on the fields of psychology, law, politics and more.
Self-determination is delimited to an organizational level and operationalized with the help of self-determination theory. Empiric material in the form of five anonymous questionnaires and five semi-structured... (More)
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the Swedish non-governmental aid organization We Effect affects their partner organizations in Paraguay’s possibilities to self-determination in the framework of their relationship. The question asked is “ How does
We Effects aid cooperation in Paraguay affect their local partner organizations’ possibilities to self-determination? ”. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the concept of self-determination, the study touches on the fields of psychology, law, politics and more.
Self-determination is delimited to an organizational level and operationalized with the help of self-determination theory. Empiric material in the form of five anonymous questionnaires and five semi-structured interviews was collected and analyzed. Results show that We Effects cooperational approach is self-determination-conscious and -supportive to some extent but that the basis and to some extent the framework of the cooperation are encroaching on their partner organizations autonomy and thus also their self-determination. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Pertoft, Ronja LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20171
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Self-determination theory, Development aid, Self-determination, Paraguay, We Effect
language
English
id
8907686
date added to LUP
2017-07-11 15:36:01
date last changed
2017-07-11 15:36:01
@misc{8907686,
  abstract     = {{The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the Swedish non-governmental aid organization We Effect affects their partner organizations in Paraguay’s possibilities to self-determination in the framework of their relationship. The question asked is “ How does
We Effects aid cooperation in Paraguay affect their local partner organizations’ possibilities to self-determination? ”. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the concept of self-determination, the study touches on the fields of psychology, law, politics and more.
Self-determination is delimited to an organizational level and operationalized with the help of self-determination theory. Empiric material in the form of five anonymous questionnaires and five semi-structured interviews was collected and analyzed. Results show that We Effects cooperational approach is self-determination-conscious and -supportive to some extent but that the basis and to some extent the framework of the cooperation are encroaching on their partner organizations autonomy and thus also their self-determination.}},
  author       = {{Pertoft, Ronja}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Self-determination in a development aid relationship - a phenomenological Paraguayan case study}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}