‘Stakeholder’ Categorization and Power Dimensions within Evaluation Reports
(2019) STVK12 20191Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Participation in the field of development is a highly debated subject, aiming to involve different stakeholder in various processes of cooperation. Currently, existing studies on power dimensions within development evaluations are insufficient and considerable reflection on issues of unequal influence is lacking. This thesis will attempt to fill the knowledge gap in current research by studying dimensions of power through analysing development program evaluation reports. The research question guiding this thesis is “How are power dimensions between ‘stakeholder’ groups considered in evaluation reports?”. The research question is addressed by a case study using evaluation reports from The Swedish International Development Cooperation... (More)
- Participation in the field of development is a highly debated subject, aiming to involve different stakeholder in various processes of cooperation. Currently, existing studies on power dimensions within development evaluations are insufficient and considerable reflection on issues of unequal influence is lacking. This thesis will attempt to fill the knowledge gap in current research by studying dimensions of power through analysing development program evaluation reports. The research question guiding this thesis is “How are power dimensions between ‘stakeholder’ groups considered in evaluation reports?”. The research question is addressed by a case study using evaluation reports from The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. An intersectional framework is employed to highlight aspects such as gender, age, class, ethnicity and dis/ability in relation to the influence of and participation by the stakeholders categorised within the evaluation reports. The findings suggest that power dimensions, such as influence and participation have been considered in all evaluation reports to various extents, while categorisations of stakeholders are rather diffuse resulting in inadequate measures of development interventions. (Less)
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- author
- Boström, Elin LU
- supervisor
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- Anders Uhlin LU
- organization
- course
- STVK12 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Stakeholder Analysis, Intersectionality, Participatory Evaluation, SIDA, Development Cooperation.
- language
- English
- id
- 8978209
- date added to LUP
- 2019-09-06 09:12:48
- date last changed
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abstract = {{Participation in the field of development is a highly debated subject, aiming to involve different stakeholder in various processes of cooperation. Currently, existing studies on power dimensions within development evaluations are insufficient and considerable reflection on issues of unequal influence is lacking. This thesis will attempt to fill the knowledge gap in current research by studying dimensions of power through analysing development program evaluation reports. The research question guiding this thesis is “How are power dimensions between ‘stakeholder’ groups considered in evaluation reports?”. The research question is addressed by a case study using evaluation reports from The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. An intersectional framework is employed to highlight aspects such as gender, age, class, ethnicity and dis/ability in relation to the influence of and participation by the stakeholders categorised within the evaluation reports. The findings suggest that power dimensions, such as influence and participation have been considered in all evaluation reports to various extents, while categorisations of stakeholders are rather diffuse resulting in inadequate measures of development interventions.}},
author = {{Boström, Elin}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{‘Stakeholder’ Categorization and Power Dimensions within Evaluation Reports}},
year = {{2019}},
}