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Negotiating gender equality in development organizations:The role of agency in the institutionalization of new norms and practices

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This article considers how, in the context of development, the negotiation of meanings and individual values can create a crucial link between an awareness of gender relations and actual changes in the norms and practices of an organization. I use the concept of institutional agency to question whether as gendered individuals, development practitioners can challenge how development organizations go about their work? Or whether we are all trapped in a ‘meta structure’ of norms, practices and meanings that ultimately block both our own agency and the changes we are trying to bring about?

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  • Fenella Porter, 2012. "Negotiating gender equality in development organizations:The role of agency in the institutionalization of new norms and practices," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 12(4), pages 301-314, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:prodev:v:12:y:2012:i:4:p:301-314
    DOI: 10.1177/146499341201200403
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    1. Alan Thomas, 2000. "Development as practice in a liberal capitalist world," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 12(6), pages 773-787.
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