JOHN GAVENTA
Professor John Gaventa
Research Fellow
Team Participation Power and Social Change
CV CV (Word doc)
E-mail J.Gaventa@ids.ac.uk
Biography
John Gaventa is a political sociologist, educator and civil society practitioner with over 30 years experience of research, training and organisational leadership in North and South. Currently he is a Professor and Research Fellow at IDS, where he is a member of the Participation, Power and Social Change team and Director of the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability. He has written widely on issues of power, participatory development and governance, civil society and social change. Before coming to IDS in 1996, John was the co-director of research and Director of the Highlander Centre, an NGO with over seven decades of experience in working on poverty and social justice issues in poor regions of the United States.
Selected ProjectsThematic Expertise
Participation; Poverty; Inclusive Citizenship and Govenance.
Publications
Research Fellow
Team Participation Power and Social Change
CV CV (Word doc)
E-mail J.Gaventa@ids.ac.uk
Biography
John Gaventa is a political sociologist, educator and civil society practitioner with over 30 years experience of research, training and organisational leadership in North and South. Currently he is a Professor and Research Fellow at IDS, where he is a member of the Participation, Power and Social Change team and Director of the Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability. He has written widely on issues of power, participatory development and governance, civil society and social change. Before coming to IDS in 1996, John was the co-director of research and Director of the Highlander Centre, an NGO with over seven decades of experience in working on poverty and social justice issues in poor regions of the United States.
Selected ProjectsThematic Expertise
Participation; Poverty; Inclusive Citizenship and Govenance.
Publications
- Brown, D. and Gaventa, J. (2009) 'Constructing Transnational Action Research Networks: Observations and Reflections from the case of the Citizenship DRC (Research Summary)', IDS Research Summary 302, Brighton: IDS
- Gaventa, J. and Mayo, M. (2009) 'Spanning Citizenship Spaces Through Transnational Coalitions (Research Summary)', IDS Research Summary 327, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
- Brown, D.L. and Gaventa, J (2008) 'Constructing Transnational Action Research Networks: Observations and Reflections from the case of the Citizenship DRC', IDS Working Paper 302, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
- Gaventa, J. and Mayo, M. (2008) 'Linking the Local and the Global Through Citizen-based Advocacy? The Case of the Global Campaign for Education' Wp2008-12, IDS
- Gaventa, J. (2006) 'Triumph, Deficit or Contestation? Deepening the 'Deepening Democracy' Debate', IDS Working Paper 264, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
- Gaventa, J. (2005) Claiming Citizenship: Rights, Participation and Accountability (5 volumes), London: Zed Books
- Gaventa, J and McGee, R (2004) Unpacking Policy Processes: Actors, Knowledge and Spaces, Kampala, Oxford: Fountain Press, Africa Book Collective
- Brock, K, McGee, R and Gaventa, J (2004) Unpacking Policy: Knowledge, Actors and Spaces in Poverty Reduction in Uganda and Nigeria, Fountain Press, Africa Book Collective
- Jones, E. and Gaventa, J. (2002) 'Concepts of Citizenship: A Review', IDS Development Bibliography 19, Brighton: IDS
- Goetz, A.M. and Gaventa, J. (2001) 'Bringing Citizen Voice and Client Focus into Service Delivery', IDS Working Paper 138, Brighton: IDS
- Edwards, M and Gaventa, J (2001) Global Citizen Action, Lynne Reinner, Earthscan
- Estrella, M. y Gaventa, J. (2001) '¿Quién da cuenta de la realidad? Monitoreo y evalucación participativos: revisión bibliográfica', IDS Working Paper 70, Brighton: IDS
- Brock, K., Cornwall, A. and Gaventa, J. (2001) 'Power, Knowledge and Political Spaces in the Framing of Poverty Policy', IDS Working Paper 143, Brighton: IDS
- Estrella, M and Gaventa, J (1998) 'Who Counts Reality? Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: A Literature Review', IDS Working Paper 70, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
- Guijt, I. and Gaventa, J. (1998) 'Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: Learning from Change', IDS Policy Briefing 12, Brighton: IDS
