Collective action, empowerment, and conflict mediation

CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi). 2010. Collective action, empowerment, and conflict mediation. In Resources, rights, and cooperation: A sourcebook on property rights and collective action for sustainable development, CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi). Fundamentals of Collective Action and Property Right, Chapter 1, Pp. 33-36. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153870

The notion of ‘empowerment' has been more often deductively claimed than carefully defined or inductively assessed. In Indonesia, the Kecamatan Development Program (KDP) provides a good example on how program empowers participants (especially members of marginalized groups) by building their capacity to manage local conflict.