Chavez, M.V. (2018) Communities shared leadership. A civic initiative in Ecuador. Master thesis.
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Abstract
With the rapid changes in governance structures and the demand for decentralized and more efficient decision-making processes, there is an increasing urge for citizens to take action. This current research seeks to understand how shared leadership structures can enhance participation and engagement in civic initiatives. To show how networks develop and produce stronger outcomes for a project, a case study placed in Canoa, Ecuador is analysed. The study is conducted by means of semi-structured interviews, surveys and document analysis. The findings are presented through 5 lines of reasoning: organizational structure, leadership orientation, community engagement, team development and project outcomes. The conclusions of this research show the importance of leadership and its effects on engagement within a civic initiative by stressing the achieved outcomes of the project. It also clarifies the role of the planner in this process in order to reduce the gap between theoretical discourse and common practice.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Society, Sustainability and Planning (MSc Socio-spatial Planning) |
| Supervisor: | Boavida-Portugal, Ines |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2020 05:15 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2020 05:15 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/381 |
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