Activists from community-based organisations often ask: what should I read to develop a more critical insight into ‘power’?

We thought it might be useful to alert you to ‘tried and tested’ texts on power. Here are three. Clearly, this is nowhere near an adequate list – but it may be a manageable one. These articles are accessible and ask useful questions.

• Take a look at other articles by these authors / others from their organisations (JASS and IDS)
• Look at their reference lists for further reading suggestions!
• Please send us your favourite references and readings!

Please click on the links to download the articles!

• Gaventa, John (2006) Finding the Spaces for Change: A Power Analysis
  IDS Bulletin Volume 37 Number 6 November 2006 © Institute of Development Studies
• Gaventa, John and Cornwall, Andrea (2006) Challenging the Boundaries of the Possible: Participation, Knowledge and Power
  IDS Bulletin Volume 37 Number 6 November 2006 © Institute of Development Studies
• Miller, Valerie and Suarez Toro, Maria (2017) Resonance and the Butterfly Effect:
  Feminist Epistemology and Popular Education