Making Development Agents: Participation as Boundary Object in International Development
尽管参与式方法成本高昂，但在国际发展中仍被广泛采用。本文以坦桑尼亚为例，批判性探讨其持续流行的原因，认为参与作为边界对象使不同利益相关者暂时围绕共同项目协调行动。
Despite high transaction and financial costs participatory approaches to development are now standardised across a range of organisations internationally. Participatory planning in various forms is widely used in donor funded local government projects worldwide. This article critically explores the reasons for the continued popularity of participatory approaches. Using examples of cognate participatory processes in Tanzania I show how the outputs of participatory approaches do not justify their continued popularity for development stakeholders. Analytical frameworks from science studies on the social process of collaboration provide insights into the persistence of participatory forms. Participation operates as a boundary object enabling diverse stakeholders to temporarily align themselves around a common project for the purpose of development implementation. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.