The oppression/emancipation nexus in ongoing power struggles: Village—Power dynamics in Western Nepal 1
通过分析尼泊尔西部村庄的参与式公共工程，揭示日常互动中支配与抵抗如何交织，挑战将权力简单视为支配的观点，对从事赋权实践者有启示。
How can we gain a more nuanced understanding of power struggles than is assumed under the 'power as domination' perception that attributes power to dominant actors who exercise control over others, and thus dichotomises domination and emancipation? This article addresses this question by exploring the power dynamics underlying 'participatory' public works in a village in western Nepal. Drawing on an alternative analytical framework that brings together Giddens' 'structuration' perspective and the Foucauldian notion of power, the case study illustrates that dominance and resistance are interwoven in day-to-day social interactions, and that the existing social order is continually being readjusted. The article concludes by discussing this study's implications for proponents of empowerment, namely the need to ascertain the emancipatory potentials that are immanent in daily power contestation, and then to develop strategies that compensate for the limitations of everyday struggles.