Examples of analysing power
Here are some specific examples of how the powecube approach has been used in different contexts and situations to analyse and reflect on power.
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Afghan Refugee in Japan
This case study is from a student research paper at the Institute of Development Studies and discusses how an Afghan refugee was shaped by and challenged power relations.
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Bringing Violence into the powercube
Jenny Pearce from the University of Bradford writes about using the powercube as part of evaluation workshops on the participation of civil society organisations in Colombia.
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Cooperatives in the UK
This case study is from a student research paper at the Institute of Development Studies and uses the forms dimension of the powercube to examine two small cooperatives in the UK.
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Community Driven Development in Liberia
This case study is from a student research paper at the Institute of Development Studies and asks what kind of power is involved in community-driven development.
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Councillors and Residents in Hove Park
This case study is from a student research paper at the Institute of Development Studies and shows how the powercube was used to investigate a local expression of participation in UK local governance.
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Fluid, opaque, amoebic power
Mariz Tadros develops the concepts of visible, hidden, and invisible forms of power, introducing ideas of fluid, opaque and amoebic power, while reflecting on the impact on state‐NGO relations of the State Security Apparatus (SSI) in Egypt.
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Jubilee Debt Campaign
John Gaventa illustrates how the powercube may be applied to the analysis of debt and its relationships to poverty through the example of the Jubilee Debt Campagin.
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Kenyan Constitutional Reform
This case study from a student research paper at the Institute of Development Studies uses the powercube to assess whether constitutional reform shifted power relations in Kenya.
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Zimbabwe’s Power Sharing Deal
This case study from a student research paper at the Institute of Development Studies uses all three sides of the powercube to explore an extraordinary political process, removed from citizens and normal political practice but with huge implications for both.
