Download or read book Transforming Participation? written by N. Gaynor and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do participatory processes open a political space to marginalized groups and individuals? Or do they co-opt and coerce groups to reinforce existing inequitable relations? In an innovative comparative study which breaks with tradition this book explores these questions by looking at Malawi and Ireland.