Swidler Ann, Watkins Susan Cotts
Department of Sociology MC 1980, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1980, Tel: (510) 644-0858 [work and home], FAX: (510) 644-0614,
World Dev. 2009 Jul;37(7):1182-1196. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.11.002.
This paper analyzes the social impacts of the commitment to "sustainability" in donor-funded AIDS programs. Using survey, interview, and ethnographic data from rural Malawi, we examine how efforts to mobilize and empower local communities affect three strata of Malawian society: the villagers these programs are meant to help, the insecure local elites whose efforts directly link programs to their intended beneficiaries, and, more briefly, national elites who implement AIDS policies and programs. We describe indirect effects of sustainability on the experiences, identities, and aspirations of Malawians-effects that are much broader and deeper than the direct impacts of funding.
本文分析了由捐助资金资助的艾滋病项目中“可持续性”承诺所产生的社会影响。利用来自马拉维农村地区的调查、访谈和人种志数据，我们研究了动员和赋权当地社区的努力如何影响马拉维社会的三个阶层：这些项目旨在帮助的村民、其努力将项目与预期受益者直接联系起来的不稳定的当地精英，以及更简要地说，实施艾滋病政策和项目的国家精英。我们描述了可持续性对马拉维人的经历、身份认同和愿望产生的间接影响——这些影响比资金的直接影响更为广泛和深刻。
