The social and political construction of latrines in rural Ethiopia

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F18%3A10380781" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/18:10380781 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.08.003" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.08.003</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.08.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.08.003</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The social and political construction of latrines in rural Ethiopia
Original language description
This study seeks to understand the complexity of efforts to improve sanitation practices in the infrastructure-restricted and environmentally vulnerable setting of two rural districts of the Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia. It seeks to simultaneously address micro-level behavioural and social determinants of sanitation, on the one hand, and political and environmental drivers, on the other hand. We draw on analysis of secondary information and own survey comprising structured interviews and direct observations in 368 households in 11 villages as well as 20 semi-structured interviews with health workers and village leaders. We consecutively examine different sanitation drivers and then attempt to paint a complex picture of sanitation situation in a given context. We found high latrine coverage and use but low functional quality of latrines implying uncertain benefits to human health. We attribute this pattern to relationships between the political construction of latrines (political commitment to sanitation characterized by the command-and-control nature of Ethiopian governance), socially constructed perceptions of symbolic risks and benefits of sanitation, and neglect of sanitation technologies within an environmental context.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA15-21237S" target="_blank" >GA15-21237S: Factors and conditions affecting sanitation behaviour change in developing countries</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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