“Hope is passion for what is possible”: A Case Study of the Development Program with a Territorial-based Focus (DPTF) in Tolima, Colombia

Sammanfattning: This study is a qualitative case analysis based on fieldwork and multiple semi-structured interviews in Tolima, Colombia. It investigates the community level of the Development Program with a Territorial-based Focus (DPTF) in the south of the department. The program is a result of the peace agreement that was signed between the Colombian government and the guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2016. The DPTF specifically aims to improve the well-being of the communities that were most affected by the conflict through a participatory process where they become the protagonists of their future development. In this study the participation at the community level is analyzed by considering the four powers: power ‘over’, power ‘to’, power ‘with’ and power ‘within’.