ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses how power analysis can be used to gain an understanding of how experiences of violent conflict affect people’s agency and positions in power relationships, and can help identify potential avenues for people regaining a sense of agency. Violence dynamics and the effects on people will be different in other contexts, and this is important to consider when applying the learning from the studies to other settings. In each of the country studies, a range of methods was used to map forms of violence, the actors involved in perpetrating and mitigating violence, the effects of violence on agency and people’s responses. The study in Zimbabwe focused on the agency of youth in response to political violence in a repressive regime context. Considering the everyday also brings into focus the diverse forms of violence and insecurity that matter from a bottom-up, people’s perspective, and how this affects their lives.
