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Record Nr.

UNINA9910672475203321

Autore

Waswa Fuchaka

Titolo

Sustainable Community Development: Dilemma of Options in Kenya [[electronic resource] /] / by Fuchaka Waswa, Christine Ruth Saru Kilalo, Dominic Mwambi Mwasaru

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2014

ISBN

1-349-50508-0

1-137-49741-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Classificazione

QY 300

Disciplina

307.14096762

Soggetti

Africa-History

Ethnology-Africa

Sociology, Urban

History, Modern

African History

African Culture

Sociology, general

Urban Studies/Sociology

Modern History

Electronic books.

Kenya

Kenia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Africa's development irony -- 1.3 Poverty: from an international to a local understanding -- 1.4 Reflection questions -- 2 Development Approaches and Competing Paradigms -- 2.1 Historical perspective of main development paradigms -- 2.2 Development paradigms in the context of Kenyan history -- 2.3 Competing development approaches in Kenya -- 2.4 Participatory approach and people-centred development -- 2.5 Competing paradigms of social change -- 2.6 A social movement as



the way forward -- 2.7 Reflection questions -- 3 Entry Points for Sustainable Community Development -- 3.1 Characterization of a sustainable community -- 3.2 Community institutional and leadership development -- 3.3 Community assets and resource mobilization -- 3.4 Community-Based Health Care (CBHC) -- 3.5 Emerging issues in CBHC -- 3.6 Gender and CBHC -- 3.7 Community food security and sustainable agriculture -- 3.8 Dealing with water scarcity in dryland ecosystems -- 3.9 Alternative income generation -- 3.10 Environmental dimension to community development -- 3.11 Reflection questions -- 4 Roles of Strategic Stakeholders -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Initiating and working through partnerships -- 4.3 Phasing-in and phasing-out -- 4.4 Reflection questions -- 5 Creating an Enabling Environment -- 5.1 Governance -- 5.2 Characteristics of good governance -- 5.3 The change formula -- 5.4 Reflection questions -- 6 Back to the Basics -- 6.1 Dilemma of options for community development -- 6.2 Learning from the "poor" -- 6.3 Reflection questions -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Community development has lately gained much prominence, but the emphasis has remained on the economic and social welfare of communities, rather than the environment. By focusing on 'sustainable' development in Kenya, this study shows the importance of integrating ecological concerns in socio-economic and cultural development processes.