1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOBE00067639

Autore

Comadira, Narcís

Titolo

En cuarentena / Narcís Comadira ; traducción: Dolores Oller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid, : Visor, 1993

Titolo uniforme

En quarentena

ISBN

8475223079

Descrizione fisica

98 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Colección Visor de poesía ; 307

Lingua di pubblicazione

Catalano

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Testo originale a fronte

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956499903321

Autore

Martin Richard <1939-, >

Titolo

Development, poverty, and politics : putting communities in the driver's seat / / Richard Martin and Ashna Mathema ; foreword by John F.C. Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-17739-2

1-135-17740-6

1-282-97460-2

9786612974601

0-203-86208-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in development and society ; ; 23

Altri autori (Persone)

MathemaAshna

TurnerJohn F. C

Disciplina

307.3/4416091724

Soggetti

Community development, Urban - Developing countries

Economic development - Citizen participation

Urban poor - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Boxes; Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I; 1 Righteous Indignation: The War on Poverty; 2 How the Other Half Lives: Slums and Informality; 3 What Lies Beneath: A View from the Inside; 4 Policy and Practice: The Missing Link; 5 The Legal Framework: Oppression or Defiance?; Part II; 6 Constructive Engagement: Structuring Participation; 7 Crossing the Great Divide: Negotiation and Consensus Building; 8 Barefoot Professionals: A New Breed of Experts; 9 Fair Trade: Where Economics and Finance Make a Difference

10 Who Did What?: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Corruption11 New Ways of Working; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Top down . . . bottom up . . . what works? This book explores development from theperspective of the poor. Who are they? What lives do they live? What matters tothem? And most importantly, what can they do about it?Martin and Mathema debate how people can be given legitimate control of theirown environment, and how governments can work with them. How do communitiesand conditions drive behavior? What interventions are appropriate and how can weapproach development imaginatively?This is not about usurping governance - but revisiting structures that the develo