03509oam 2200721I 450 991095649990332120251117082125.01-135-17739-21-135-17740-61-282-97460-297866129746010-203-86208-210.4324/9780203862087 (CKB)2550000000002677(EBL)465380(OCoLC)574806805(SSID)ssj0000336675(PQKBManifestationID)11258449(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336675(PQKBWorkID)10282249(PQKB)11675172(MiAaPQ)EBC465380(Au-PeEL)EBL465380(CaPaEBR)ebr10361674(CaONFJC)MIL297460(OCoLC)574806805 (EXLCZ)99255000000000267720180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDevelopment, poverty, and politics putting communities in the driver's seat /Richard Martin and Ashna Mathema ; foreword by John F.C. Turner1st ed.New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (310 p.)Routledge studies in development and society ;23Description based upon print version of record.0-415-80797-2 0-415-99562-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Difference10 Who Did What?: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Corruption11 New Ways of Working; Notes; Bibliography; IndexTop 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 develoRoutledge studies in development and society ;23.Community development, UrbanDeveloping countriesEconomic developmentCitizen participationUrban poorDeveloping countriesCommunity development, UrbanEconomic developmentCitizen participation.Urban poor307.3/4416091724Martin Richard1939-,1881310Mathema Ashna1881311Turner John F. C11556MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956499903321Development, poverty, and politics4495767UNINA