LEADER 05095nam 22008535 450 001 9910672475203321 005 20180829131125.0 010 $a1-349-50508-0 010 $a1-137-49741-6 024 7 $a10.1057/9781137497413 035 $a(CKB)2670000000576101 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001618071 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16347279 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001618071 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14919783 035 $a(PQKB)10693060 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4001951 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-49741-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4331799 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4331799 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL661288 035 $a(OCoLC)892563991 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000576101 100 $a20151120d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSustainable Community Development: Dilemma of Options in Kenya$b[electronic resource] /$fby Fuchaka Waswa, Christine Ruth Saru Kilalo, Dominic Mwambi Mwasaru 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (183 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPalgrave Pivot 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-30006-2 311 $a1-137-49739-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $aCommunity development has lately gained much prominence, but the emphasis has remained on the economic and social welfare of communities, rather than the environment. By focusing on 'sustainable' development in Kenya, this study shows the importance of integrating ecological concerns in socio-economic and cultural development processes. 410 0$aPalgrave pivot. 606 $aAfrica-History 606 $aEthnology-Africa 606 $aSociology, Urban 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aAfrican History$3http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/714000 606 $aAfrican Culture$3http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/411030 606 $aSociology, general$3http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/X22000 606 $aUrban Studies/Sociology$3http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/X22250 606 $aModern History$3http://scigraph.springernature.com/things/product-market-codes/713000 607 $aKenya$2fast 607 $aKenia$2gnd 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrica-History. 615 0$aEthnology-Africa. 615 0$aSociology, Urban. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 14$aAfrican History. 615 24$aAfrican Culture. 615 24$aSociology, general. 615 24$aUrban Studies/Sociology. 615 24$aModern History. 676 $a307.14096762 686 $aQY 300$2rvk 700 $aWaswa$b Fuchaka$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01334895 702 $aKilalo$b Christine Ruth Saru$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aMwasaru$b Dominic Mwambi$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910672475203321 996 $aSustainable Community Development: Dilemma of Options in Kenya$93047535 997 $aUNINA