Development, poverty, and politics : putting communities in the driver's seat / / Richard Martin and Ashna Mathema ; foreword by John F.C. Turner
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| Autore: |
Martin Richard <1939-, >
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| Titolo: |
Development, poverty, and politics : putting communities in the driver's seat / / Richard Martin and Ashna Mathema ; foreword by John F.C. Turner
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.3/4416091724 |
| Soggetto topico: | Community development, Urban - Developing countries |
| Economic development - Citizen participation | |
| Urban poor - Developing countries | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
MathemaAshna
TurnerJohn F. C
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Development, poverty, and politics |
| ISBN: | 1-135-17739-2 |
| 1-135-17740-6 | |
| 1-282-97460-2 | |
| 9786612974601 | |
| 0-203-86208-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456574703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Routledge studies in development and society ; ; 23.