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

• Autore: Waswa Fuchaka
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2014
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 307.14096762
• Soggetto topico: Africa-History; Ethnology-Africa; Sociology, Urban; History, Modern; African History; African Culture; Sociology, general; Urban Studies/Sociology; Modern History
• Soggetto geografico: Kenya; Kenia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: QY 300
• Persona (resp. second.): KilaloChristine Ruth Saru; MwasaruDominic Mwambi
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Sustainable Community Development: Dilemma of Options in Kenya
• ISBN: 1-349-50508-0; 1-137-49741-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910672475203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave pivot.