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Autonomous development :

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Vistaar Publications, ©1996.Description: xii, 244 p. : illISBN:
  • 9788170365952
  • 8170365953
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9 CAR
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Contents:
1. The End of History -- 2. Maldevelopment: Coming to Terms with Terms -- 3. Demystifying Participation: of Beneficiaries and Benefactors -- 4. The Ownership and Creation of Knowledge -- 5. Political Autonomy: Another Agency -- 6. Cultural Autonomy: Reading the Word and the World -- 7. Entrepreneurial Autonomy and Literacy -- 8. Self-Reliance, or Economics Embedded in Culture -- 9. Challenging the Given: Women Countering the Masculinization of the Motherland -- 10. Humanizing the Landscape: An Ethical Imperative.
Summary: Raff Carmen is one of the very few challenging and ground-breaking thinkers who can change the way in which we perceive and practise "development". In this comprehensive book, he succeeds in interweaving a vast panorama of theories and methodologies with practical case studies to bring complex issues dramatically to life. His unerring commitment to bottom-up development, rooted in people's organizations and the power of culture, is refreshing at a time of widespread disillusion. Most importantly, he convinces us that alternative approaches have worked and can work in the future... Highly recommended for anyone who wants to challenge assumptions and broaden the horizon of development debate and practice.
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Originally published by Zed Books, London.

1. The End of History --
2. Maldevelopment: Coming to Terms with Terms --
3. Demystifying Participation: of Beneficiaries and Benefactors --
4. The Ownership and Creation of Knowledge --
5. Political Autonomy: Another Agency --
6. Cultural Autonomy: Reading the Word and the World --
7. Entrepreneurial Autonomy and Literacy --
8. Self-Reliance, or Economics Embedded in Culture --
9. Challenging the Given: Women Countering the Masculinization of the Motherland --
10. Humanizing the Landscape: An Ethical Imperative.

Raff Carmen is one of the very few challenging and ground-breaking thinkers who can change the way in which we perceive and practise "development". In this comprehensive book, he succeeds in interweaving a vast panorama of theories and methodologies with practical case studies to bring complex issues dramatically to life. His unerring commitment to bottom-up development, rooted in people's organizations and the power of culture, is refreshing at a time of widespread disillusion. Most importantly, he convinces us that alternative approaches have worked and can work in the future... Highly recommended for anyone who wants to challenge assumptions and broaden the horizon of development debate and practice.

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