Development, Poverty, and Politics : Putting Communities in the Driver's Seat
by Martin, Richard; Mathema, AshnaPub. Date: 2009-11-30
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
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Summary
Top down . . . bottom up . . . what works? This book explores development from the perspective of the poor. Who are they? What lives do they live? What matters to them? And most importantly, what can they do about it?Martin and Mathema debate how people can be given legitimate control of their own environment, and how governments can work with them. How do communities and conditions drive behavior? What interventions are appropriate and how can we approach development imaginatively?This is not about usurping governance ' but revisiting structures that the developed world has come to accept, and placing the power of decision in the hands of the people it affects.Nor it is about money . . . it's about people, and about how we can make our world work for everyone.
Table of Contents
| List of Boxes | |
| List of Figures | |
| Foreword by | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction | |
| Righteous Indignation: The War on Poverty | |
| How the Other Half Lives: Slums and Informality | |
| What Lies Beneath: A View from the Inside | |
| Policy and Practice: The Missing Link | |
| The Legal Framework: Oppression or Defiance? | |
| Constructive Engagement: Structuring Participation | |
| Crossing the Great Divide: Negotiation and Consensus Building | |
| Barefoot Professionals: A New Breed of Experts | |
| Fair Trade? Where Economics and Finance Make a Difference | |
| Who Did What? Monitoring, Evaluation and Corruption | |
| New Ways of Working | |
| Notes | |
| Bibliography | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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