Ideas for DevelopmentRoutledge, 17/06/2013 - 320 من الصفحات Our world seems entangled in systems increasingly dominated by power, greed, ignorance, self-deception and denial, with spiralling inequity and injustice. Against a backdrop of climate change, failing ecosystems, poverty, crushing debt and corporate exploitation, the future of our world looks dire and the solutions almost too monumental to consider. Yet all is not lost. Robert Chambers, one of the ?glass is half full? optimists of international development, suggests that the problems can be solved and everyone has the power at a personal level to take action, develop solutions and remake our world as it can and should be. Chambers peels apart and analyses aspects of development that have been neglected or misunderstood. In each chapter, he presents an earlier writing which he then reviews and reflects upon in a contemporary light before harvesting a wealth of powerful conclusions and practical implications for the future. The book draws on experiences from Africa, Asia and elsewhere, covering topics and concepts as wide and varied as irreversibility, continuity and commitment; administrative capacity as a scarce resource; procedures and principles; participation in the past, present and future; scaling up; behaviour and attitudes; responsible wellbeing; and concepts for development in the 21st century. |
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... cultures, languages, faiths and beliefs. . .We see all these differences, but they are overwhelmed by what we have in common – our global habitat, our miraculous genes, our brains, the mystery of consciousness, our ability to reflect on ...
... culture of the institute as a place to work; to Gauriben and Bhavnaben, local leaders of SEWA in Gujarat, for the inspiration of their lives, and to Reema Nanavaty and Praful Patel for much learnt from them; to people casually ...
... cultures, procedures, relationships, professed values and professional norms. From the Latin congruere: to meet together, agree. Diffuse: To spread or cause to spread in many directions. See also disseminate, replicate, scale up and ...
... cultural, aesthetic, ecological, recreational and spiritual value to us humans, giving experiences of place and beauty, sustaining a diversity of life, and providing for the recreation and fulfilment of rock-climbing. Their destruction ...
... cultural, aesthetic, ecological, recreational and spiritual values threatened or diminished by irreversible 'development' cannot be measured in money; yet they are deep elements in the quality of human life and experience. Attempts to ...
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2 Aid and Administrative Capacity | 30 |
3 Procedures Principles and Power | 54 |
Review Reflections and Future | 86 |
5 PRA Participation and Going to Scale | 119 |
6 Behaviour Attitudes and Beyond | 156 |
7 For Our Future | 184 |
References | 221 |
Index | 252 |