Author: Somesh Kumar Publisher: ITDG Publishing ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 344
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Rich with insights from the field, Methods for Community Participation provides a comprehensive understanding of the concept, practice and methodology of Participatory Rural Appraisal.
Author: Samuel Hickey Publisher: Zed Books Ltd. ISBN: 1848137486 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 402
Book Description
Participation has established itself as a significant approach to project implementation, policy-making and governance in developing and developed countries alike. Recently, however, it has become fashionable to dismiss participation as more rhetoric than substance, and subject to manipulation by agencies and social change agents intent simply on pursuing their own agendas under cover of community consent. In this important new volume, development and other social policy scholars and practitioners seek to rebut this simplistic conclusion, while addressing the problems of power and politics which have beset some approaches to participation. They describe and analyse new experiments in participation from a wide diversity of social contexts that show how, far from being a redundant and depoliticizing concept, participation can -- given certain conditions -- be linked to genuinely transformative processes and outcomes for marginalized communities and people. This volume is the first comprehensive attempt to evaluate the state of participatory approaches in the aftermath of the 'Tyranny' critique. It captures the recent convergence between participatory development and participatory governance, and spans the range of institutional actors involved in these approaches - the state, civil society and donor agencies. It places participatory interventions in a political context, and links them directly to issues of popular agency. The volume embeds participation within contemporary advances in development theory and proposes theoretical and practical ways forward for relocating participation as a genuinely transformative approach. Scholars and practitioners alike, and from a diversity of disciplines and community and development agencies, are likely to find this volume a theoretically illuminating and practically useful source of ideas about how participation can achieve concrete liberatory outcomes.
Author: Victoria Johnson Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
Presents the key issues and challenges involved in facilitating children and young people's participation. Essential reading for professionals, agencies and institutions working with and for children, and in development, as well as professionals involved in participatory approaches.
Author: Thomas Tufte Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: 0821380109 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 62
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What do we mean when we say participatory communication? What are the practical implications of working with participatory communication strategies in development and social change processes? What experiences exists in practice that documents that participatory communication adds value to a development project or programme? The aim of this user guide on participatory communication is to provide answers to some of these questions. Many communication practitioners and development workers face obstacles and challenges in their practical work. A participatory communication strategy offers a very specific perspective on how to articulate social processes, decision-making processes and any change process for that matter. Participatory approaches are nothing new. However, what is new is the proliferation of institutions, especially governmental but also non-governmental, that seek participatory approaches in their development initiative. This guide seeks to provide perspectives, tools and experiences regarding how to go about it with participatory communication strategies. It is conceived as a guide that hopefully can be of relevance and utility for development workers in the field. It is targeted at both at government and their officials, World Bank staff and at civil society.
Author: Ghazala Mansuri Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: 082138256X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 348
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This book examines the conceptual foundations of the participatory approach to local development, assesses the evidence of its efficacy, and draws key lessons for policy.
Author: Somesh Kumar
Author: Andreas Fuglesang
Author: Samuel Hickey
Author: Victoria Johnson
Author: Thomas Tufte
Author: Ghazala Mansuri
Author: David Wilcox
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Author: Michael Bamberger