Direct to the Poor : : Grassroots Development in Latin America / / ed. by Sheldon Annis, Peter Hakim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Annis, Sheldon,; Barbieri, William M.,; Breslin, Patrick,; Butler Flora, Cornelia,; Chapin, Mac,; Cox, Stephen,; Dorfman, Ariel,
• HerausgeberIn: Annis, Sheldon,; Hakim, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: What Is Grassroots Development' --; PART I The Idea of Social Energy --; 1 The Principle of Conservation and Mutation of Social Energy --; PART 2 Social Energy and Uncommon Individuals --; 2 Portrait of a Peasant Leader: Ramon Aybar --; 3 Blindness and Vision in Jamaica --; PART 3 Processes of Collective Action --; 4 Lake Titicaca's Campesino-Controlled Tourism --; 5 Indian Colonization in Paraguay: What Is Success? --; 6 Community Participation in Rural Water Supply --; 7 Conservation Kuna-Style --; PART 4 Organizations and Making Money --; 8 What to Think About Cooperatives: A Guide from Bolivia --; 9 Community Stores in Rural Colombia: Organizing the Means of Consumption --; 10 The Experience of Worker Self-Management in Peru and Chile --; PART 5 Investing in Culture --; 11 The Technology of Self-Respect: Cultural Projects Among Aymara and Quechua Indians --; 12 Wandering on the Boundaries of Development --; 13 Self-History and Self-Identity in Talamanca, Costa Rica --; PART 6 The Question of Scale --; 14 From Field to Factory: Vertical Integration in Bolivia --; 15 Can Small-Scale Development Be Large-Scale Policy? --; Selected Readings on Grassroots Development --; Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685858568; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685858568
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Sheldon Annis, Peter Hakim.

The book explores an approach to economic and social development that may be appealing if for no other reason than its simplicity: namely, that the best way to help poor people is to give them money.