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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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