Direct to the Poor : : Grassroots Development in Latin America / / 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.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023] ©1988 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
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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