The Development Contact Zone: Practitioner Perspectives on Culture, Power and Participation - Softcover

Harris, Vandra

 
9783639057553: The Development Contact Zone: Practitioner Perspectives on Culture, Power and Participation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3639057554 ISBN 13: 9783639057553
Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

This book examines the function of culture and power in development praxis, by comparing the views of development workers in Cambodia and the Philippines with post-development theory and the participation approach to development. It explores whether development is culturally destructive, whether the current paradigm can deliver effective results, and what effect power relations have on these outcomes.Contrary to post-development claims, this book reveals that participatory development fosters cultural liberty by reinforcing collaborative cultural traits and strengthening communities to make choices about culture. In particular, practitioners desire a model of funding relationship that reflects their own practice, conforming to the paradigm of people underpinning the participatory approach to development.This book will be a valuable resource for policy-makers, practitioners and students of international development.

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Verlag
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3639057554
ISBN 13 
9783639057553
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
188
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