From Clients to Citizens
Communities Changing the Course of Their Own Development
Communities worldwide act on their own initiative, drawing on their own resources of leadership and solidarity and, in spite of poverty, to achieve their own goals. Development practitioners have too often viewed poor communities as helpless and disadvantaged and have encouraged their dependency. Yet if instead communities are recognized as having social and cultural as well as material assets, then their capacity to negotiate external assistance on their own terms will be strengthened.
About the book
Communities worldwide act on their own initiative, drawing on their own resources of leadership and solidarity and, in spite of poverty, to achieve their own goals. Development practitioners have too often viewed poor communities as helpless and disadvantaged and have encouraged their dependency. Yet if instead communities are recognized as having social and cultural as well as material assets, then their capacity to negotiate external assistance on their own terms will be strengthened.
What people are saying
Dr. Alan Fowler, International Society for Third Sector Research“This volume is an essential antidote to expert-dominated views about how communities are “developed” through external initiatives. A rich combination of analysis, geographic variety and diversity of cases show where, why and how people’s own capabilities, resources and efforts make an enduring difference to their lives and to society.”
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Contents
- : Section 1: Communities Mobilizing Assets Driving Their Own Development
- : Egypt
- : Brazil
- : United States
- : Ecuador
- : Viet Nam
- : Canada
- : Morocco
- : India
- : South Africa
- : Section 2: Asset Based Community Development
- : Ethiopia
- : Kenya
- : Philippines
