Revolutionizing development : reflections on the work of Robert Chambers / edited by Andrea Cornwall and Ian Scoones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cornwall, Andrea, 1963-

Scoones, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chambers, Robert, 1932-.

Chambers, Robert.

Rural development--Developing countries.

Rural development.

Developing countries.

Economic development--Developing countries.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

xxii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2011.

Summary:

This book tells the story of development studies in practice over the last 50 years through the work of one remarkable individual: Robert Chambers. His work has taken him from being a colonial officer in Kenya, through training and managing large rural development projects, to a fundamental critique of top-down development and the championing of participatory approaches. The contributors eloquently demonstrate how he has been at the centre of major shifts in development thinking and practice over this period, popularizing terms that are now at the centre of the development lexicon, such as vulnerability, multi-dimensional poverty, sustainable livelihoods and Farmer First. Robert Chambers played a major role in the massive growth in participatory approaches to development, and particularly the application of participatory methods in development research and appraisal. This has led to fundamental challenges to development practice, ranging from approaches to monitoring and' evaluation to institutional learning and professional training. There is probably no ne who has had more influence on approaches to development in the past decades. Revolutionizing Developments offers a unique overview of these contributions in 32 concise chapters from authors who have been intimately involved as collaborators, critics and colleagues of Robert Chambers. Book jacket.

Ian Scoones is co-director of the ESRC STEPS Centre at the University of Sussex and joint convenor of the IDS-hosted Future Agricultures Consortium. He is an agricultural ecologist by original training whose interdisciplinary research links the natural and social sciences. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Patting the Last First: Reflections on the Work of Robert Chambers / Andrea Cornwall Cornwall, Andrea, Ian Scoones Scoones, Ian 1

Part 1 Conceptualizing Development

2 Challenging Development Priorities / Richard Jolly Jolly, Richard 23

3 Beginners in Africa: Managing Rural Development / Jon R. Moris Moris, Jon R. 31

4 The Path from Managerialism to Participation: The Kenyan Special Rural Development Programme / David K. Leonard Leonard, David K. 39

5 Foxes and Hedgehogs - and Lions: Whose Reality Prevails? / Paul Spencer Spencer, Paul 45

6 Administration and Development / Colin Fuller Fuller, Colin 53

7 Participation in International Aid / Rosalind Eyben Eyben, Rosalind 59

8 Power and Participation / John Gaventa Gaventa, John 67

9 Reframing Development / Andrea Cornwall Cornwall, Andrea 75

Part 2 Rural Development, Poverty and Livelihoods

10 Exploring Sustainable Livelihoods / Gordon Conway Conway, Gordon 85

11 Putting the Vulnerable First / Stephen Devereux Devereux, Stephen 93

12 Seasonality: Uncovering the Obvious and Implementing the Complex / Richard Longhurst Longhurst, Richard 101

13 Refugee Studies / Barbara Harrell-Bond Harrell-Bond, Barbara 107

14 Farmer First: Reversals for Agricultural Research / Jacqueline A. Ashby Ashby, Jacqueline A. 113

15 Agricultural Development: Parsimonious Paradigms / Janice Jiggins Jiggins, Janice 121

16 In Search of a Water Revolution: Canal Irrigation Management / Roberto Lenton Lenton, Roberto 129

17 The Last Frontier: The Groundwater Revolution in South Asia / Tushaar Shah Shah, Tushaar 135

18 Trees as Assets: Legacies and Lessons / Melissa Leach Leach, Melissa 141

19 Finding a Sustainable Sanitation Solution: Scaling up Community-Led Total Sanitation / KamalKar 149

20 Technology and Markets / Barbara Harriss-White Harriss-White, Barbara 155

Part 3 Methodological Innovations

21 Village Studies / John Harriss Harriss, John 165

22 "Whose Knowledge Counts? Tales of an Eclectic Participatory Pluralist / John Thompson Thompson, John, Irene Guijt Guijt, Irene 173

23 Learning to Unlearn: Creating a Virtuous Learning Cycle / Parmesh Shah Shah, Parmesh, Meera KaulShah KaulShah, Meera 181

24 The Use of Participatory Methods to Study Natural Resources / Louise Fortmann Fortmann, Louise 187

25 Participatory Numbers / Carlos Barahona Barahona, Carlos 197

Part 4 Practising Development: New Professionalism

26 The Personal and the Political Ramesh Singh 205

27 Poverty Professionals and Poverty / Ravi Kanbur Kanbur, Ravi 211

28 Changing Attitudes and Behaviour / Sam Joseph Joseph, Sam 217

29 Networking: Building a Global Movement for PRA and other Participatory Methods / Samuel Musembi Musyoki Musyoki, Samuel Musembi 225

30 Institutional Learning and Change / Jamie Watts Watts, Jamie 233

31 Participation, Learning and Accountability: The Role of the Activist Academic / Rosalind David David, Rosalind, Antonella Mancini Mancini, Antonella 241

32 Development Professionalism / Norman Uphoff Uphoff, Norman 249

33 Appreciation and Reflections Robert Chambers 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849713290

1849713294

9781849713306

1849713308

OCLC:

691202387