The critical villager : beyond community participation / Eric Dudley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dudley, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--Developing countries.

Community development.

Rural development projects--Developing countries.

Rural development projects.

Appropriate technology--Developing countries.

Appropriate technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When aid to the Third World actually works it is usually on such a small scale that it makes little impact on the world's problems. Can demands for generalizable actions be reconciled with location-specific solutions? The Critical Villager considers how community-based technical aid can be made more effective and sustainable. Calling for development workers, policy makers and researchers to put themselves in the place of the intended beneficiaries of aid, it suggests concrete principles for action and research. It argues that participatory research and 'transfer of technology' should not be regarded as rival models for development but rather as complementary components in a single process of effective aid.

Contents:

Introduction

Community participation: us and them

The interveners

The intended beneficiaries

Principles

Reasonable

The big idea

Recognized authorities

Maximum serendipity

Recognizable

Tangible entities

Clear visual messages

Respectable

Modern imagery

Influential people

Multiple agendas

Conclusions. Action and reflection ; The three R's ; The global village.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-134-90660-9

0-203-31170-1

1-280-33117-8

1-134-90661-7

9786610331178

0-203-03312-4

9780203033128

OCLC:

252798092