Methods for development work and research: a new guide for practitioners

"This completely revised version of the successful 1995 text covers a wide range of issues relating to research concepts and methods. It incorporates new lessons that have been learned regarding the merits and pitfalls of development work." "This text offers invaluable practical guidance and critical reflection on methods for development work and research in a non-orthodox spirit. With its multi- and cross-disciplinary perspective on development studies and their application, this new edition will be an essential resource for development planners and practitioners, and for researchers and students of development studies."--Jacket.

List of Boxes -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Context and Focus of the Guide -- 1.1. Issues and Approaches in Current Development Cooperation -- 1.1.1. Introduction -- 1.1.2. Development Cooperation in a Globalising World -- Continuity and Change -- 1.1.3. Practice, Process and Knowledge in Development Studies -- 1.2. Dialogue, Problem Identification and Planning Cycle -- 1.2.1. Problem Identification in Dialogue -- 1.2.2. The Planning Cycle and Objectives-oriented Planning -- 1.2.3. Problem Analysis in the Logical Framework Approach -- 1.3. Target Groups, Readership and Terminology -- 1.3.1. Target Groups -- 1.3.2. Related Publications -- 1.3.3. Terminology -- 1.3.4. Outline of the Book -- 2. Participation in Development -- The Concept and Critical Perspectives -- 2.1. Perceptions of Participation -- 2.1.1. Participation -- A Contested Concept -- 2.1.2. Participation in Development -- the New Mainstream 'Paradigm'? -- 2.1.3. Perspectives over Time of Participation in Development Cooperation -- 2.1.4. Different Strategies and Interests in Participation -- 2.2. Participatory Metho…