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The authors defend the "basic needs" approach to economic development which has been the subject of controversy and suspicion among many groups.
"At a time when social welfare is undergoing structural economic change, this text puts the important emerging field of social development into the hands of the student. Inspired by the conceptual insights of contemporary political economy, social development offers a macro view…
Subject: "This edited collection investigates what progress has been made in the field of social demography in South Africa since the democratic dispensation in the country. Contributors offer a compilation of in-depth analytical studies of substantive, technical and contemporar…
Participatory Development (PDev) has been embraced by Third World governments and international organizations such as the World Bank as a means to reduce poverty and empower disadvantaged communities. This book assesses the fit between policy, practice and theory of PDev to focu…
Reflections on Human Development explores a new development paradigm whose central focus is human well-being. Increases in income are treated as essential means, but not as the end of development - and not as the sum total of human life. The book discusses development policies a…
Provides an international perspective on rural planning and local development, focusing on land resource planning and management of natural resources. Examines conventional fields of development planning and explores innovative local planning approaches, drawing on experiences i…
This thesis looks at the Bedouin community of the Negev region of Israel, a traditional society within a modern nation-state. The Bedouins, originally pastoral nomads, are subjected to a rapid urbanization process that is the result of government intervention policies on one han…
Through the analysis of the inception and development of the Middle East Technical University (METU), this dissertation examines the relationship between the diverging ideologies of development that became prevalent within the democratizing and decolonizing contexts of the postw…
