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From Clients to Citizens (Paperback)
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From Clients to Citizens (Paperback)
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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, and these are what help them to overcome obstacles, then
their capacity to negotiate external assistance on their own terms
can be strengthened. From the Moroccan villages that secured
irrigation infrastructure with the help of returning migrants, to
the Egyptian youth leaders who wanted a soccer pitch for their
village, and the indigenous women's cooperative in Ecuador that now
exports medicinal plants, this book describes case studies of
communities that first built on their own assets, before seeking
assistance from outside. What are the common factors that help all
these communities mobilize? Do outside organizations have a role to
play when communities take charge of their own development? From
Clients to Citizens is aimed at community workers, researchers and
policy makers who want to take a fresh look at community
development.
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