Membership-Based Organizations of the Poor (Routledge Studies in Development Economics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415748593 ISBN 13: 9780415748599

Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

This highly topical volume, with contributions from leading experts in the field, explores a variety of questions about membership based organizations of the poor. Analyzing their success and failure and the internal and external factors that play a part, it uses studies from both developed and developing countries.

Put together by a group of prestigious editors, the contributors address a range of questions, including:

• What structures and activities characterize MBOPs?
• What is meant by success and what factors account for success?
• What are the internal (governance structure and leadership) and external (policy environment) factors that account for success?
• Are these factors replicable across countries or even within countries?
• What are the constraints to successful MBOPs expanding, or to new ones being formed?
• What sort of policy environment enables the success of MBOPs and the formation of successful MBOPs?
• What types of institutional reforms are needed to ensure the representation of the poor through their own MBOs?

This is an insightful work, that will be invaluable for students and researchers studying or working in the areas of international and development economics and development studies.

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About the Author

Christopher Thorpe is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Exeter. His areas of expertise include classical and modern social theory, cultural sociology and social justice. Previously he was at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, where he taught sociology and social theory to social work students. Together with David Inglis, he is author of An Invitation to Social Theory (2012).

Review

"This wonderfully clearly written book shows professiomal and trainee social workers how they can greatly improve their practice by becoming practical sociologists. It also demonstrates to sociologists how their ideas can inspire concrete activities that are socially beneficial and positively transformative"- David Inglis, University of Helsinki "A rich meditation on the intersection between social theory and social work. Christopher Thorpe's excellent contribution brings into focus the importance of ideas and concepts for social work. Wonderful to see the inclusion of Norbert Elias who reflects on the emergence of new forms of `civilized' life mirrored by much of social work's front-line engineering." - Stephen A. Webb, Glasgow Caledonian University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0415748593
• ISBN 13: 9780415748599
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Chen Martha