Whose Reality Counts?: Putting the first last - Softcover

Chambers, Professor Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185339386X ISBN 13: 9781853393860

Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications, 1999

Synopsis

In this sequel to Rural Development: Putting the last first Robert Chambers argues that central issues in development have been overlooked, and that many past errors have flowed from domination by those with power. Through analysing experience - of past mistakes and myths, and of the continuing methodological revolution of PRA (participatory rural appraisal) - the author points towards solutions. In many countries, urban and rural people alike have shown an astonishing ability to express and analyse their local, complex and diverse realities which are often at odds with the top-down realities imposed by professionals. The author argues that personal, professional and institutional change is essential if the realities of the poor are to receive greater recognition. Whose Reality Counts? presents a radical challenge to all concerned with development, whether practitioners, researchers or policy-makers, in all organizations and disciplines, and at all levels from fieldworkers to the heads of agencies.This is a thought-provoking book and it would interest all those concerned with the realities of the poor in the developing world.

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About the Author

Robert Chambers is Research Associate and Emeritus Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex and the author of Participatory Workshops (2002) and Ideas for Development (2005).

Edition details

• Publisher: Intermediate Technology Publications
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185339386X
• ISBN 13: 9781853393860
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 297