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Ever since rural development emerged as an independent field of inquiry in the 1950s, it has been subjected to many changes in emphasis and ideology. These changing perspectives have resulted in shifts in policies and programmes and have influenced the international discourse on rural development. The recently initiated process of globalisation has brought in its wake yet more rethinking on the most appropriate approach to rural development. Conceived against this background, this volume examines the impact of the changing paradigm of rural development on poverty alleviation, equity, gender, food security, employment and sustainability. The volume′s major concern is: Can the goals of rural development be achieved in a globalised world?
The central argument is that the new paradigm of rural development reflects the core-periphery dichotomy, in which the core imposes on the periphery―in a top down approach―in all major interventions. As a result, maintain the contributors, the new paradigm is ridden with limitations in addressing the highly differentiated needs and contexts of rural development both in developing and developed countries.
Divided into four sections including the introduction, the volume
-examines the inherently contradictory relationship between the new development paradigm and the goals of rural development;
-studies the new role of the state and state-led interventions in the context of globalisation, and the role and potential of NGOs in rural development;
- highlights the rural livelihood framework and the impact of endogenous efforts at rural development in various European and Asian countries; and,
-presents participatory methods for addressing problems like food security, women′s empowerment, and poverty alleviation.
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Recensione
The book...is perhaps the first independent analytical account of changing rural development paradigms and emerging realities in the wake of process of globalisation.
(Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics)Contenuti
Preface
PART ONE: GLOBALIZATION: WHITHER RURAL DEVELOPMENT
An Introduction - M C Behera
PART TWO: GLOBALIZATION, THE STATE AND NGOS
The State and the Rural Development - Robert Chambers
Ideologies and an Agenda for the 1990s
State Restructuring and Rural Development in South Africa - Maano Ramutsindela
Rural Development in the Era of Globalization - Farida Akhter
Fragmented Realities
Rural Development Issues in Nigeria in the Era of Globalization - S Tunji Titilola and Femi Ogundele
An Overview
Enwrapped by Thai Development - Nathan Porath
The Sedentarization Process of a Hunting and Gathering People of South Thailand
Nongovernmental Organizations in Rural Development - Damodar Suar, Laxmi Bilash Hota and Himadri Sinha
The NGO Debate in 'Development' - Mokbul Morshed Ahmad
A Review
PART THREE: SUSTAINABILITY AND ENDOGENOUS RURAL DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTS AND STRATEGIES
Sustainable Livelihood and Rural Development in South Asia - Binayak Rajbhandari
Issues, Concerns and General Implications
Systems of Local Self-Administration after Agricultural Transformation - Lutz Laschewski
Experiences of a Local Resource Management Project in East Germany
Repertoires and Strategies in European (Neo-)Endogenous Rural Development - Christopher Ray
LEADER, a New Social Order and the Central- and East-European Countries - Imre Kov[ac]ach
Indigenous Self-Development in Practice - Christian Erni
Tackling Crisis in Swidden Farming among the Buhid of Mindoro, Philippines
PART FOUR: PARTICIPATION, GENDER, POVERTY AND FOOD SECURITY: POLICY ISSUES
Engendering Participatory Development in the Analysis of Household Food Security - Eliud Wandabwa Wakwabubi
Small-Scale Farmers in the Vihiga District of Kenya
Critically Evaluating Rural Women's Participation and Empowerment - June Lennie
An Interdisciplinary Feminist Framework for Research and Analysis
Level of Empowerment of Rural Women - Pradip K Bhowmick
Lessons from the Field
Social Forestry, Poverty Reduction and Rural Development in Bangladesh - Niaz Ahmed Khan
A Sociological Exploration
Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Rural India - Sibranjan Misra
A Critical Assessment
Conclusion
Index
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