Membership Based Organizations of the Poor
Author | : Martha Alter Chen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Community organization |
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Author | : Martha Alter Chen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Community organization |
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Author | : Martha Chen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2007-05-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1135985685 |
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.
Author | : Martha Chen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2007-05-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1135985693 |
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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Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : New Orleans (La.) |
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Author | : Robert Milton McCann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Charity organization |
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Author | : Helene Levens |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Poor |
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Author | : Charles Harbison Wilder |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1978 |
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Author | : Susan Saegert |
Publisher | : Russell Sage Foundation |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2002-01-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1610444825 |
Neighborhood support groups have always played a key role in helping the poor survive, but combating poverty requires more than simply meeting the needs of day-to-day subsistence. Social Capital and Poor Communities shows the significant achievements that can be made through collective strategies, which empower the poor to become active partners in revitalizing their neighborhoods. Trust and cooperation among residents and local organizations such as churches, small businesses, and unions form the basis of social capital, which provides access to resources that would otherwise be out of reach to poor families. Social Capital and Poor Communities examines civic initiatives that have built affordable housing, fostered small businesses, promoted neighborhood safety, and increased political participation. At the core of each initiative lie local institutions—church congregations, parent-teacher groups, tenant associations, and community improvement alliances. The contributors explore how such groups build networks of leaders and followers and how the social power they cultivate can be successfully transferred from smaller goals to broader political advocacy. For example, community-based groups often become platforms for leaders hoping to run for local office. Church-based groups and interfaith organizations can lobby for affordable housing, job training programs, and school improvement. Social Capital and Poor Communities convincingly demonstrates why building social capital is so important in enabling the poor to seek greater access to financial resources and public services. As the contributors make clear, this task is neither automatic nor easy. The book's frank discussions of both successes and failures illustrate the pitfalls—conflicts of interest, resistance from power elites, and racial exclusion—that can threaten even the most promising initiatives. The impressive evidence in this volume offers valuable insights into how goal formation, leadership, and cooperation can be effectively cultivated, resulting in a remarkable force for change and a rich public life even for those communities mired in seemingly hopeless poverty. A Volume in the Ford Foundation Series on Asset Building
Author | : Richard A. Jr Hays |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2004-11-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1135580103 |
This book addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the interest group system.
Author | : Christopher Brendan Barrett |
Publisher | : CABI |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1845932692 |
This book focuses on the experience of decentralization in rural Kenya and is presented in two parts under the following themes: (i) successes and failures of decentralization (chapters 2-6); and (ii) socioeconomic and institutional preconditions for successful decentralization (chapters 7-10). The text will be of interest to researchers and students in social sciences and development studies, and to policy makers in international aid agencies, non-governmental development organizations and government ministries. A subject index is included.