Getting Ahead Collectively
Author | : Albert Otto Hirschman |
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Release | : 1984 |
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Author | : Albert O. Hirschman |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2013-10-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1483158225 |
Getting Ahead Collectively: Grassroots Experiences in Latin America is a seven-chapter book that first discusses certain types of developmental sequences in Latin America. The emergence of cooperative action and the intangible benefits and costs of cooperatives are then explained. The book also explores the ""intermediate"" organizations that have grown all over Latin America to help low-income people better their condition. The last chapter details the social and political effects of a dense network of grassroots development efforts.
Author | : Albert O. Hirschman |
Publisher | : Pergamon |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Field study of grassroots self help associations in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Peru and Uruguay - covers housing and literacy groups, informal sector interest groups, womens organizations, agricultural cooperatives and other forms of cooperative action, rural area schools, organisations involved in social work, and role of nongovernmental organizations; discusses impact of grassroots movements. Photographs.
Author | : Judith Heyer |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2002-09-19 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780199256921 |
A substantial introduction to the study of group behaviour in developing countries, this text provides both relevant theoretical issues and case studies.
Author | : Michele Alacevich |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 537 |
Release | : 2021-04-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0231553307 |
Winner, 2023 Best Book Award, Italian Association for the History of Economic Thought One of the most original social scientists of the twentieth century, Albert O. Hirschman led an uncommonly dramatic life. After fleeing Nazi Germany as a youth, he fought in the Spanish Civil War, took part in antifascist activities in Italy, and organized an underground rescue operation in Marseille through which more than 2,000 people, including Marc Chagall, Arthur Koestler, and Hannah Arendt, escaped Europe. Hirschman moved across topics, methodologies, and disciplinary boundaries as fluidly as he did among countries and languages. His work is marked by a deep suspicion of all-encompassing theories, valuing instead doubt and a sensitivity to contingencies and unexpected consequences. In this intellectual biography, the economic historian Michele Alacevich explores the development and trajectory of Hirschman’s characteristic approach to social-scientific questions. He traces the many strands of Hirschman’s thought and their place in his multifaceted body of work, considering their limitations as well as their strengths. Alacevich puts Hirschman’s ideas into context, following his participation in the major intellectual and political debates of his times. He examines Hirschman’s pioneering work in development studies and his analyses of social change, the history of capitalism, and the workings of democracy alongside his activities in the postwar reconstruction of Europe and economic development in Latin America. A compelling intellectual portrait of a profoundly distinctive thinker, this book also reflects on Hirschman’s legacy and lasting influence.
Author | : James Tully |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2022-08-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1009178369 |
Discloses the radical diversity of the field of democracy that is overlooked by mainstream political science.
Author | : Felipe Cala Buendía |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2014-12-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 113746223X |
In Argentina, Colombia, and Peru, there has been an out-pouring of popular-performative activities that have asked citizens to pose questions about the social order and about the memories of recent atrocities. Cala Buendía looks at ways in which cultural producers adapted or developed strategies as resources for social actors to use for change.
Author | : Amy L. Sherman |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2008-09-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1606080288 |
Dramatic political, economic, and sociocultural changes are taking place in Latin America, opening up promising possibilities for improving the lives of the poor in that region. This book assesses current trends and argues that a market-friendly development model is the most legitimate, desirable, and feasible strategy for attaining a Biblically informed conception of "holistic" development.
Author | : Nico Heerink |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 3642575587 |
Since the 1980s many developing countries have implemented macro-economic policy reforms to curb inflation, reduce fiscal deficits and control foreign debt. The policy instruments used, such as exchange rate adjustment, budget cuts, trade policy reforms, public expenditure reviews and privatisation, have different and sometimes opposite consequences for agricultural land use. During the same period awareness was growing that deteriorating soil quality could become a limiting factor to increase or even sustain agricultural production. As a result, food availability and even accessibility for large population groups in developing countries may be jeopardised in the near future. Recently, quantitative models have made useful contributions to understanding the impact of economic policy reforms on the sustainability of land use. They provide a consistent analytical framework to deal with complex issues such as the direct and indirect effects of economic, agricultural, environmental and population policies, the role of market imperfections in transmitting economic policy signals, and the interactions between soil quality, agricultural production and household economic decision making. Different types of models can be distinguished: bio economic models, focussing on the link between farm household decisions and the agricultural resource base, household and village models, examining the impact of the socio-economic environment on farm household decisions, and more aggregate models, analysing interactions between sectors and their implications for sustainable land use.
Author | : Alain de Janvry |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 859 |
Release | : 2015-12-22 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1317504267 |
Development Economics: Theory and Practice provides students and practitioners with the perspectives and the tools they need to think analytically and critically about the current major economic development issues in the world. Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet identify seven key dimensions of development; growth, poverty, vulnerability, inequality, basic needs, sustainability, and quality of life, and use them to structure the contents of the text. This book gives a historical perspective on the evolution of thought in development. It uses theory and empirical analysis to present readers with a full picture of how development works, how its successes and failures can be assessed, and how alternatives can be introduced. The authors demonstrate how diagnostics, design of programs and policies, and impact evaluation can be used to seek new solutions to the suffering and violence caused by development failures. This text is fully engaged with the most cutting edge research in the field, and equips readers with analytical tools for the impact evaluation of development programs and policies, illustrated with numerous examples. It is underpinned throughout by a wealth of student-friendly features including case studies, quantitative problem sets, end-of-chapter questions, and extensive references. This unique text aims at helping readers learn about development, think analytically about achievements and alternative options, and be prepared to compete on the development job market.