From the outside looking in : experiences in "barefoot economics"

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

From the outside looking in : experiences in "barefoot economics"

Manfred A. Max-Neef ; foreword by Leopold Kohr

Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA : Zed Books, 1992

  • pbk.

Available at  / 7 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Originally published: Uppsala, Sweden : Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, 1982

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-208)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book, now available in English for the first time, has become a classic since it was first published in 1982. Translated into five languages, it has had an extraordinary influence on grassroots development projects. The author relates two of his own experiences in 'barefoot economics', interspersing these moving and insightful accounts with reflections on development projects and experts, pioneering criticism of of orthodox development economics, and a new vision of development in which the poor must learn to circumvent the national economic system.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Leopold Kohr Prelude Part I: The ECU-28 Project: Horizontal Communication for Peasants' Participation and Self-Reliance 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Interlude (I) 3. Theoretical Interlude (II) 4. The Perception of Reality 5. In a World Apart 6. The Peasants Get Together 7. In a World of Our Own 8. Far Away and Long Ago Part II: The 'Tiradentes Project': Revitalization of Small Cities for Self-Reliance 9. Introduction 10. Theoretical Interlude (III) 11. Encounter with Reality 12. A Scheme for Action 13. The Action Starts 14. Navigation and Return Notes

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top