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Challenging the Professions: Frontiers for rural development
Robert Chambers
Questioning the dominant approaches taken by many professionals concerned with rural development the theme of this book is that 'we' - the professionals - are much of the problem. New frontiers could be opened by reversing many ideas and practices.
ISBN 1853392081, (ITP), 1993, 180pp, £25.00,

Challenging the Professions: Frontiers for rural development
Robert Chambers
Questioning the dominant approaches taken by many professionals concerned with rural development the theme of this book is that 'we' - the professionals - are much of the problem. New frontiers could be opened by reversing many ideas and practices.
ISBN 1853391948, (ITP), 1993, 180pp, £3.75,

Community and Sustainable Development: Participation in the future
Edited by Diane Warburton
The relationship between two of the most important currents in today's thinking, community participation adn sustainable development, is explored in this ne volume. Some of the most highly respected and influential thinkers on community and society address the fundamental questions about the needs of the future - the need to participate and belong; the need to conserve resources and to get more from less - and the kind of society that will successfully create a community and achieve sustainable development.
ISBN 1853835315, (Earthscan), 1998, 224pp, £14.95,

The Critical Villager: Beyond community participation
Eric Dudley
This book considers how community-based technical aid can be made more effective and sustainable. Aimed primarily at development workers, policy makers and researchers the book suggests concrete principles for action and research.
ISBN 0415073448, (Routledge), 1993, 182pp, £14.99,

Facilitating Innovation for Development: A RAAKS resource box
Paul G.H. Engel and Monique L. Salomon
RAAKS is a participatory method that facilitates networking and communication processes. It can be used to improve the generation and use of agricultural knowledge and innovation, in the sense of 'change on purpose'. This resource box includes a guide to the RAAKS method, plus 'windows' - specific ways to gain a perspective on the situation - and 'tools' to be used in practice. Each window and each tool is on a separate card, so that a RAAKS team can choose a combination to fit their situation. The accompanying book combines theory and case studies, providing detailed background material for the methodology. Book, guide and cards in a box.
ISBN 9068321099, (KIT Press), 1997, , £19.95,

Grassroot Horizons: Connecting participatory development initiatives East and West
Edited by Richard Morse, Anisur Rahman and Kersten L. Johnson
Grassroot activists and researchers build on their varied personal experiences to clarify and strengthen the effectiveness of participatory group action in overcoming impoverishment, oppression and exclusion. The editors focus on core issues of social and political organization and change, such as: relations between self and other; group identity and solidarity; honouring different types of knowledge systems; and organizing against vested positions and unjust power structures.
ISBN 1853392901, (ITP), 1995, 390pp, £17.50,

Learning from Gal Oya: Possibilities for participatory development and post-Newtonian social science
Norman Uphoff
This first paperback edition recounts the drama of a remarkably successful experiment that introduced farmer organization for self-managed development in the largest and most run-down conflict-ridden irrigation system in Sri Lanka and now updates the story to record the author's picture of Gal Oya in 1996. Gal Oya, initially considered one of the least desirable areas in the country, became one of the most progressive and peaceful during the 1980s. People reshaped their working and living conditions and accomplished changes no one previously thought possible. In an unusual combination of description and analysis Norman Uphoff seeks to interpret the Gal Oya project and draws far reaching conclusions for participatory development and contemporary social science. He documents and analyses the remarkable progress made by farmers, community organizers, officials, researchers and finally policy makers, iteratively forging progressive changes in the midst of ethnic and political strife. The improvement achieved through farmer initiatives in Gal Oya provided impetus and ideas for making participatory irrigation management national policy for all major schemes in the country. Ten years after outside assistance was withdrawn, the organizations continue their effective management and commitment to equitable outcomes.
ISBN 1853393517, (ITP), 1996, 464pp, £14.95,

The Myth of Community: Gender issues in participatory development
Edited by Irene Guijt and Meera Kaul Shah
The Myth of Community is written for all development professionals with an interest in participatory work. The widespread take-up of participatory approaches among governments, NGOs and other organizations across the development sector has created a need for quality assurance and evaluation into the methods used. The Myth of Community addresses this need by critically assessing how women can be involved more appropriately and equally in participatory approaches and how gender issues can be tackled more meaningfully. The contributors discuss the importance of conceptual clarity, appropriate methods and methodologies, and supportive organizations and institutional structures. This book is easy to read and accessible with a three part structure and a conclusion. The three sections comprise theoretical reflections on participation and gender, practical experiences and specific case studies from four continents, and lastly, institutional examples of how organizations are attempting to integrate gender-sensitive work in participatory modes of development, and related successes and limitations. Containing a rich array of contributions from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, this book provides a variety of viewpoints and perspectives from those most closely involved in participatory approaches to development. With the aim of this book being to provoke discussion into current participatory approaches and to improve understanding and practice, this is essential reading for anyone involved in participatory practices in the development sector.
ISBN 1853394211, (ITP), 1998, 320pp, £8.95,

Nurtured by Knowledge: Learning to do participatory action-research
Susan Smith, Dennis Willms, Nancy Johnson.
This book describes the struggle to build on a twenty-five year approach to democratic socal change and personal growth known as participatory action-research (PAR). It is based on the principle that people have a universal right to participate in the production of knowledge that directy affects their lives. The heart of this book is a series of compelling case studies of PAR and attempts to achieve it in such diverse places as Canada, India, Africa, and Latin America. The final chapter analyzes lessons from these case studies and explores the principles and evolving processes of the PAR methodology in striving to satisfy the need for liberation and recovery of community.
ISBN 0889368163, (IDRC), 1997, 303pp, £14.95,

Participatory Learning and Action: A trainer's guide
Jules Pretty, Irene Guijt, John Thompson and Ian Scoones
This guide replaces IIED's PRA for Community Development and is designed for both experienced and new trainers who have an interest in training others in the use of participatory methods, whether they are researchers, practitioners, policymakers, villagers or trainers. The guide provides a comprehensive background to the principle of adult learning, focuses on the needed facilitation skills, describes group dynamics and how to build interdisciplinary teams, describes the process of training in workshops or in the field and sugests how to evaluate and organize workshops - details of 101 interactive games are included.
ISBN 1899825002, (IIED), 1995, 268pp, £18.95,

People's Participation: Challenges ahead
Orlando Fals Borda
The 1997 World Congress of Participatory Convergence in Knowledge, Space and Time, held in Columbia, has been a milestone in participatory methodologies for having created a forum where professionals from a braod spectrum of disciplines, ranging from engineering and the sciences to the arts, politics, economics and social sciences, could exchange ideas and stimulate discussion of future trends in Participatory Action Research. This multi disciplinary event was attended by 1,850 people from 61 countries. People's Participation draws on the 165 papers discussed at the 1997 World Congress to present the most significant themes developing from this important event. Among the many outstanding contributors are Manfred Max-Neef, Eduardo Galeano, Robert Chambers and Orlnado Fals Borda. The book looks at the social, political, economic and cultural movements at the heart of Participative Research - where knowledge, space and time are seen as the principal tools for change for the advancement of peoples. People's Participation is a vehicle for the exchange and diffusion of ideas voiced at the Congress and has been published to promote the ongoing discussion amongst economists, politicians, scholars, NGO workers, policymakers, engineers, scientists, social scientists and all those with a deep interest or involvement with Participatory Approaches and methodologies.
ISBN 1853394459, (ITP), 1998, 268pp., £12.95,

People's Self Development: Perspectives on Participatory Action Research
Anisur Rahman
The author (a distinguished economist who worked for the ILO for 14 years) reflects on development through collective local initiatives by people themselves - what he has called people's self development - and how to promote such development.
ISBN 1856490807, (Zed Books), 1993, 234pp, £14.95,

Power and Participatory Development: Theory and practice
Nici Nelson and Susan Wright
This book explores the power dimensions of participatory development and research, and examines what shifts in power within communities and institutions are needed for participatory ideas to be effective.
ISBN 1853392413, (ITP), 1995, 208pp, £9.95,

Power from the People: Innovation, user participation, and forest energy programmes
Matthew Gamser
Through the example of the analysis of forest energy technology development the author illustrates the importance of user participation in developing technologies, and discusses the management of technological change.
ISBN 094668894X, (ITP), 1988, 160pp, £14.95,

Power, Process and Participation: Tools for change
Edited by Rachel Slocum, Lori Wichhart, Dianne Rocheleau and Barbara Thomas-Slayter
This book focuses on participatory capacity-building in ways that address the practical needs and strategic interests of the disadvantaged and disempowered - it examines how differences in class, ethnicity, race, caste, religion, age and gender lead to the 'politics of exclusion'. It offers innovative, accessible tools to enable facilitators from both inside and outside communities to empower those who are frequently omitted from decision-making processes. The style and approach are interactive, stimulating reflection and involvement by all parties.
ISBN 1853393037, (ITP), 1995, 251pp, £10.95,

Projects with People: The practice of participation in rural development
Peter Oakley
This study, a sequel to Approaches to Participation in Rural Development, illustrates a wide range of experiences in which genuine attempts are made to promote participation within a broad framework of development projects.
ISBN 9221072827, (ILO), 1991, 284pp, £17.55,

Stepping Forward: Children and young people's participation in the development process
Vicky Johnson, Edda Ivan-Smith, Gill Gordon, Pat Pridmore, Patta Scott-Villiers
Children and young people have much to offer the community they live in, but are often excluded in decisions and policies that affect their development, as their own opinions are ignored or overruled much of the time. Participatory approaches used in development in the North and South can provide the vehicle needed to include children in the decision-making processes which affect their communities and can have far reaching implications for policies and practice. Stepping Forward presents the key issues and challenges involved in facilitating children and young people's participation. The contributors to this book come from a range of backgrounds including NGOs in development, children's agencies, academic institutions and governments, bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to children's participation. Chapter 1 provides an overview to the main issues and concepts, and chapters 2 to 7 each expand on a particular theme, drawing on case studies from around the world. Finally, chapter 8 looks at future implications and the way forward. The main issues discussed and analysed include: the ethical dilemmas that face professionals in addressing children's participation; the process and methods used in participatory research and planning with children; the inter-relationship between culture and children's participation; considerations for institutions, and the key qualities of a participation programme for children and young people's participation. Stepping Forward will be essential reading for professionals, agencies and institutions working with and for children, and in development, as well as professionals involved in participatory approaches. This title is part of the Intermediate Technology Publications Participation series.
ISBN 1853394483, (ITP), 1998, 352pp, £7.95,

Tools for Community Participation: A manual for training trainers in participatory techniques
Lyra Srinivasan
Over 40 newly enhanced or previously unpublished training activities in 'how-to' form. Policy support, the involvement of women in decision-making, and collaboration between technical and human resources teams can produce a lasting project impact.
ISBN 0912917202, (PACT Publications), 1990, 176pp, £19.95,

Training for Transformation: A handbook for community workers
Anne Hope and Sally Timmel
Three volumes designed to assist workers in the field who are encouraging the development of self-reliant creative communities. The book has as its basic philosophy the belief that we should all participate in making this world a more just place to live in. Training for Transformation integrates the approach of Paulo Freire and how to put his method into practice, Manfred Max Neef's understanding of fundamental human needs, group methods which are essential for participatory education, organizational development, which stresses how to build structures which enable people to become self reliant, and social analysis to help groups find the root causes of problems.
ISBN 1853393533, (ITP), 1996, 462pp, £19.95,

Training for Transformation: A handbook for community workers, Book Four
Anne Hope and Sally Timmel
The first three books for Training for Transformation have not only been used by the community development workers in Africa, for whom they were originally designed, but by those trying to bring new life, purpose and effectiveness to the groups they are working with at many different levels in many different countries. They have been fully translated into French and Spanish and partially translated, used and adapted in numerous other languages. Copies are in great demand and over utilized, dog-eared copies can be found in remote development offices in villages in the Philippines, Guatemala, Madagascar, Ireland as well as many countries in Africa. They have been prescribed as university texts in courses on development studies, adult education, social work, ministerial and teacher training in many parts of the world. All those who have used the first three books will be delighted to know of the publication of Training for Transformation Book Four. Since the publication of the first three books of Training for Transformation fourteen years ago, the authors, Anne Hope and Sally Timmel, have been involved in facilitating programmes to help organizations strive for a more just society, in Zimbabwe, the USA and South Africa. Sally was the Legislative Director of Church Women UNited in Washington DC and worked on sanctions against apartheid, reducing US military spending and an alternative approach to the USA health care system. Since 1995 she has been using her Washington experience in South Africa to develop programmes on economic literacy, preparing groups to take a critical interest in national and provincial budgets, and develop partnerships between local communities and the new local authoroiteis to achieve cooperative development planning. After working at the Centre of Concern on education programs on global justice issues, Anne returned to Cape Town in 1990. She established Delta as a Women's Leadership Training Programme and helped initiate the South African Dvelopment Education Program at the University of the Western Cape to train community workers for the new government departments, NGO's, trade unions and religious and civil organisations. In Book Four, the authors have incorporated much of these experiences again using the participatory Freirean model in a process of reflection and action to deal with widespread contemporary problems. There are sections on the environment; gender; ethnic and racial conflict; intercultural understanding; and building participatory governance. A rich selection of simulations, real life stories, telling statistics, news articles, poetry and drama is used to stimulate interest and critical analysis, followed by challenging models of action planning. As in the previous books, all of the exercises and practice has been successfully used with groups.
ISBN 1853394610, (ITP), 1999, 600pp, £12.95,

Training Trainers for Development: Conducting a workshop on participatory training techniques
CEDPA
Now available by popular demand this book is intended for use by trainers in organizations working in development, who will find ideas here to help prepare them to conduct participatory training of trainers in their organization. The book uses interactive, learner-centred methods based on the research of human resource development experts such as Malcolm Knowles, Paulo Freire, Gordon Lippit and Leonard Nadler.
ISBN , (Women Ink), 1994, 92pp, £14.95,

Who Changes? Institutionalizing participation in development
James Blackburn with Jeremy Holland Foreword by Robert Chambers
The recent trend of participatory approaches presents challenges to those working in the development sector. Who Changes? draws together, for the first time, lessons and experiences from key development agencies around the globe on the institutional change needed to make participation a reality. The book explores the main issues and concerns of development professionals involved in PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) practices: adapting PRA methods from micro to macro organizations and the type of changes required by an organization to implement PRA effectively. In addition, the reader is provided with a checklist of practical considerations to guide them through this complex field: training programmes and training needs for all those involved in the participation programme, implementing projects from piloting stages to gradual scaling up, institutional change and the changing cultures and procedures of hierarchical organizations, and participatory monitoring and evaluation. Containing highly readable accounts and clear summaries by development workers from a variety of development settings across the globe, Who Changes? will be a valuable asset to all development professionals concerned with PRA approaches from fieldworkers to practitioners and policy makers.
ISBN 1853394203, (ITP), 1997, 208pp, £5.95,

Whose Reality Counts? Putting the first last
Robert Chambers
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. Development professionals now need new approaches and methods for interacting, learning and knowing. 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. Self-critical awareness and changes in concepts, values, methods and behaviour must be developed to explore the new high ground of participation and empowerment. 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. With its thrust of putting the first last it presents a new, exciting and above all practical agenda for future development which cannot be ignored.
ISBN 185339386X, (ITP), 1997, 318pp, £3.95,

Whose Voice? Participatory research and policy change
Jeremy Holland with James Blackburn. Foreword by Robert Chambers.
PRA and related participatory approaches have opened up new ways in which policy can be influenced by the realities of those who are poor, weak, marginalized and excluded. With the increasing use of PRA methods and practices by NGOs, governments and multinational agencies, the potential impact for poor people is phenomenal. Whose Voice? demonstrates the far-reaching implications of such approaches for the development sector. The book incorporates the findings of the international workshop on Institutionalization of Participatory Approaches held at the Institute of Development Studies in 1996 and is presented in an easily digestible three part structure: Part 1 explores case studies in which participatory methods and approaches have been used to influence policy, Part 2 concentrates on PPA (Participatory Poverty Analysis), an innovative approach designed to bring local poverty and policy analysis into the policy process, and Part 3 discusses key issues arising during the IDS workshop, and includes chapters by several participants. Containing detailed case studies from around the world and analysis of key development agencies, NGOs and organizations across the sector over the past decade, Whose Voice? will be invaluable to professionals and policy makers, either directly involved or with a special interest in PRA approaches and methods and their impact upon policy and development.
ISBN 185339419X, (ITP), 1997, 208pp, £5.95,