Community-Led Development in Practice: We Power Our Own Change (Rethinking Development)

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In the last decade, the international development sector has been re-examining its ways of thinking, being, and doing, and we have seen a growing consensus around the need to centre communities in development. However, there is little clarity on what such centring entails and how it can be achieved. This edited volume addresses this gap by highlighting what community-led practices look like and how they compare across different sociocultural and organisational landscapes.Bringing together the work of over 30 international authors, ranging from experienced community-led development practitioners to acclaimed scholars, the book reflects on and critically analyses grassroots initiatives, national-level organisations, and larger-scale international operations. The case studies demonstrate the similarities and differences in community-led practices according to organisational size and spread, while documenting the process of human change that these practices unleash. The volume’s overarching structure reflects the characteristics and processes of community-led development, captured via nine different dimensions: participation inclusion and voice; local resources; sustainability and exit strategies; accountability; responsiveness to context; collaboration (including working with sub-national governments); community-led monitoring and evaluation practices; and facilitation.The book will be of interest to funders, organisations and practitioners looking for non-Western, non-dominant, everyday stories of change. It will also be useful to policymakers, students, and researchers from the fields of community development and international development theory and practice.
Copyright:
2025

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ISBN-13:
9781040264430
Related ISBNs:
9781032456232, 9781003377917, 9781032456263, 9781040264409
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Taylor & Francis
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Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Elene Cloete and Gunjan Veda
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Elene Cloete
Edited by:
Gunjan Veda

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