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Rural Development: Putting the Last First

by R. Chambers
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Overview

Rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders. Dr Chambers contends that researchers, scientists, administrators and fieldworkers rarely appreciate the richness and validity of rural people's knowledge or the hidden nature of rural poverty. This is a challenging book for all concerned with rural development, as practitioners, academics, students or researchers.

Synopsis

Rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders. Dr Chambers contends that researchers, scientists, administrators and fieldworkers rarely appreciate the richness and validity of rural people's knowledge or the hidden nature of rural poverty. This is a challenging book for all concerned with rural development, as practitioners, academics, students or researchers.

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'Chambers has successfully combined a lucid style and powerful use of words with a high degree of academic rigour . . . written with a directness and honesty.' (Community Development Journal)

Book Details

Published
October 1, 1995
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780582644434

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