Participatory Local Democracy

Abstract: In this collection of papers, the very concept of participation in development processes is questioned, using cases from Latin America, Kenya, and Nepal. The authors question donor-stimulated forms of participation as self-evidently positive, both theoretically and empirically.

Author(s): Gómez, Georgina M.; Berner, Erhard

Source(s): , 262 p., ill., graphs, maps, tabs, 22 cm

Published: 2010 Erasmus university Rotterdam. International institute of social studies (ISS) [etc.], The Hague [etc.] (English

ISBN/ISSN: 978-90-812200-6-4/

Link: http://www.hivos.net/content/download/40109/257992/file/Participation%2520bookTOTAL.pdf%23page%3D118&oi=scholaralrt&ct=alrt&cd=18&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm2kqwnTOLHEhVla2oEQ8FLkjwqwyw