Helping People Help Themselves
Author | : David Ellerman |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2005-04-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 0472114654 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780472114658 |
Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Download or read book Helping People Help Themselves written by David Ellerman and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2005-04-13 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the theoretical foundations for a philosophy of development - including the work of Albert Hirschman, Paolo Freire, John Dewey, and Soren Kierkegaard. The author offers a practical suggestion of how goals of development can be better set and met. He shifts the locus of initiative from the would-be helpers to the doers.