Crying out for change : voices of the poor / Deepa Narayan, Robert Chambers, Meera Kaul Shah, Patti Petesch

By: Narayan, Deepa [author]
Contributor(s): Chambers, Roberut [author] | Shah, Meera Kaul [author] | Petesch, Patti [author]
Language: English Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press for the World Bank, c2000Description: xvi, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195216024Other title: Voices of the poorSubject(s): Poor -- Developing countries -- Case studies | Social change -- Developing countries -- Case studiesDDC classification: 305.5 LOC classification: HC59.72.P6 | C79 2000Online resources: Publisher description
Contents:
Ch. 1. Perspectives of the Poor -- Ch. 2. Wellbeing and Illbeing: The Good and the Bad Life -- Ch. 3. The Struggle for Livelihoods -- Ch. 4. Places of the Poor -- Ch. 5. The Body -- Ch. 6. Gender Relations in Troubled Transition -- Ch. 7. Social Illbeing: Left Out and Pushed Down -- Ch. 8. Anxiety, Fear and Insecurities -- Ch. 9. The Character of Institutions -- Ch. 10. Governance: Poor People's Scorecards -- Ch. 11. Powerless, Trapped in a Many-Stranded Web -- Ch. 12. A Call to Action: The Challenge to Change.
Summary: As the second book in a three-part series entitled Voices of the Poor, "Crying out for Change" accounts for the voices from comparative fieldwork among twenty three countries. Through participatory, and qualitative research methods, the book presents very directly, poor people's own voices, and the realities of their lives. It outlines the multidimensional aspects of well-being, and how poor people see it, highlighting that in material terms, "enough" is not a lot for a good life, and, analyzes social well-being, security, and freedom of choice and action, in contrast to the "ill-being" aspects of material absence, reflecting on the experiences of humiliation, shame, anguish. and grief. The struggle for livelihoods is described through the scarcity of rural production, the diversified cities' bondage, and, the limited opportunities of life, and individual breakthroughs challenging their livelihoods. Further analysis reflect on the inadequacy, isolation, and lack of access to infrastructure; on the health aspects of mind and body; on gender relations in troubled subjugation; on social exclusion; and, on the uncertainties for survival. It finally challenges the meaning of development, and of power, calling for change, from material poverty to adequate assets and livelihoods, from exclusion to inclusion, organization, and empowerment.
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Ch. 1. Perspectives of the Poor --
Ch. 2. Wellbeing and Illbeing: The Good and the Bad Life --
Ch. 3. The Struggle for Livelihoods --
Ch. 4. Places of the Poor --
Ch. 5. The Body --
Ch. 6. Gender Relations in Troubled Transition --
Ch. 7. Social Illbeing: Left Out and Pushed Down --
Ch. 8. Anxiety, Fear and Insecurities --
Ch. 9. The Character of Institutions --
Ch. 10. Governance: Poor People's Scorecards --
Ch. 11. Powerless, Trapped in a Many-Stranded Web --
Ch. 12. A Call to Action: The Challenge to Change.

As the second book in a three-part series entitled Voices of the Poor, "Crying out for Change" accounts for the voices from comparative fieldwork among twenty three countries. Through participatory, and qualitative research methods, the book presents very directly, poor people's own voices, and the realities of their lives. It outlines the multidimensional aspects of well-being, and how poor people see it, highlighting that in material terms, "enough" is not a lot for a good life, and, analyzes social well-being, security, and freedom of choice and action, in contrast to the "ill-being" aspects of material absence, reflecting on the experiences of humiliation, shame, anguish. and grief. The struggle for livelihoods is described through the scarcity of rural production, the diversified cities' bondage, and, the limited opportunities of life, and individual breakthroughs challenging their livelihoods. Further analysis reflect on the inadequacy, isolation, and lack of access to infrastructure; on the health aspects of mind and body; on gender relations in troubled subjugation; on social exclusion; and, on the uncertainties for survival. It finally challenges the meaning of development, and of power, calling for change, from material poverty to adequate assets and livelihoods, from exclusion to inclusion, organization, and empowerment.

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