Transcending Neoliberalism: Community -Based Development in
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Veltmeyer, Henry / O'Malley, Anthony, PUBLISHER: Kumarian Press, ""Worthy ong>ofong> close attention from students ong>ofong> ong>developmentong> thought and practice...Committed to alternative, democratic, socially equitable, and ecologically sustainable community ong>developmentong>."" --Labour/Le Travail, Fall ""An insightful contribution to studies ong>ofong> counter trends from below against... the unfettered globalization ong>ofong> democracy and free markets."" --Millennium: Journal ong>ofong> International Studies, Vol 30. No. 2 ""A refreshing critique ong>ofong> the concept ong>ofong> community-ong>basedong> ong>developmentong>...Recommended for graduate students and faculty."" --Choice, April *A superior volume with contributions from top scholars *Explores critical dimensions ong>ofong> community-ong>basedong> economic ong>developmentong> in Latin America "Transcending Neoliberalism" examines the role ong>ofong> community, participation, decentralization, and empowering social movements in the quest for equitable ong>developmentong> in Latin America. Over the past two decades, in the context ong>ofong> an epoch-defining process ong>ofong> globalization, a form ong>ofong> ong>developmentong> has emerged that moves beyond the neoliberal focus on both market and state--one that reaches back for ideas into communities that have been created within rural and urban societies ong>ofong> developing and developed areas.