{"product_id":"development-poverty-and-politics-richard-martin-9780415995627","title":"Development Poverty and Politics: Putting Communities in the Driver's Seat","description":"\u003cp\u003eTop down . . . bottom up . . . what works? This book explores development from the\u003cbr\u003eperspective of the poor. Who are they? What lives do they live? What matters to\u003cbr\u003ethem? And most importantly, what can they do about it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartin and Mathema debate how people can be given legitimate control of their\u003cbr\u003eown environment, and how governments can work with them. How do communities\u003cbr\u003eand conditions drive behavior? What interventions are appropriate and how can we\u003cbr\u003eapproach development imaginatively?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not about usurping governance - but revisiting structures that the developed\u003cbr\u003eworld has come to accept, and placing the power of decision in the hands of the\u003cbr\u003epeople it affects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNor it is about money . . . it's about people, and about how we can make our world\u003cbr\u003ework for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Martin,Ashna Mathema\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415995620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415995627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 138","brand":"Richard Martin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064981762303,"sku":"9780415995627","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6624bf4-5fbc-4916-b8f4-953ae6defdd9.jpg?v=1768672343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/development-poverty-and-politics-richard-martin-9780415995627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}