• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Participation and Development in Mexico

Participation and Development in Mexico

Paperback

General Political Science

ISBN10: 3639092287
ISBN13: 9783639092288
Publisher: Blues Kids Of Amer
Published: Nov 13 2008
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Lack of participation, political and otherwise, has been a case in point in Latin American countries in their struggle to develop, Mexico not being the exception. Political democracy is not enough for the implementation of both a better distribution of wealth and social justice. Development is an increase of people's ability and desire to satisfy their own needs and legitimate desires, and those of others with the means at their disposal. Development will be enhanced when individuals take part in all decisions that affect their lives. This book provides a method of participative strategic planning, the Reflection and Design Conference (RDC), that gives the opportunity for people to participate in the design and implementation of their own future, in ways that do not threaten es-tablished local authorities. In many circumstances the membership of a RDC is a mix of such people along with organizational leaders at several levels. In the RDC atmosphere they all have equal status. The ideas and concepts formulated in this book are of particular interest to organizational and community development practitioners and anyone interested in development in the right sense.

Also in

General Political Science