Human Rights and Community-LED Development: Lessons from Tostan by Ben Cislaghi

Description: Human Rights and Community-LED Development by Ben Cislaghi This book investigates work of the NGO Tostan as a working model of human development. The study is grounded in the ethnographic study of the actual change that happened in one West African village. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How can we best empower people living in the most economically disadvantaged areas of the world to improve their lives in ways that matter to them? This book investigates work of the NGO Tostan as a working model of human development. The study is grounded in the ethnographic study of the actual change that happened in one West African village. The result is a powerful mix of theory and practice that questions existing approaches to development and that speaks to both development scholars and practitioners.Divided into three parts, the book firstly assesses why top-down approaches to education and development are unhelpful and offers a theoretical understanding of what constitutes helpful development. Part two examines Tostans community-based participatory approach as an example of a helpful development intervention, and offers qualitative evidence of its effectiveness. Part three builds a model of how community-led development works, why it is helpful, and what practitioners can do to help people at the grassroots level lead their own human development. Flap PPC 20mm, 274 x 372mmA compelling response to the call for effective community-led models of human developmentHow can we best empower people living in the most economically disadvantaged areas of the world to improve their lives in ways that matter to them? This book investigates the work of the NGO Tostan as a working model of human development. The study is grounded in the ethnographic study of the actual change that happened in one West African village. The result is a powerful mix of theory and practice that questions existing approaches to development and speaks to both development scholars and practitioners.Divided into three parts, the book firstly assesses why top-down approaches to education and development are unhelpful and offers a theoretical understanding of what constitutes helpful development. Part two examines Tostans community-based participatory approach as an example of a helpful development intervention, and offers qualitative evidence of its effectiveness. Part three builds a model of how community-led development works, why it is helpful, and what practitioners can do to help people at the grassroots level lead their own human development.Ben Cislaghi is Assistant Professor in Social Norms in the Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he studies how field interventions in low and mid-income countries can change social norms to reduce violence against women and children. Before joining the academia, he worked for various NGOs and International Organisations, including UNICEF, WHO and ILO. He also worked in Senegal as the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning of Tostan, a non-governmental agency internationally recognised for their work on social norms in West Africa.Calabash Dance Author Biography Ben Cislaghi is Lecturer in Social Norms at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He previously worked as a development professional. Table of Contents Index of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I: Some Useful Tools to Rethink Development Practices; 2. Rethinking development interventions: Potential and challenges of human rights education; 3. Modernisation at work: Senegal, Tostan and the Fule; Part II: The Programme in Action; 4. Galle Toubaaco before the programme; 5. Human rights education in action: the programme unfolds; 6. The now-women and other changes: a wider horizon of possibilities?; Part III: Helpful Development; 7. Dynamics of social change: a model for indirect development practitioners; 8. Conclusion; References. Promotional Combines development theory with practice through a case study of the West African community of Tostan Promotional "Headline" Combines development theory with practice through a case study of the West African community of Tostan Description for Reader A compelling response to the call for effective community-led models of human development How can we best empower people living in the most economically disadvantaged areas of the world to improve their lives in ways that matter to them? This book investigates work of the NGO Tostan as a working model of human development. The study is grounded in the ethnographic study of the actual change that happened in one West African village. The result is a powerful mix of theory and practice that questions existing approaches to development and that speaks to both development scholars and practitioners. Divided into three parts, the book firstly assesses why top-down approaches to education and development are unhelpful and offers a theoretical understanding of what constitutes helpful development. Part two examines Tostans community-based participatory approach as an example of a helpful development intervention, and offers qualitative evidence of its effectiveness. Part three builds a model of how community-led development works, why it is helpful, and what practitioners can do to help people at the grassroots level lead their own human development. Feature Asks how we can empower people living in the most economically disadvantaged communities to improve their lives in ways that matter to them Refutes top-down development theory and shows how bottom-up human rights-based development can work in real life Uses Tostans community-led model as an example of helpful development intervention, drawing on the authors experience of living in the community, giving qualitative evidence of its effectiveness Builds a model of how community-led development works, why it is helpful and how practitioners can help people lead their own human development Description for Sales People Asks how we can empower people living in the most economically disadvantaged communities to improve their lives in ways that matter to them Refutes top-down development theory and shows how bottom-up human rights-based development can work in real life Uses Tostans community-led model as an example of helpful development intervention, drawing on the authors experience of living in the community, giving qualitative evidence of its effectiveness Builds a model of how community-led development works, why it is helpful and how practitioners can help people lead their own human development Description for Teachers/Educators Human Rights; Development Studies; International and Comparative Education; Human Rights Education; Gender Studies; African Studies; Global Justice; International Affairs; Public Anthropology; Public Policy; Social Theory; Analytic Sociology. Details ISBN1474453031 Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 2019 ISBN-10 1474453031 ISBN-13 9781474453035 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-05-31 Author Ben Cislaghi Pages 296 Short Title Human Rights and Community-Led Development Language English Subtitle Lessons from Tostan DEWEY 341.48 UK Release Date 2019-05-31 Imprint Edinburgh University Press Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2019-05-31 Edited by Johanna Spanke Birth 1954 Affiliation Winchester College, UK Position Classics Teacher Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Series Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights Audience General AU Release Date 2019-08-28 Alternative 9781474419796 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133509565;

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