Overview
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. 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.
- | Author: Ben Cislaghi
- | Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- | Publication Date: Dec 17, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 296 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Political Science
- | ISBN-10: 1474419798
- | ISBN-13: 9781474419796
