Community Power and Grassroots Democracy: The Transformation of Social Life

Popular participation, local democracy and grassroots organizing have become watchwords not only for social movements the world over but even for official development agencies. In refreshing contrast to the tendency to skate over the internal divisions and stratification that characterise all communities, this book asks the hard questions - about the power of central bureaucracies, the lack of local skills and organizational experience, the impact of national and transnational structures, and social divisions.

Softcover. English. Zed Books. 1997. ISBN: 1856494888. 230pp. Good condition in softcover. Book No: 50552