Thinking small :: the United States and the lure of community development /

Daniel Immerwahr tells how the United States sought to rescue the world from poverty through small-scale, community-based approaches. He also sounds a warning: such strategies, now again in vogue, have been tried before, alongside grander moderization schemes--with often disastrous consequences as s...

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1. Verfasser: Immerwahr, Daniel, 1980- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
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Zusammenfassung:Daniel Immerwahr tells how the United States sought to rescue the world from poverty through small-scale, community-based approaches. He also sounds a warning: such strategies, now again in vogue, have been tried before, alongside grander moderization schemes--with often disastrous consequences as self-help gave way to crushing local oppression.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 253 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0674735838
9780674735835

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