The Development Practitioners' Handbook
Author:   Allan Kaplan
Publisher:   Pluto Press
ISBN:  

9780745310213


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   20 June 1996
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Allan Kaplan
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.228kg
ISBN:  

9780745310213


ISBN 10:   0745310214
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   20 June 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Prelude 1. NATURAL PROCESSES Biological, human, and organisational development processes. INTERLUDE: COHESION AND DIVISION 2. PATHS AND DESTINATIONS Phases of development, and some initial thoughts on direction INTERLUDE: RESISTANCE AND AWAKENING 3. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AS GROWTH AND REVOLUTION The current impasse in development. 4. DEVELOPMENT AS THE BUILDING OF CIVIL SOCIETY New directions for development. INTERLUDE: LEADERSHIP 5. A NEW STANCE Integration, interdependence and organisational consciousness. INTERLUDE: ORGANISATION 6. THE PRACTICE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER INTERLUDE: INTERVENTION 7. THE ART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONER Notes and references Index

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'It is a book that all reflective practitioners should read, and read again ... [It] deserves to be widely read - even by the most well-worn practitioner'-- Development In Practice '[It] will be treasured for the deft interweaving of theoretical concepts with honest, sometimes painful commentary on personal practice' --Gavin Andersson, Director of Development Resources Centre 'A breath of fresh air ... This engaging book is a must' --Loretta van Schalkwyk, Organisation Development Consultant 'An excellent account-cum-treatise' Orbit (VSO)


'A book that all reflective practitioners should read, and read again' -- Editor, Development In Practice (Oxfam)


‘It is a book that all reflective practitioners should read, and read again ... [It] deserves to be widely read - even by the most well-worn practitioner’-- Development In Practice  ‘[It] will be treasured for the deft interweaving of theoretical concepts with honest, sometimes painful commentary on personal practice’ --Gavin Andersson, Director of Development Resources Centre  ‘A breath of fresh air ... This engaging book is a must’ --Loretta van Schalkwyk, Organisation Development Consultant ‘An excellent account-cum-treatise’ Orbit (VSO)


Author Information

Allan Kaplan is co-founder of the Proteus Initiative, and former Director of the Community Development Resource Association in Cape Town, South Africa. He specialises in working with NGOs and community-based organisations across Southern and East Africa, as well as in Europe. He is the author of Development Practitioners and Social Process (Pluto, 2002) and The Development Practitioners' Handbook (Pluto, 1996).

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