{"product_id":"how-development-projects-persist-9780822369615","title":"How Development Projects Persist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErin Beck examines microfinance NGOs working with poor, rural women in Guatemala to show how these women creatively and strategically use the NGOs to their own benefit in ways that do not necessarily match the goals of the NGOs, demonstrating that development projects are often transformed and persist in unexpected ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Erin Beck has made a lasting contribution to the field of development studies in theorising development as a social interaction while also raising important issues for policy and practice. \u003ci\u003eHow Development Projects Persist\u003c\/i\u003e is a call to contemplate, assess and study development not simply according to the goals of policymakers and organisations, but according to the larger vision and life goals of the people that interventions hope to serve.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Bronwen Gillespie * Anthropology in Action *\u003cbr\u003e\"The strength of \u003ci\u003eWhy Development Projects Persist\u003c\/i\u003e is the quality of Beck’s data. . . . Beck writes her ethnographic data with completeness and clarity, which allows the reader to understand the intentions of these organizations, the worldviews of participants, and the ways these clashed as the NGOs’ visions of development were put into practice.\" -- Laura J. Heideman * American Journal of Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\"The text’s strength lies in its conceptual breadth and accessibility. . . . An easy, yet enlightening read. . . . Beck effectively \u003ci\u003eshows \u003c\/i\u003erather than just \u003ci\u003etells \u003c\/i\u003ewhat development encounters look like and how they are interpreted by the actors involved.\" -- Monica DeHart * Anthropological Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book. . . is useful to those interested in international studies, development studies, as well as development practitioners. . . . Further, Beck’s detailed analysis is well-written and jargon-free, and presents us with a balanced and longitudinal view of NGO development projects in Guatemala.”\u003c\/p\u003e -- Michelle Moran-Taylor * Journal of Latin American Geography *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e 1. Social Engineering from Above and Below  1\u003cbr\u003e 2. Repackaging Development in Guatemala  29\u003cbr\u003e 3. Namaste's Bootstrap Model  64\u003cbr\u003e 4. Women and Workers Responding to Bootstrap Development  90\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Fraternity's Holistic Model  134\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Uneven Practices and Experiences of Holistic Development  162\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Implications of Socially Constructed Development  208\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Research Methods and Ethical Dilemmas  225\u003cbr\u003e Notes  233\u003cbr\u003e References  239\u003cbr\u003e Index  259","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406106304855,"sku":"9780822369615","price":98.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822369615.jpg?v=1730494551","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-development-projects-persist-9780822369615","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}