From the Outside Looking In
Experiences in Barefoot Economics
Published on 7. September 1992
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-85649-187-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book, now available in English for the first time, has become a classic since it was first published in 1982. Translated into five languages, it has had an extraordinary influence on grassroots development projects.
The author relates two of his own experiences in 'barefoot economics', interspersing these moving and insightful accounts with reflections on development projects and experts, pioneering criticism of of orthodox development economics, and a new vision of development in which the poor must learn to circumvent the national economic system.
The author relates two of his own experiences in 'barefoot economics', interspersing these moving and insightful accounts with reflections on development projects and experts, pioneering criticism of of orthodox development economics, and a new vision of development in which the poor must learn to circumvent the national economic system.
Reviews / Votes
'A masterpiece. The three "theoretical interludes" are remarkable for their insight, originality and profundity.'John Papworth, The Fourth World
'A clear break from the conventional approach to economics.'
West Africa
'A well written book that provides a challenging and welcome break from repetitive debates about the economics of development.'
Education with Production
'Max-Neef recognises fully that the problems facing us today are very profound.'
Edward Goldsmith, Resurgence
'This book will have many readers among economists and politicians, as well as among the increasing number of people concerned with development and project design.'
Chronicle
'Written with passion, this book also inspires passion in the reader, above all because it views the problem of poverty from a new and more human angle.'
Development and Education Exchange Papers
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-85649-187-7 (9781856491877)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Manfred Max-Neef is a Chilean-German economist and environmentalist. He is professor of ecological economics in the Southern University of Chile, and director of the Economics Institute there. His book Human Scale Development (1991) has been recognized by Cambridge University as one of the fifty most important texts in Sustainability.
Content
Foreword - Leopold Kohr
Prelude
Part I: The ECU-28 Project: Horizontal Communication for Peasants' Participation and Self-Reliance
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Interlude (I)
3. Theoretical Interlude (II)
4. The Perception of Reality
5. In a World Apart
6. The Peasants Get Together
7. In a World of Our Own
8. Far Away and Long Ago
Part II: The 'Tiradentes Project': Revitalization of Small Cities for Self-Reliance
9. Introduction
10. Theoretical Interlude (III)
11. Encounter with Reality
12. A Scheme for Action
13. The Action Starts
14. Navigation and Return
Notes
Prelude
Part I: The ECU-28 Project: Horizontal Communication for Peasants' Participation and Self-Reliance
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Interlude (I)
3. Theoretical Interlude (II)
4. The Perception of Reality
5. In a World Apart
6. The Peasants Get Together
7. In a World of Our Own
8. Far Away and Long Ago
Part II: The 'Tiradentes Project': Revitalization of Small Cities for Self-Reliance
9. Introduction
10. Theoretical Interlude (III)
11. Encounter with Reality
12. A Scheme for Action
13. The Action Starts
14. Navigation and Return
Notes