The Development Practitioners' Handbook - Softcover

Kaplan, Allan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745310214 ISBN 13: 9780745310213

Publisher: Pluto Press, 1996

Synopsis

'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)

About this title

About the Author

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).

From the Back Cover

Uniquely, The Development Practitioners' Handbook views development from the point of view of the individual, the organisation, the community and society, as well as a living process in its own right, and explains where the development practitioner is best placed to pursue his or her work. Allan Kaplan outlines the illusive nature of development itself, in order to deepen and underpin the practice of development and to provide it with foundation and meaning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745310214
• ISBN 13: 9780745310213
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144