External and internal efforts to help developing countries achieve growth and economic stability; based on Western models; have resulted in frustration at best and in the creation of serious new problems without the resolution of existing ones at worst. Professor Gharajedaghi contends that this general failure stems not from a lack of expertise but from a fundamental misconception of the development process. Challenging common assumptions about the nature of national development planning; he proposes practical new approaches aimed at fostering national and local planning initiatives rather than continued reliance on external and traditional development models. This study is the product of more than 25 years of research and experience in planning in developing nations. It presents a flexible theoretical framework that reflects philosophical; methodological; and conceptual aspects of planning and it may be readily adapted to a full range of development situations.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Visual poetry and ideal prose!By K. PharrisI admired the authors effort to represent every aspect of the neighborhoods history; including all the people who were present; not just those groups commonly believed to have been there. Diligent research in facts and pictures. I also liked the creative chapter names; which was fun because you had to read the captions and really think about what was being announced; what was being said. That was pretty cool. The "Our Father Never Left" one was moving; an entire family history; tied in at the last moment with the caption. Priceless. Fun words in the captions; fun pictures. Pictures can sometimes be sterile; but he made it funny and a true representation. Well done; Shawn Snow!
