Beyond the Participatory Development Impasse: Pathways Forward to Sustainable Rural Development

Participatory development models remain influential within mainstream development institutions, despite substantial scholarly critique. This paper examines one case study of a rural development facilitator from Tamil Nadu, India, who adopted participatory strategies to promote transitions to ecologi...

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Main Author: Brown, Trent
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.socialtransformations-10812024-10-26T15:36:03Z Beyond the Participatory Development Impasse: Pathways Forward to Sustainable Rural Development Brown, Trent Participatory development models remain influential within mainstream development institutions, despite substantial scholarly critique. This paper examines one case study of a rural development facilitator from Tamil Nadu, India, who adopted participatory strategies to promote transitions to ecological agriculture. It considers the challenges and frustrations she faced in adopting these strategies and their shortcomings in promoting meaningful, long-term transformations within communities. In particular, local power structures and neoliberal institutions that made up the local context made it difficult to achieve participatory development’s stated objectives. The case illustrates potential pathways forward beyond the current participatory development impasse, suggesting a modified participatory development model, with a stronger emphasis on fostering cooperative economic relations. 2017-05-31T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol4/iss2/3 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1081/viewcontent/ST_205.1_ST_204.2_203_20Article_20__20Brown.pdf Social Transformations Journal of the Global South Archīum Ateneo
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description Participatory development models remain influential within mainstream development institutions, despite substantial scholarly critique. This paper examines one case study of a rural development facilitator from Tamil Nadu, India, who adopted participatory strategies to promote transitions to ecological agriculture. It considers the challenges and frustrations she faced in adopting these strategies and their shortcomings in promoting meaningful, long-term transformations within communities. In particular, local power structures and neoliberal institutions that made up the local context made it difficult to achieve participatory development’s stated objectives. The case illustrates potential pathways forward beyond the current participatory development impasse, suggesting a modified participatory development model, with a stronger emphasis on fostering cooperative economic relations.
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title Beyond the Participatory Development Impasse: Pathways Forward to Sustainable Rural Development
title_short Beyond the Participatory Development Impasse: Pathways Forward to Sustainable Rural Development
title_full Beyond the Participatory Development Impasse: Pathways Forward to Sustainable Rural Development
title_fullStr Beyond the Participatory Development Impasse: Pathways Forward to Sustainable Rural Development
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publisher Archīum Ateneo
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url https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol4/iss2/3
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