"Building on the experience of many different agencies, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of the difficulties, dilemmas and opportunities of understanding the outcomes of social development programmes and projects. The book shows that while there are no easy solutions to evaluating impac
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t, a range of methods and approaches can be employed in order to provide an adequate understanding of social change. Case studies are presented of how NGO's have succeeded in evaluating these complex social processes within the constraints imposed by resources, staff skills, existing monitoring and requirements and external pressures. The book illustrates genuine, innovative attempts to bring the rhetoric of evaluating impact into the reality of ongoing development programmes." (Catalogue Intermediate Technology Publications 2000)
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"How and to what extent are women in grassroots communication creating avenues for democratic communication and fostering social change? How is grassroots communication consolidating women's views and perspectives on gender subordination and social transformation? Women in Grassroots Communication b
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rings together a stellar cast of contributors from across the globe–Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America–to answer these and other questions. First, they review the various frameworks for addressing the relationship between women, participation, and communication, looking at the ways women have been perceived. Next, the authors look at the social roles of women in their communities, their capabilities to communicate, and their informal networks at the local and community levels. The third section focuses on media production and the issues of media competency, identity, representation, evaluation, and group process. Finally, by looking at the connections between women's participatory practices and wider sociopolitical initiatives, the final chapters examine the issues of organization, leadership, and communication strategies." (Publisher description)
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"This volume explores the strengths, weaknesses, and complex nature of participation in diverse settings through a collection of 20 essays that focus on the concept of participation in development and raise questions relating to power, control, empowerment, awareness-raising, and self-reliance. The
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editors assert that participation must be dialogic and transactional, and that development communicators have a role in facilitating the spread of new philosophies, concepts, and models, which facilitate participation at all stages of the development process. This volume is divided into sections on theories, methodologies, 'participatory decision-making and action' and 'participatory message making', and includes case studies." (Communication Initiative website Nov. 2007)
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"This volume of essays examines the far-reaching changes that have occurred in the realm of information, communications media, and public debate in the Soviet Union since Gorbachev began implementing his policies of Glasnost. The fifteen articles address these changes with an eye toward their histor
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ical precedent, conflicting responses, and chance for survival. Topics covered include: mass culture and the market; youth culture; glasnost, journalism, and the media; and television and perestroika." (Publisher description)
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