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Who's a goody? Demythologizing the PRA agenda
Author(s) -
Bevan Philippa
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/1099-1328(200007)12:5<751::aid-jid673>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - citation , library science , sociology , media studies , computer science
These three books "hereafter Who Chan`es\ Whose Voice and The Myth# all originate in workshops held at the IDS\ Sussex\ and were written by {development professionals| for _eldworkers\ practitioners and policy makers with an interest in PRA approaches and methods[ The books contain a series of short pieces\ some re~ective\ some arising out of case studies\ and some describing issues raised in workshop sessions[ They are a diverse\ complex and sometimes contradictory set of writings\ to which it is imposs! ible to do justice in a piece of this length[ They will be of use to development professionals engaged in the _eld\ and in the _rst part of this review I will explore some of the important issues raised at this level[ In the second part I will raise some wider issues relating to PRA more generally[