Community Participation in China: Issues and Processes for Capacity Building

ISBN-13: 9781844070862 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 384 str.

Jannelle Plummer; John G. Taylor

Opis

After more than a decade of participatory initiatives in development in China, this volume provides a source of information on the key issues, constraints and capacity building necessary to implement participatory approaches in China today. The book outlines the institutional change necessary for participatory processes to be adopted and become meaningful in poor villages, and for project achievements to be taken up on a larger scale in rural China. The case studies are by principal Chinese academics and practitioners and cover forestry, natural resource management, rural development, irrigation and poverty alleviation. At the core, the book is about strengthening local government as a key player in the development of participatory initiatives.

Spis treści

Introduction * Part I: Understanding Community Participation in China - The Context of Community Participation in China * The Characteristics of Community Participation in China * Key Factors and Processes Affecting Participation * Part II: The Experience of Community Participation in China: The Case Studies - Enhancing Community Participations: Participatory Forestry Management in China * Building Capacity within Communities: Participatory Natural Resource Management in Southwest China * Building Government Capacity: The Collaborative Hengxian Integrated Approach to Rural Reconstruction * Participatory Resettlement: Key Issues and Processes in Resettlement in Xiaolangdi and Hexi * Participatory Irrigation Management: Promoting Community-based Water User Association in the Piyuan Canal Rehabilitation Project * Towards Sustainable Village Poverty Reduction: The Development of the Country Poverty Alleviation Planning (CPAP) Approach * Part III: Capacity Building for Enhancing Community Participation - Enhancing Local Government Capacity for Community Participation * Annex: Analysing Existing Capacity * References * Index

O autorze

Janelle Plummer is Senior Institutional Development Specialist for the Water and Sanitation Program based at the World Bank, Jakarta. John G Taylor is Professor of Politics and Director of the Development Studies Programme at South Bank University, London.