This volume examines the persistence of poverty - both rural and urban - in developing countries, and the response of local governments to the problem, exploring the roles of governments, NGOs, and CSOs in national and sub-national agenda-setting, policy-making, and poverty-reduction strategies.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2013-09-23
Language: English
Number of Pages: 292
Edition: 1
Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..