Putting people first: sociological variables in rural development. Contents: Knowledge from social science for development policies and projects / Michael M. Cernea -- Planning technical and social change in irrigated areas / E. Walter Coward Jr. -- Developing irrigators' organizations / Benjamin U. Bagadion and Frances F. Korten -- Middle-level farmer organizations as links between farms and central irrigation systems / David M. Freeman and Max K. Lowdermilk -- A sociological framework for the analysis of new land settlements / Thayer Scudder -- Involuntary resettlement / Michael M. Cernea --Pastoral production system and livestock development projects / Neville Dyson-Hudson --Social and cultural characteristics in small-scale fishery development / Richard B. Pollnac -- Sociological and environmental dimensions of social forestry projects / Scott Guggenheim and John Spears -- The social actors of participatory afforestation strategies / Michael M. Cernea -- Social analysis in rural road projects / Cynthia C. Cook -- When people don't come first / Conrad P. Kottak --Fitting projects to people / Norman Uphoff -- Shortcut and participatory methods for gaining social information for projects / Robert Chambers. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded

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