Participation Pays argues for the need, in any vibrant democracy, for multiple ways of making development more accountable to excluded communities. In doing so, the book invites an understanding of marginalized people not simply as beneficiaries of technical solutions, but - through the work of...

The right to be heard: an overview / Jo Rowlands -- A life with dignity: Honduran women raising voices to improve labour standards / Juan Carlos Arita -- Building for the future: fostering local accountability in Malawi / Shenard Mazengera -- Tackling corruption: lessons from Oxfam's work /...

"This volume proposes an alternative development paradigm to the existing capitalist extant one, and studies how it is distinctly different from the older system. Rooted in the principles of solidarity between humans, as well as between humans and nature, this alternative paradigm replaces the...