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Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlightingnotes. Robert chambers argues that central issues in development have been overlooked and that many past errors have flowed from domination by those with power. Putting the last first robert chambers argues that central issues in. Through analysing experience of past mistakes and myths, and of the continuing methodological revolution of pra participatory rural appraisal the author points towards solutions. Whose reality counts putting the first last by robert chambers on. Changing the attitudes and behaviours of the powerful is a vital aspect of participatory practice, summed up by robert chambers in his 1997 book on pms, whose reality counts.
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