Human Scale Development Conception Application and Further Reflections

By Manfred Max-Neef

Presents a people-centred approach to development. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094525735X
• ISBN13: 9780945257356
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Apex Pr
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Sound basis for sustainable economy

Prof. Max Neef is one of the authorities on sustainable economy. This book was published on 1992 and is a collection of his and his colleagues' thoughts about the topic based on their practical experience which date back to studies started on early seventies. He starts his observation with a brief last 30 years' economic history from Latin America's point of view, showing that neither Keynes, Friedman nor neo-monetarist theories helped them. We have to find better local models to satisfy fundamental human needs. He bases sustainable economy to "fundamental human needs", but first he gives a very different view of human needs that makes Maslow's human needs pyramid obsolete. As far as I know, his works also inspired EcoTrust's ConservationEconomy framework (I've just checked their web page and they are calling their framework "Reliable Prosperity" now). I don't have a formal economy education and had some hard time with the terms at first, but it had become exciting and enlightening as I went on reading the book. If you've come this far checking out this book and reading this review, then this book is a must read for you.

Great Book Get it For Less

This is a great book, a briliant philosophy and a concrete approach to holistic development [...] Enjoy! Dan