Published by Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications Ltd. for the Institute for Development Studies - Geneva

Includes bibliographical references

Preface -- Introduction / by Roy Preiswerk -- Part I. Concepts and ideologies -- Chapter 1. Self-reliance : concepts, practice and rationale / by Johan Galtung -- Chapter 2. Gandhi and development : a European view / by Ignacy Sacks -- Chapter 3. Rousseau's concept of self-reliance compared with that of some contemporary theorists / by Ann Tickner -- Chapter 4. Mobilization without tears : A conceptual discussion of self-reliance development / by Anisur Rahmna -- Chapter 5. Self-reliance and self-management / by Faouez Mellah -- Chapter 6. Self-reliance and authenticity : two compounds of a single problem / by Kanyana Mutombo -- Chapter 7. Self-reliance and the search for an alternative life style in industrial countries / by Monica Wemegah -- Part II Self-reliance in different areas of development -- Chapter 8. Food self-reliance / by Joseph Collins and Frances Moore Lappe -- Chapter 9. Energy and self-sufficiency : a feasible prerequisite for self-reliance? / by Russell Anderson -- Chapter 10. The genesis of health / by Peter O'Brien -- Chapter 11. Learning by living and doing : reflection on education and self-reliance / by Rosiska and Miguel Darcy de Oliveira -- Chapter 12. On the technology of self-reliance / by Johan Galtung -- Part III Case studies -- Chapter 13. Paraguay (1811-1870) : a Utopia of self-oriented change / by Christian Lalive D'Epinay and Louis Necker -- Chapter 14. Self-reliance in a benign environment : the South Pacific / by Edward Dommen -- Chapter 15. Outline for a rural development strategy for Africa with special reference to Tanzania / by Rudolf Buntzel -- Chapter 16. The charter of the Malagasy socialist revolution : a self-reliant strategy? / by Christian Grosclaude -- Chapter 17. Iran : why cow-dung gas is needed in an oil rich country / by Taghi Farvar and Deepak Bajracharya -- Chapter 18. When the cat's away, the rats will play? / by Jean-Pierre Gontard -- Part IV The feasibility of self-reliance -- Chapter 19. Sources of resistance to self-reliance / by Roy Preiswerk -- Chapter 20. The politics of self-reliance / by Johan Galtung -- Annexes -- The Arusha Declaration (1967) -- The Cocoyok declaration (1974) -- Global development : the end of cultural diversity? 1975 -- The Marrakesh declaration (1977)