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Abstract:
Grassroots-led initiatives are central to the development efforts in the global Bahá’í community. Modernization, Marxian, and civil society paradigms seek to explain these “stirrings at the grassroots”, to which is here added "development with dignity".
Notes:
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.

Natural Stirrings at the Grassroots:
Development, Doctrine, and the Dignity Principle

by Anna C. Vakil

published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 11:1-2, pages 23-75
Ottawa: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2001
About: Grassroots-led initiatives are the centerpiece of development efforts in the global Bahá’í community as well as those of other practitioners. This paper provides an overview of modernization, Marxian, and civil society paradigms and how these frameworks explain “stirrings at the grassroots.” A new approach, development with dignity, is presented, supported by principles evident in the Sacred Writings of the Bahá’í Faith and other religions, as well as recent research in a number of disciplines. The paper concludes with historical lessons from the three main paradigms and the experience of the Bahá’í community, and suggestions for further investigation of the “dignity principle.”

*A draft of this paper was presented at the Twenty-fourth Annual Conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, 1 September 2000.

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