Dorothea Hilhorst provides for the first time an empirically rooted and theoretically innovative understanding of the actual internal workings, organizational practices, and discursive repertoires of NGOs. Her evidence and insights lead to a different picture of NGOs from the one prevailing in the literature. Her model of NGOs--not as clear-cut organizations, but often with several different faces, fragmented, and consisting of social networks whose organizing practices remain in flux--is helpful to understanding not just these bodies, but official development agencies too.
Dorothea Hilhorst provides for the first time an empirically rooted and theoretically innovative understanding of the actual internal workings, organi...
Dorothea Hilhorst provides for the first time an empirically rooted and theoretically innovative understanding of the actual internal workings, organizational practices, and discursive repertoires of NGOs. Her evidence and insights lead to a different picture of NGOs from the one prevailing in the literature. Her model of NGOs--not as clear-cut organizations, but often with several different faces, fragmented, and consisting of social networks whose organizing practices remain in flux--is helpful to understanding not just these bodies, but official development agencies too.
Dorothea Hilhorst provides for the first time an empirically rooted and theoretically innovative understanding of the actual internal workings, organi...
The authors critically examine vulnerability as a concept that is vital to the way we understand the impact and magnitude of disasters. The book is a counterbalance to technocratic approaches that limit themselves to simply looking at natural phenomena. Through the notion of vulnerability the authors stress the importance of social processes and human-environmental interactions as causal agents in the making of disasters. They critically examine what renders communities unsafe, a condition they argue depends primarily on the relative position of advantage or disadvantage that a particular...
The authors critically examine vulnerability as a concept that is vital to the way we understand the impact and magnitude of disasters. The book is a ...
Raging floods, massive storms and cataclysmic earthquakes: every year up to 340 million people are affected by these and other disasters, which cause loss of life and damage to personal property, agriculture, and infrastructure. So what can be done? The key to understanding the causes of disasters and mitigating their impacts is the concept of 'vulnerability'. Mapping Vulnerability analyses 'vulnerability' as a concept central to the way we understand disasters and their magnitude and impact. Written and edited by a distinguished group of disaster scholars and practitioners, this book is a...
Raging floods, massive storms and cataclysmic earthquakes: every year up to 340 million people are affected by these and other disasters, which cause ...
An estimated 1.2 billion people live in countries affected by conflict or economic fragility, in which extreme poverty provides a major challenge to those working to regain their livelihoods. As governments and international aid workers seek ways to enable socioeconomic recovery, there is often a concern that stagnating development could reignite conflict.
People, Aid, and Institutions in Socio- Economic Recovery: Facing Fragilities uses a number of methodologies and multidisciplinary perspectives in order to promote and enhance understanding of socioeconomic recovery within...
An estimated 1.2 billion people live in countries affected by conflict or economic fragility, in which extreme poverty provides a major challenge t...
An estimated 1.2 billion people live in countries affected by conflict or economic fragility, in which extreme poverty provides a major challenge to those working to regain their livelihoods. As governments and international aid workers seek ways to enable socioeconomic recovery, there is often a concern that stagnating development could reignite conflict.
People, Aid, and Institutions in Socio- Economic Recovery: Facing Fragilities uses a number of methodologies and multidisciplinary perspectives in order to promote and enhance understanding of socioeconomic recovery within...
An estimated 1.2 billion people live in countries affected by conflict or economic fragility, in which extreme poverty provides a major challenge t...
