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Borders among Activists
ISBN: 9780801450730 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Borders among Activists, Sarah S. Stroup challenges the notion that political activism has gone beyond borders and created a global or transnational civil society. Instead, at the most globally active, purportedly cosmopolitan groups in the world international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) organizational practices are deeply tied to national environments, creating great diversity in the way these groups organize themselves, engage in advocacy, and deliver services. Stroup offers detailed profiles of these "varieties of activism" in the United States, Britain, and... In Borders among Activists, Sarah S. Stroup challenges the notion that political activism has gone beyond borders and created a global or ... |
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233,42 zł |
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Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems
ISBN: 9780764340604 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems. A look at the rich and diverse heritage of American fraternal societies from the late 1800s through present times. Focusing upon larger organizations of the golden age, this book covers the basic symbols and emblems of groups as diverse as the Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Redmen, Knights of Columbus, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and even the Ku Klux Klan. Usually couched in mystical symbolism, here find images of actual medals and regalia along with period photographs and imagery from trade catalogs. Fraternally Yours opens the secretive door of fraternal...
Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems. A look at the rich and diverse heritage of American fraternal societies from the late 1800s through prese...
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103,69 zł |
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State-Centric to Contested Social Governance in Korea: Shifting Power
ISBN: 9780415587457 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this interdisciplinary study of governance, Hyuk-Rae Kim traces how civil society and NGOs have evolved over time, how they differ in motivation from their Western counterparts, and the role civil society NGOs have played in consolidating democracy as the governance system in Korea changes from a state-centric to a contested one. This book presents civil society's rise in Korea through in-depth analyses of today's most pressing issues, in order to chart the shifting role of a formerly state-centric to a contested governance system in modern Korea. With detailed case studies and... In this interdisciplinary study of governance, Hyuk-Rae Kim traces how civil society and NGOs have evolved over time, how they differ in motivation... |
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752,12 zł |
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Food Security in the Middle East
ISBN: 9780199361786 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume comprises original, empirically grounded chapters that collectively offer the most comprehensive study available to date on food security in the Middle East. The book starts with a theoretical framing of the phenomena of food security and food sovereignty and presents empirical case studies of Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, the Persian Gulf states and Iran. Some of the major themes examined include the ascent and decline of various food regimes, urban agriculture, overseas agricultural land purchases, national food self-sufficiency strategies, distribution networks and...
This volume comprises original, empirically grounded chapters that collectively offer the most comprehensive study available to date on food security ...
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202,36 zł |
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Organising for social value creation
ISBN: 9783639262858 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social entrepreneurship has been attributed many qualities, and hijacked to serve different political and academic agendas. This research attempts to understand how value is created through the organisational build-up, by the study of a NGO in Senegal conducting socially entrepreneurial activities. It points to the incorporation of the target group in the value chain - both as a producer of social impact and a supplier of the strategic information for the organisation - as the main influence of an organisational trait on social value creation. It also points out the importance of a clear...
Social entrepreneurship has been attributed many qualities, and hijacked to serve different political and academic agendas. This research attempts to ...
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222,26 zł |
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From Included to Empowered?
ISBN: 9783639284041 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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222,26 zł |
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The purpose and value of African Marriages
ISBN: 9783639304909 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After nearly 4 years of working in HIV and AIDS field, I have studied the whole episode from different parts of the world. My experience of being born and grown up in Africa, where nearly 22.5 million people are living with HIV and AIDS and has only 10% of worlds population (UNAIDS/WHO,2008) and my working experience in England for nearly seven years have taught me that, the developed world approaches towards HIV Pandemic are quite different from that of developing World. The review of educational approach on HIV awareness, prevention, treatment and care management reveals that there...
After nearly 4 years of working in HIV and AIDS field, I have studied the whole episode from different parts of the world. My experience of being born...
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233,37 zł |
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The Role of Philanthropy in the U.S.A.
ISBN: 9783639314557 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Philanthropy constitutes an integral and important part of American culture. Due to the characteristic of the United States notion of limited government and Puritan legacy, it played a special role in American society. It influenced the public life in a great variety of ways, producing a specific system of relations between the public and private spheres. This book analyses the importance of private giving in the United States on the example of contributions to higher education and research. It provides a historical overview of the development of American philanthropy from charity to...
Philanthropy constitutes an integral and important part of American culture. Due to the characteristic of the United States notion of limited governme...
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222,26 zł |
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Civil Society and Democracy
ISBN: 9783639370454 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does civil society contribute to democratization? If yes, in what way? The purpose of this book is to add to the existing knowledge on the complex relationship between civil society and democracy. It approaches the problem from an institutional and from a cultural perspective, combining country level and individual level analysis, in trying to understand which of the two influences the other more: civil society or democracy. The book examines the interplay between civil society and democracy utilizing some new measurements of civil society, comparing data from more than 60 countries from all...
Does civil society contribute to democratization? If yes, in what way? The purpose of this book is to add to the existing knowledge on the complex rel...
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308,45 zł |
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Interests, relations and gender focused NGOs in Uganda
ISBN: 9783639370553 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Relationships and interests are critical to our understanding of the NGO advocacy work in Uganda. However, more often the focus is on the technical rather than the relational problems in development. It is on this basis that most attention has focused on the agency of the donors. Through applying feminist research principles, this study examined the agency not only of donors but the various actors in the NGO gender advocacy nexus. The specific focus was on three gender focused organisations that is Uganda Womens Network, Uganda Land Alliance and Federation of Uganda Women Lawyers in Uganda. ...
Relationships and interests are critical to our understanding of the NGO advocacy work in Uganda. However, more often the focus is on the technical ra...
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358,34 zł |
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Innovative practice
ISBN: 9783639378863 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The study explores the innovative practice of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that work with out-of-school, unemployed youth between the ages of 15 and 24 years in Cape Town. The three research objectives of the study were to: describe the key characteristics of innovative practice; to explore the nature of NGOs engagement with out-of-school, unemployed youth (15-24 years) in Cape Town; and to investigate the factors that promote or constrain innovative practice in these youth NGOs. Via a literature review, the key characteristics of innovative practice are reviewed and the views of...
The study explores the innovative practice of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that work with out-of-school, unemployed youth between the ages of...
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267,62 zł |
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Smoke Free Shimla - A Successful Endeavour by HPVHA
ISBN: 9783844326703 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In September 2000, the Millennium Development Goals were identified which focused on addressing poverty, with special recommendations on strengthening of tobacco control policies. The need to focus on effective implementation of tobacco control policies is primarily because of the large consequential burden of tobacco related diseases and death. Indias social legislation on tobacco control, COTPA, 2003 is a comprehensive national initiative to protect citizens from involuntary exposure to tobacco smoke. Civil Society organizations activism has played a crucial role in providing...
In September 2000, the Millennium Development Goals were identified which focused on addressing poverty, with special recommendations on strengthen...
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222,26 zł |
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Public Humanitarian Advocacy
ISBN: 9783844317794 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The work explores public humanitarian advocacy aimed at championing humanitarian issues stemming from conflict-related crises. It develops around two arguments. First, in current humanitarian environment advocacy has lost its original positive connotations and has assumed negative implications, thus transforming it into a good word gone bad. Second, agency-media relationship engendered drawbacks for the humanitarians that pushed them to explore the use of vectors alternative to the media. The work analyses the evolution of humanitarian advocacy, identifies the main reasons for...
The work explores public humanitarian advocacy aimed at championing humanitarian issues stemming from conflict-related crises. It develops around tw...
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222,26 zł |
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The Slow Food Story: Politics and Pleasure
ISBN: 9780745327457 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Slow Food movement was set up in Italy as a response to the dominance of fast food chains, supermarkets and large-scale agribusiness. It seeks to defend what it calls 'the universal right to pleasure' and promotes an alternative approach to food production and consumption based on the promotion of 'good, clean and fair' local products.
This is the first in-depth study of the fascinating politics of Slow Food, which in twenty years has grown into an international organisation with more than 80,000 members in over 100 countries. With its roots in the 1960s and 1970s counter-culture,... The Slow Food movement was set up in Italy as a response to the dominance of fast food chains, supermarkets and large-scale agribusiness. It seeks to ...
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464,10 zł |
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Perceptions of Success
ISBN: 9783838306469 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Museums are unique educational organizations. They serve to preserve, present, and interpret historical, cultural, artistic, and natural phenomena. Yet, as with all successful enterprises, educational and otherwise, museums must be attentive to performance, productivity, and operational practices. Perceptions of Success examines the museum as a learning organization, and examines what makes a museum successful "from the inside out" by examining employee perspectives.
Museums are unique educational organizations. They serve to preserve, present, and interpret historical, cultural, artistic, and natural phenomena. Ye...
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222,26 zł |
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Gendered Political Participation in Civil Society Organizations
ISBN: 9783838365121 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is a well-known assumption that more participation of women in politics is important for democracy. In this respect, Civil Society- the third branch of power has opened up space for women's engagement through the issue of good governance. Taking women's experiences from two civil society organizations, the study tries to reveal how different types of understanding on good governance and participation may shape the interest of the Civil Society Organization. By applying the concepts of civil society, good governance and participation as analytical framework, the paper critically analyzes...
There is a well-known assumption that more participation of women in politics is important for democracy. In this respect, Civil Society- the third br...
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222,26 zł |
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Civil Society in a Weak State
ISBN: 9783838351452 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The study examines the role of civil society in a weak state that is Bangladesh. However, this research has examined the involvement of one of the civil society organization (Non-government organizations - NGOs) in Bangladesh. Larry Diamond and Edward Shils have agreed that the civil society organizations are distinct from other groups in the society at least in four basic characteristics which are: concern with public ends, voluntary and non- profit making, non political and civil and tolerant. Two main NGOs in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and Proshika Manabik...
The study examines the role of civil society in a weak state that is Bangladesh. However, this research has examined the involvement of one of the civ...
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358,34 zł |
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Moving Out of Migration?
ISBN: 9783838375748 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Danish Indian NGO Moving School implements school projects for seasonal labour migrants in the Southwest India. The idea with the schools is to educate the illiterate children of the migrants in the temporary settlements. The schools are mobile and can be moved to the places where education is needed the most. Through empirical investigations carried out in the North of Goa, the Moving School organization and the migrants are examined. The research focus is on how Moving School tries to implement school projects in the settlements where the migrants stay, with particular attention to...
The Danish Indian NGO Moving School implements school projects for seasonal labour migrants in the Southwest India. The idea with the schools is to ed...
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222,26 zł |
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Regional Certification Scheme
ISBN: 9783838375861 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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222,26 zł |
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Sport and Development
ISBN: 9783838321820 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The role of sport in international development has only recently begun to attract serious academic interest. The case study that is central to this volume offers an intriguing view of the interrelationship between sport and grassroots development. Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) is an innovative organization in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, that links youth with sport and developmental initiatives. From humble beginnings, MYSA has become one of the largest grassroots organizations in Kenya. MYSA affords some exciting avenues for research, particularly regarding the role of youth...
The role of sport in international development has only recently begun to attract serious academic interest. The case study that is central to this vo...
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267,62 zł |
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