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The Political Economy of Ngos: State Formation in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
ISBN: 9780745321714 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jude L. Fernando explores the paradoxical relationship between NGOs and capitalism, showing that supposedly progressive organisations often promote essentially the same policies and ideas as existing governments.
The book examines how a diverse group of NGOs have shaped state formation in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It argues that, rather than influencing state formation for the better, NGOs have been integrated into the capitalist system and their language adopted to give traditional exploitative social relations a transformative appearance. This enlightening study will give pause to... Jude L. Fernando explores the paradoxical relationship between NGOs and capitalism, showing that supposedly progressive organisations often promote es...
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170,29 |
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The Slow Food Story : Politics and Pleasure
ISBN: 9780745327440 / Angielski / Miękka / 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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127,79 |
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The People Shall Rule: Acorn, Community Organizing, and the Struggle for Economic Justice
ISBN: 9780826516565 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the election of a community organizer as president of the United States, the time is right to evaluate the current state of community organizing and the effectiveness of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Since 2002, ACORN has been dramatically expanding and raising its national profile; it has also been weathering controversy over its voter registration campaigns and an internal financial scandal. The twelve chapters in this volume present the perspectives of insiders like founder Wade Rathke and leading outside practitioners and academics. The result is...
With the election of a community organizer as president of the United States, the time is right to evaluate the current state of community organizing ...
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538,18 |
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The Credibility of Transnational NGOs: When Virtue Is Not Enough
ISBN: 9781107018044 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We rely on NGOs to monitor the ethical practices of governments and for-profit firms and to undertake many humanitarian tasks that public and private actors will not do. While we are critical of public and private sector failures, we do not reflect enough on the credibility of the NGOs which take their place. Can we be sure that products NGOs label as child-labor free are in fact so, that the coffee labeled as 'fair trade' is farmed in sustainable ways, or that the working conditions monitored by NGOs are safe and that the wages are reasonable? Can we know that humanitarian organizations are,...
We rely on NGOs to monitor the ethical practices of governments and for-profit firms and to undertake many humanitarian tasks that public and private ...
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351,47 |
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The Credibility of Transnational Ngos: When Virtue Is Not Enough
ISBN: 9781107651692 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We rely on NGOs to monitor the ethical practices of governments and for-profit firms and to undertake many humanitarian tasks that public and private actors will not do. While we are critical of public and private sector failures, we do not reflect enough on the credibility of the NGOs which take their place. Can we be sure that products NGOs label as child-labor free are in fact so, that the coffee labeled as 'fair trade' is farmed in sustainable ways, or that the working conditions monitored by NGOs are safe and that the wages are reasonable? Can we know that humanitarian organizations are,...
We rely on NGOs to monitor the ethical practices of governments and for-profit firms and to undertake many humanitarian tasks that public and private ...
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167,36 |
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Can Ngos Make a Difference?: The Challenge of Development Alternatives
ISBN: 9781842778937 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can non-governmental organisations contribute to more socially just, alternative forms of development? Or are they destined to work at the margins of dominant development models determined by others? Addressing this question, this book brings together leading international voices from academia, NGOs and the social movements. It provides a comprehensive update to the NGO literature and a range of critical new directions to thinking and acting around the challenge of development alternatives. The book's originality comes from the wide-range of new case-study material it presents, the conceptual...
Can non-governmental organisations contribute to more socially just, alternative forms of development? Or are they destined to work at the margins of ...
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143,13 |
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NGOs : A New History of Transnational Civil Society
ISBN: 9781849043106 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A landmark history of international non-governmental organisations, forcing us to reconsider the role of transnational civil society in world affairs.
A landmark history of international non-governmental organisations, forcing us to reconsider the role of transnational civil society in world affairs.
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153,41 |
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The Aid Chain: Coercion and Commitment in Development Ngos
ISBN: 9781853396267 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Significant proportions of aid already flow through the non-governmental sector, but questions are increasingly being asked about the role of NGOs and whether they can deliver on their ambitious claims. This study examines conditionality and mutual commitment between international aid donors and recipient NGOs, North and South.
Fieldwork and case study material from Uganda and South Africa are used to support the authors' contention that the fast changing aid sector has--in the context of a dynamic policy environment--encouraged the mainstreaming of a managerial approach that does... Significant proportions of aid already flow through the non-governmental sector, but questions are increasingly being asked about the role of NGOs and...
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136,65 |
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NGO Strategic Management and Leadership
ISBN: 9783838343983 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book discusses factors influencing the effectiveness of strategic management and leadership among NGOs. It is based on a study of strategic management and leadership practices in some selected NGOs. The study revealed that the level of implementation of strategic plans was low (46 percent). The major causes of the low implementation were the NGOs inadequate financial independence from donors to respond effectively and autonomously to the needs and priorities of their beneficiaries; inadequate capacity of the boards, management, donors, consultants and communities to effectively practice...
The book discusses factors influencing the effectiveness of strategic management and leadership among NGOs. It is based on a study of strategic manage...
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353,37 |
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Ngos, Caste and Participation
ISBN: 9783838388083 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NGOs has been viewed as a potential entity for participative, low cost development, innovation and the most important one is for delivery of services, due to the failure of governments ability to reach the population at large. Despite the being fact that the growth of NGOs in India is very uneven, government is implementing large number of development project through NGOs. The study is aimed to inquire the asserted potential of civil society i.e NGOs in the ingrained caste system and are working for the construction of more equal and just society.
NGOs has been viewed as a potential entity for participative, low cost development, innovation and the most important one is for delivery of services,...
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219,18 |
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Le Cicr Et Les Conflits Étatiques Internes
ISBN: 9786131589478 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Le present ouvrage se veut une analyse du comportement du CICR face aux conflits etatiques internes. Ces derniers sont marques, de nos jours, par l'apparition de nouvelles formes de violences (victimes tuees, blessees, privees de liberte, separees de leur famille ou portees disparues). Face a cette situation, le CICR, organisation humanitaire impartiale et neutre, agit conformement a son mandat juridique international. De ce fait, il a pour mission, entre autres, de fournir protection et assistance aux victimes civiles et militaires des conflits armes. A cela s'ajoute sa mission...
Le present ouvrage se veut une analyse du comportement du CICR face aux conflits etatiques internes. Ces derniers sont marques, de nos jours, par l'ap...
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272,40 |
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Civil Society and the Aid Industry: The Politics and Promise
ISBN: 9780415846592 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'This book is valuable for and beyond the international development industry. It deftly leads a non-specialist through the maze of ideas and arguments plaguing the concept of civil society, and critically examines how and what happens, when the international aid system tries to turn confusing and complex political theory into effective development policy and practice fitting the individual preconditions and historical trajectories of the worlds varied nations. The comparative evidence, analysis and recommendations on offer are essential reading for anyone attempting to understand or ''build''...
'This book is valuable for and beyond the international development industry. It deftly leads a non-specialist through the maze of ideas and arguments...
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252,56 |
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Reproducing Sectarianism: Advocacy Networks and the Politics of Civil Society in Postwar Lebanon
ISBN: 9781438447124 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Arab Spring in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere has highlighted the growing importance of the politics of civil society in the contemporary Middle East. In Reproducing Sectarianism, Paul W. T. Kingston examines rights-oriented advocacy networks within Lebanon's postwar civil society, focusing on movements and political campaigns based on gender relations, the environment, and disability. Set within Lebanon's postwar sectarian democracy, whose factionalizing dynamics have long penetrated the country's civil society, Kingston's fascinating study provides an in-depth analysis of...
The Arab Spring in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere has highlighted the growing importance of the politics of civil society in the contemporary Mi...
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186,80 |
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Philanthropy and the National Park Service
ISBN: 9781137358202 / Angielski / Twarda / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the National Park Service prepares for its 2016 centennial, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the role of philanthropy and the national parks - exploring the challenges faced when working with non-profit philanthropic partners.
As the National Park Service prepares for its 2016 centennial, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the role of philanthropy and the national pa...
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402,53 |
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The Third Sector: Community Organizations, NGOs, and Nonprofits
ISBN: 9780252040436 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Civil society organizations, nonprofits, national and international nongovernmental organizations, and a variety of formal and informal associations have coalesced into a world political force. Though the components of this so-called third sector vary by country, their cumulative effects play an ever-greater role in global affairs. Looking at relief and welfare organizations, innovation organizations, social networks, and many other kinds of groups, Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and Terry Nichols Clark explore the functions, impacts, and composition of the nonprofit sector in six key countries....
Civil society organizations, nonprofits, national and international nongovernmental organizations, and a variety of formal and informal associations h...
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442,06 |
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Ngos: A New History of Transnational Civil Society
ISBN: 9780199387533 / Angielski / Twarda / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first historical account of international NGOs, from the French Revolution to the present, Thomas Davies places the contemporary debate on transnational civil society in context. In contrast to the conventional wisdom, which sees transnational civil society as a recent development taking place along a linear trajectory, he explores the long history of international NGOs in terms of a cyclical process characterized by three major waves: the era to 1914, the inter-war years, and the period since the Second World War. The breadth of transnational civil society activities explored is...
In the first historical account of international NGOs, from the French Revolution to the present, Thomas Davies places the contemporary debate on tran...
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189,58 |
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The African Union: Addressing the challenges of peace, security, and governance
ISBN: 9781138790391 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fully revised and updated, the second edition of The African Union continues to offer the most comprehensive overview of the work of the African Union (AU), with special emphasis on its capacity to meet the challenges of building and sustaining governance institutions and security mechanisms. This new edition:
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of The African Union continues to offer the most comprehensive overview of the work of the Afr... |
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704,38 |
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The African Union: Addressing the challenges of peace, security, and governance
ISBN: 9781138790407 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fully revised and updated, the second edition of The African Union continues to offer the most comprehensive overview of the work of the African Union (AU), with special emphasis on its capacity to meet the challenges of building and sustaining governance institutions and security mechanisms. This new edition:
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of The African Union continues to offer the most comprehensive overview of the work of the Afr... |
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218,56 |
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Historical Dictionary of International Organizations in Asia and the Pacific, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780810867918 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Historical Dictionary of International Organizations in Asia and the Pacific, Second Edition covers global, international, and regional organizations in Asia and the Pacific, and encompasses both governmental and non-governmental organizations. This second edition covers the history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, thematic topics, and major international issues affecting the region. This book is a valuable tool for anyone seeking details about...
Historical Dictionary of International Organizations in Asia and the Pacific, Second Edition covers global, international, and regional organizations ...
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534,37 |
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Trojan-Horse Aid: Seeds of Resistance and Resilience in the Bolivian Highlands and Beyond
ISBN: 9780773544338 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a compelling first-hand account of development assistance gone awry, Susan Walsh recounts how national, international, and multilateral organizations failed the Jalq'a people in the Bolivian Andes during the early millennium. Intent on assisting potato farmers, development organizations pushed for changes that ultimately served their own interests, paradoxically undermining local resilience and pushing farmers off their lands. Trojan-Horse Aid challenges the idea of Western capacity-building, particularly the notion that introduced technologies related to food production are essential...
In a compelling first-hand account of development assistance gone awry, Susan Walsh recounts how national, international, and multilateral organizatio...
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