ilość książek w kategorii: 1060
Nongovernmental Organizations in International Society: Struggles Over Recognition
ISBN: 9780230600362 / Angielski / Twarda / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on a wealth of original information and research, this book offers both a critical introduction to NGOs and a discussion of recent theoretical approaches which have either dismissed or wildly exaggerated their political significance.
Based on a wealth of original information and research, this book offers both a critical introduction to NGOs and a discussion of recent theoretical a...
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196,31 zł |
The Politics of Constructing the International Criminal Court: NGOs, Discourse, and Agency
ISBN: 9780230604575 / Angielski / Twarda / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the political process that led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court in 2002. It accounts for the main features of the court, including its strong, independent prosecutor, by analyzing the discourse surrounding the ICC negotiations, and particularly highlights the role of human rights NGOs.
This book examines the political process that led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court in 2002. It accounts for the main features ...
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196,31 zł |
Paved with Good Intentions: The Ngo Experience in North Korea
ISBN: 9780275981570 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following disastrous floods in 1995, North Korea appealed to the international community for assistance. An unprecedented number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) responded, bringing humanitarian assistance and reflief. With their arrival came hopes for a more open, engaged North Korea. The authors of "Paved with Good Intentions" explore the varying experiences of U.S., South Korean, and European NGOs--and some of the obstacles that have placed those hopes on hold. Intended to assist policy makers, the NGO community, and others interested in engaging North Korea, "Paved With Good... Following disastrous floods in 1995, North Korea appealed to the international community for assistance. An unprecedented number of nongovernmental... |
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321,55 zł |
Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Political Organizations: Choosing Issues, Taking Sides
ISBN: 9780292752771 / Angielski / Miękka / 181 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2002 The formation of a group identity has always been a major preoccupation of Mexican American political organizations, whether they seek to assimilate into the dominant Anglo society or to remain separate from it. Yet organizations that sought to represent a broad cross section of the Mexican American population, such as LULAC and the American G.I. Forum, have dwindled in membership and influence, while newer, more targeted political organizations are prospering--clearly suggesting that successful political organizing requires... Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2002 The formation of a group identity has always been a major preoccupation of Mexican Am... |
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89,48 zł |
Nongovernmental Organizations in Environmental Struggles: Politics and the Making of Moral Capital in the Philippines
ISBN: 9780300106596 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why are nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) so successful in today's world? How do they empower themselves? This insightful book provides important new perspectives on the strategic thinking of NGOs, the way they identify themselves, and how they behave. Raymond L. Bryant develops a novel theoretical perspective around the concept of moral capital and assesses that concept through in-depth case studies of NGOs in the Philippines. The book's focus is on perceptions of NGOs as moral and altruistic and how such perceptions can translate into social power. Bryant examines the ambiguous qualities...
Why are nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) so successful in today's world? How do they empower themselves? This insightful book provides important n...
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446,27 zł |
The Politics of Foundations: A Comparative Analysis
ISBN: 9780415701679 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the roles and visions foundations have of, and for, themselves in the new Europe. The leading contributors go beyond a quantitative profile of foundations in Europe, and probe deeper into their role and contributions in meeting the economic, cultural, environmental and educational needs of European societies. Includes a mapping and appraisal of foundation visions, policies and strategies, and an overall assessment of the current and future policy environment in which they operate. The Politics of Foundations combines the detailed comparative analysis of... This book explores the roles and visions foundations have of, and for, themselves in the new Europe. The leading contributors go beyond a q... |
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790,02 zł |
Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change
ISBN: 9780700615148 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As an avenue for progressive politics in a nation still skeptical of change, community organizing today faces significant challenges. This book assesses that activity within the context of political, cultural, social, and economic changes in cities--from World War II to the present--to show how community-based organizations have responded to these challenges. Transforming the City is the first book to examine the current state of community organizing in American cities, analyzing its place in contemporary progressive politics and assessing whether it has changed in response to...
As an avenue for progressive politics in a nation still skeptical of change, community organizing today faces significant challenges. This book assess...
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156,91 zł |
Acting on Faith: Religious Development Organizations in Northwestern Argentina
ISBN: 9780739111109 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Acting on Faith deftly examines the role of religious discourse in processes of economic development by exploring a case study based on twelve months of intensive qualitative research examining the role of small, Catholic non-government organizations (NGOs) in indigenous communities in northwest Argentina. The difficulty facing the communities and their associated NGOs is how to create conditions that ameliorate poverty, without undermining cultural values.
Acting on Faith deftly examines the role of religious discourse in processes of economic development by exploring a case study based on twelve months ...
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498,96 zł |
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
ISBN: 9780739116531 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written to provide guidance for civil society organizations and their client groups, this book examines the role of NGOs in the development processes on the African continent. It raises questions about the influence of funding agencies over the NGOs they support and explores the challenges NGOs face. The book argues that increased knowledge and cooperation on all parts is essential to achieve sustainable development. This book also concludes that sustainable development activities are not beneficial to every community in Africa. Taking into consideration globalization and studies of...
Written to provide guidance for civil society organizations and their client groups, this book examines the role of NGOs in the development processes ...
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609,84 zł |
Between Colliding Worlds: The Ambiguous Existence of Government Agencies for Aboriginal and Women's Policy
ISBN: 9780802037176 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jonathan Malloy's Between Colliding Worlds examines the relationship between governments and external activists through a comparative study of policy units dedicated to aboriginal and women's issues in Australia and Canada. Malloy identifies these units - or 'special policy agencies' - as sitting on the boundary between the world of permanent public servants and that of collective social movements working for broad social and political change. These agencies at once represent the interests of social movements to government while simultaneously managing relations with social... Jonathan Malloy's Between Colliding Worlds examines the relationship between governments and external activists through a comparative study ... |
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263,34 zł |
Organizing Urban America : Secular and Faith-based Progressive Movements
ISBN: 9780816648382 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collective action through organized social movements has long expanded American citizens' rights and liberties. Recently, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has helped win living wage initiatives in more than 130 cities across the country. Likewise, congregation-based groups have established countless health, education, and other social programs at city and state levels. Despite modest budgets, these organizations--different in their approach, but at the same time working for social change--have won billions of dollars in redistributive programs. ... Collective action through organized social movements has long expanded American citizens' rights and liberties. Recently, the Association of Commun... |
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326,54 zł |
Organizing Urban America: Secular and Faith-Based Progressive Movements Volume 28
ISBN: 9780816648399 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collective action through organized social movements has long expanded American citizens' rights and liberties. Recently, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has helped win living wage initiatives in more than 130 cities across the country. Likewise, congregation-based groups have established countless health, education, and other social programs at city and state levels. Despite modest budgets, these organizations--different in their approach, but at the same time working for social change--have won billions of dollars in redistributive programs. ... Collective action through organized social movements has long expanded American citizens' rights and liberties. Recently, the Association of Commun... |
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115,82 zł |
Intervention Without Intervening?: The OAS Defense and Promotion of Democracy in the Americas
ISBN: 9781403967510 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks at the evolution of the Organization of American States (OAS) multilateralism for democracy and the lessons its experience holds for other multilateral contexts. It also tackles the theoretical challenge of bridging the traditional divide between international relations and comparative politics.
This book looks at the evolution of the Organization of American States (OAS) multilateralism for democracy and the lessons its experience holds for o...
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196,31 zł |
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Shaping of Global Public Policy
ISBN: 9781403974532 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book introduces readers to the dynamic networks made up of businesses, NGOs and multilateral organizations that, for better and for worse, define corporate social responsibility (CSR) today. It examines the work of these CSR networks that are taking on the "heavy-lifting" of global governance.
This book introduces readers to the dynamic networks made up of businesses, NGOs and multilateral organizations that, for better and for worse, define...
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196,31 zł |
NGOs and the Millennium Development Goals: Citizen Action to Reduce Poverty
ISBN: 9781403979742 / Angielski / Twarda / 227 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines general Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) roles and comparative advantages in the broad fight to end global poverty, as well as roles and opportunities specific to particular Millennium Development Goals sectors.
This book examines general Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) roles and comparative advantages in the broad fight to end global poverty, as well as ...
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196,31 zł |
Ngo's and the United Nations: Institutionalization, Professionalization and Adaptation
ISBN: 9781403992840 / Angielski / Twarda / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NGOs and the United Nations reveals how NGOs have changed their interaction with the UN since the mid-1990s. It also looks at how their representation to the UN, their consultative status and their characteristic features influence their relationship with the UN. The case studies include some of the most renowned players on the international scene, such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, CARE International and Oxfam International.
NGOs and the United Nations reveals how NGOs have changed their interaction with the UN since the mid-1990s. It also looks at how their representation...
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196,31 zł |
Privatizing the Democratic Peace: Policy Dilemmas of NGO Peacebuilding
ISBN: 9781403996886 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With inevitable major economic and political transformations ahead, NGOs need to acknowledge and manage their policy dilemmas so that they can anticipate the many inevitable problems that consistently arise in attempting to avoid the return of war by building peace over the medium to long-term
With inevitable major economic and political transformations ahead, NGOs need to acknowledge and manage their policy dilemmas so that they can anticip...
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196,31 zł |
Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America
ISBN: 9781594513206 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Away from the public eye, but from within the structures of stable and efficient organizations, women's groups have established nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to pursue feminist agendas. Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America constitutes one of the first detailed analyses of the political and educational work of these organizations. Focusing on NGOs in the Dominican Republic and Peru, the book presents three case studies of feminist work, showing the careful balance they must navigate among satisfying basic needs, promoting legislation to address profound...
Away from the public eye, but from within the structures of stable and efficient organizations, women's groups have established nongovernmental organi...
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711,02 zł |
Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America
ISBN: 9781594513213 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Away from the public eye, but from within the structures of stable and efficient organizations, women's groups have established nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to pursue feminist agendas. Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America constitutes one of the first detailed analyses of the political and educational work of these organizations. Focusing on NGOs in the Dominican Republic and Peru, the book presents three case studies of feminist work, showing the careful balance they must navigate among satisfying basic needs, promoting legislation to address profound...
Away from the public eye, but from within the structures of stable and efficient organizations, women's groups have established nongovernmental organi...
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210,62 zł |
Ngo Accountability: Politics, Principles and Innovations
ISBN: 9781844073672 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the fastest growing segment of civil society, as well as featuring prominently in the global political arena, NGOs are under fire for being 'unaccountable'. But who do NGOs actually represent? Who should they be accountable to and how? This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the issues and politics of NGO accountability across all sectors and internationally. It offers an assessment of the key technical tools available including legal accountability, certification and donor-based accountability regimes, and questions whether these are appropriate and viable options or...
As the fastest growing segment of civil society, as well as featuring prominently in the global political arena, NGOs are under fire for being 'unacco...
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221,15 zł |