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Voluntary Societies and Social Policy
ISBN: 9780415868617 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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225,25 |
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English Philanthropy, 1660-1960
ISBN: 9780674183186 / Angielski / Twarda / 622 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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283,29 |
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Daddy's Songs
ISBN: 9781453893920 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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30,35 |
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Is God Saying He's The One?: Hearing from Heaven about That Man in Your Life
ISBN: 9781477421079 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is That Special Man Your Husband to Be? Maybe you're over the whole dating scene. Maybe you're getting serious about finding The One. You might find yourself asking these questions: -Does God have a husband waiting for me? -How do I go about finding The One? -Will my best friend guy ever see me -that way-? -Is that man I'm seeing really God's best for me? -Is there really such a thing as a match made in heaven? Do any of these questions frequent thoughts and prayers? You may be wondering if the answers you're hearing really are from heaven and, if so, what to do about it. If you need advice...
Is That Special Man Your Husband to Be? Maybe you're over the whole dating scene. Maybe you're getting serious about finding The One. You might find y...
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The Origins of Global Humanitarianism: Religion, Empires, and Advocacy
ISBN: 9781107021730 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether lauded and encouraged or criticized and maligned, action in solidarity with culturally and geographically distant strangers has been an integral part of European modernity. Traversing the complex political landscape of early modern European empires, this book locates the historical origins of modern global humanitarianism in the recurrent conflict over the ethical treatment of non-Europeans that pitted religious reformers against secular imperial networks. Since the sixteenth-century beginnings of European expansion overseas and in marked opposition to the exploitative logic of...
Whether lauded and encouraged or criticized and maligned, action in solidarity with culturally and geographically distant strangers has been an integr...
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442,46 |
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A World of Giving: Carnegie Corporation of New York-A Century of International Philanthropy
ISBN: 9781610394291 / Angielski / Miękka / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The age of international philanthropy is upon us. Today, many of America's most prominent foundations support institutions or programs abroad, but few have been active on the global stage for as long as Carnegie Corporation of New York. A World of Giving provides a thorough, objective examination of the international activities of Carnegie Corporation, one of America's oldest and most respected philanthropic institutions, which was created by steel baron Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." The book explains in detail the...
The age of international philanthropy is upon us. Today, many of America's most prominent foundations support institutions or programs abroad, but few...
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154,14 |
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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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192,19 |
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Leverage for Good: An Introduction to the New Frontiers of Philanthropy and Social Investment
ISBN: 9780199376537 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the resources of both governments and traditional philanthropy barely growing or in decline, yet the problems of poverty, ill-health, and environmental degradation ballooning daily, new models for financing social and environmental objectives are urgently needed. Fortunately, a revolution is underway in the instruments and institutions available to meet this need. Loans, loan guarantees, private equity, barter arrangements, social stock exchanges, bonds, social secondary markets, and investment funds are just some of the actors and tools occupying the new frontiers of philanthropy and...
With the resources of both governments and traditional philanthropy barely growing or in decline, yet the problems of poverty, ill-health, and environ...
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145,46 |
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Ngos, Civil Society, and the Public Sphere
ISBN: 9781107417557 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nongovernmental organizations act on behalf of citizens in politics and society. Yet many question their legitimacy and ask who they speak for. This book investigates how NGOs can become stronger advocates for citizens and better representatives of their interests. Sabine Lang analyzes the choices that NGOs face in their work for policy change between working in institutional settings and practicing public advocacy that incorporates constituents' voices. Whereas most books on NGOs focus on policy effectiveness, using approaches that treat accountability largely as a matter of internal...
Nongovernmental organizations act on behalf of citizens in politics and society. Yet many question their legitimacy and ask who they speak for. This b...
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206,36 |
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Measuring and Improving Social Impacts: A Guide for Nonprofits, Companies and Impact Investors
ISBN: 9781907643996 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Identifying, measuring and improving social impact is a significant challenge for corporate and private foundations, charities, NGOs and corporations. How best to balance possible social and environmental benefits (and costs) against one another? How does one bring clarity to multiple possibilities and opportunities? Based on years of work and new field studies from around the globe, the authors have written a book for managers that is grounded in the best academic and managerial research. It is a practical guide that describes the steps needed for identifying, measuring and improving social...
Identifying, measuring and improving social impact is a significant challenge for corporate and private foundations, charities, NGOs and corporations....
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The Europa International Foundation Directory 2014
ISBN: 9781857437287 / Angielski / Twarda / 14 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in its 23rd edition, the Europa International Foundation Directory 2014 provides an unparalleled guide to the foundations, trusts, charitable and grantmaking NGOs, and other similar not-for-profit organizations of the world. It provides a comprehensive picture of third sector activity on a global scale. New introductory essays offer an overview of non-profit sector activity in various countries and regions of the world, and an analysis of the growing importance and impact of community foundations. Indexes, which allow the reader to find organizations by area of... Now in its 23rd edition, the Europa International Foundation Directory 2014 provides an unparalleled guide to the foundations, trusts, cha... |
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Seva to Realize the Self: Selfless Service
ISBN: 9780761863700 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In villages around India, many people have no facilities that provide adequate health care and education, despite the Indian government allocating an enormous amount of funding. In order to offset this lack of health care and educational facilities in Indian villages, many private individuals and organizations provide medical services and educational opportunities to the poor. This book details two major SEVA projects founded by Mr. and Mrs. P.C. Mangalick in Agra, India. SEVA is selfless service that an individual or group provides to underprivileged people. These acts of selfless service...
In villages around India, many people have no facilities that provide adequate health care and education, despite the Indian government allocating an ...
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181,22 |
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This Is Paradise: An Irish Mother's Grief, an African Village's Plight and the Medical Clinic That Brought Fresh Hope to Both
ISBN: 9780989237291 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Your brakes fail and your car plunges from a pier into a February-frigid harbor. You are thrown to safety but your four-month old daughter, trapped in her car seat, drowns. Four years after that horror, you return from a trip to the shore and lift your four-month-old son from his carrier only to realize he's dead, too, a victim of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Twenty-two years later, your 25-year old son drowns while swimming in a Malawi, Africa lake. How do you survive that first death, never mind the second, or the third? Ask Mags Riordan of County Kerry, Ireland. Only the blessing of her...
Your brakes fail and your car plunges from a pier into a February-frigid harbor. You are thrown to safety but your four-month old daughter, trapped in...
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73,15 |
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Strengthening Nonprofit Performance: A Funder's Guide to Capacity Building
ISBN: 9781630264307 / Angielski / Twarda / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Get the most out of your grantmaking Authors Paul Connolly, Vice President, Conservation Company, and Carol Lukas, President, Fieldstone Alliance, synthesize the most recent capacity-building practice and research into a collection of strategies, steps, and examples that funders can use to get started on or improve their funding to strengthen nonprofits. Who this book is for: Funders new to capacity building, looking for step-by-step guidance; Funders with years of capacity building experience, looking for new approaches and examples of other funders' approaches; A range of grantmakers,...
Get the most out of your grantmaking Authors Paul Connolly, Vice President, Conservation Company, and Carol Lukas, President, Fieldstone Alliance, syn...
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200,19 |
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The Difficult Art of Giving: Patronage, Philanthropy, and the American Literary Market
ISBN: 9780812246308 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Difficult Art of Giving rethinks standard economic histories of the literary marketplace. Traditionally, American literary histories maintain that the post-Civil War period marked the transition from a system of elite patronage and genteel amateurism to what is described as the free literary market and an era of self-supporting professionalism. These histories assert that the market helped to democratize literary production and consumption, enabling writers to sustain themselves without the need for private sponsorship. By contrast, Francesca Sawaya demonstrates the continuing... The Difficult Art of Giving rethinks standard economic histories of the literary marketplace. Traditionally, American literary histories mai... |
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Real Change Is Incremental: Reflections on What We Know, What We Do and How Little Things Make a Big Difference
ISBN: 9781927483862 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ABOUT THE BOOK
"Real Change is Incremental" is a broad-ranging collection of essays by a writer with broad-ranging interests, including magic, philosophy, poetry, comedy, and international development. An exploration of change and ideas through a series of reflections on knowledge, experience, and how we see the world, the book urges intellectual humility, being open to the ideas of others, and meeting the challenge of taking practical action together to change the world moment-by-moment, day-by-day, and generation-by-generation. "Real Change Is Incremental" is an eloquent plea for all of... ABOUT THE BOOK
"Real Change is Incremental" is a broad-ranging collection of essays by a writer with broad-ranging interests, including magic, phi... |
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92,30 |
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Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of International Ngos
ISBN: 9780804791977 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When do international non-governmental organizations like Oxfam or Human Rights Watch actually work? Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of International NGOs answers this question by offering the first comprehensive framework for understanding the effects of the international non-governmental organizations working in the area of human security. Unlike much of the previous literature on INGOs within international relations, its theoretical focus includes both advocacy INGOs--such as Amnesty International or Greenpeace, whose predominant mission is getting a targeted actor to adopt...
When do international non-governmental organizations like Oxfam or Human Rights Watch actually work? Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of In...
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Voluntary Action (Works of William H. Beveridge): A Report on Methods of Social Advance
ISBN: 9781138828247 / Angielski / Twarda / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is the author s contention that an abundance of voluntary action outside the citizen s home, both individually and collectively, for bettering his own and his fellows lives, are the distinguishing marks of a truly free society. This volume is a study of how such action can be kept alive in the face of the inevitable development of State action and suggests the new forms which co-operation between the State and voluntary Organizations may take, leaving a maximum of freedom and responsibility to the individual. Voluntary Action is a text of unique value because Beveridge here develops... It is the author s contention that an abundance of voluntary action outside the citizen s home, both individually and collectively, for bettering h... |
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The Evidence for Voluntary Action (Works of William H. Beveridge): Being Memoranda by Organisations and Individuals and Other Material Relevant to Vol
ISBN: 9781138828285 / Angielski / Twarda / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This supplementary volume to Beveridge s important work Voluntary Action sets out some of the important material on which the Report is based, and amplifies it by giving views and statements of fact submitted by many experts in the fields covered by his Inquiry.
This supplementary volume to Beveridge s important work Voluntary Action sets out some of the important material on which the Report is based, and amp...
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710,17 |
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What Is Wrong with Social Justice
ISBN: 9781631990830 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What could possibly be wrong with social justice? We like justice. We are social beings. Should not our communities be just ones? Author Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. maintains that social justice is not justice. When we pursue social justice, it is at the expense of true justice and in its pursuit of equality, social justice threatens liberty. It is a case of setting contradictory and incompatible goals. Hushbeck examines our current pursuit of social justice and how it has failed, while looking also at the scriptures we use in that pursuit and how we have misunderstood them. While we should care...
What could possibly be wrong with social justice? We like justice. We are social beings. Should not our communities be just ones? Author Elgin Hushbec...
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