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Non-Governmental Organizations, Management and Development

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135070377
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Non-Governmental Organizations, Management and Development written by David Lewis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non-Governmental Development Organizations have seen turbulent times over the decades; however, recent years have seen them grow to occupy high-profile positions in the fight against poverty. They are now seen as an important element of ‘civil society’, a concept that has been given increasing importance by global policy makers. This book has evolved during the course of that period to be a prime resource for those working (or wishing to work) with and for NGOs. The third edition of Non-Governmental Organizations, Management and Development is fully updated and thoroughly reorganized, covering key issues including, but not limited to, debates on the changing global context of international development and the changing concepts and practices used by NGOs. The interdisciplinary approach employed by David Lewis results in an impressive text that draws upon current research in non-profit management, development management, public management and management theory, exploring the activities, relationships and internal structure of the NGO. This book remains the first and only comprehensive and academically grounded guide to the issues facing international development NGOs as they operate in increasingly complex and challenging conditions around the world. It is the perfect resource for students undertaking studies of NGOs and the non-profit sector, in addition to being an excellent resource for development studies students more generally.

NGOs

Author : Thomas Richard Davies
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199387532
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book NGOs written by Thomas Richard Davies and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 unprecedented in its diversity, from business associations to humanitarian organizations, peace groups to socialist movements, feminist organizations to pan-nationalist groups. The geographical scope covered is also extensive, and the analysis is richly supported with reference to a diverse array of previously unexplored sources. By revealing the role of civil society rather than governmental actors in the major trans- formations of the past two-and-a-half centuries, this book is for anyone interested in obtaining a new perspective on world history. The analysis concludes in the second decade of the twenty-first century, providing insights into the trajectory of transnational civil society in the post-9/11 and post-financial crisis eras.

Can NGOs Make a Difference?

Author : Anthony J. Bebbington
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848136218
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Can NGOs Make a Difference? written by Anthony J. Bebbington and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 approaches it offers for thinking about development alternatives, and the practical suggestions for NGOs. At the heart of this book is the argument that NGOs can and must re-engage with the project of seeking alternative development futures for the world's poorest and more marginal. This will require clearer analysis of the contemporary problems of uneven development, and a clear understanding of the types of alliances NGOs need to construct with other actors in civil society if they are to mount a credible challenge to disempowering processes of economic, social and political development.

NGOs and Corporations

Author : Michael Yaziji
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139478403
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (784 download)

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Download or read book NGOs and Corporations written by Michael Yaziji and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a period marked by the ascendency of corporations. At the same time, the number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) – such as Amnesty International, CARE, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Save the Children, and the WWF – has rapidly increased in the last twenty years. As a result, these two very different types of organization are playing an increasingly important role in shaping our society, yet they often have very different agendas. This book focuses on the dynamic interactions, both conflictual and collaborative, that exist between corporations and NGOs. It includes rigorous models, frameworks, and case studies to document the various ways that NGOs target corporations through boycotts, proxy campaigns, and other advocacy initiatives. It also explains the emerging pattern of cross-sectoral alliances and partnerships between corporations and NGOs. This book can help managers, activists, scholars, and students to better understand the nature, scope, and evolution of these complex interactions.

Against NGOs?

Author : Nidhi Srinivas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108840388
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Against NGOs? written by Nidhi Srinivas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpretative history of development and management studies that explains how non-governmental actors acquired prominence as private actors offering market-based solutions.

Against NGOs

Author : Nidhi Srinivas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009082906
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Against NGOs written by Nidhi Srinivas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a series of interpretative histories, this book presents a critical history of management studies and development studies and shows the ways their twinned theories situated technocrats as necessary arbiters in regimes of accumulation. It concludes with a discussion of alternative approaches to theorizing management and development studies and their implications for productive forms of politics relevant to our contemporary moment. The book argues that the disciplines of management studies and development studies emerged as common‐sense explanations for how the needs of both capital and society could be balanced through the intervention of trained experts. Against NGOs fills a gap within the literature of management and development studies through a discussion of their historical interconnections and shared themes. It discusses and draws connections between these disciplines through chapters that show how theories of management and development were shaped by their historical period, and responded to pressures and demands of that particular moment.

NGOs and Lifeworlds in Africa

Author : Melina C. Kalfelis
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1800731116
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book NGOs and Lifeworlds in Africa written by Melina C. Kalfelis and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2021-06-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become ubiquitous in the development sector in Africa and attracting more academic attention. However, the fact that NGOs are an integral part of the everyday lives of men and women on the continent has been overlooked thus far. In Africa, NGOs are not remote, but familiar players, situated in the midst of cities and communities. By taking a radical empirical stance, this book studies NGOs as a vital part of the lifeworlds of Africans. Its contributions are immersed in the pasts, presents and futures of personal encounters, memories, decision-making and politics.

NGOs as Legitimate Partners of Corporations

Author : Dorothea Baur
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400722540
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book NGOs as Legitimate Partners of Corporations written by Dorothea Baur and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-08-21 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interaction between corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has become an important topic in the debate about corporate social responsibility (CSR). Yet, unlike the vast majority of academic work on this topic, this book explicitly focuses on clarifying the role of NGOs, not of corporations, in this context. Based on the notion of NGOs as political actors it argues that NGOs suffer from a multiple legitimacy deficit: they are representatives of civil society without being elected; the legitimacy of the claims they raise is often controversial; and there are often doubts regarding the legitimacy of the behaviour they exhibit in putting forward their claims. Set against an extended sphere of political action in the postnational constellation this book argues that the political model of deliberative democracy provides a meaningful conceptualization of NGOs as legitimate partners of corporations and it develops a conceptual framework that specifically allows distinguishing legitimate partner NGOs from two related actor types with whom they share certain characteristics but who differ with respect to their legitimacy. These related actor types are interest groups on the one hand and activists on the other hand. In conclusion it argues that a focus on the behaviour of NGOs is most meaningful for distinguishing them from interest groups and activists.

Allies or Adversaries

Author : Jennifer N. Brass
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110716298X
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Allies or Adversaries written by Jennifer N. Brass and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how rise of NGOs in developing countries has affected service provision, governance, state-society relations, and state development.

Handbook of Research on NGOs

Author : Aynsley Kellow
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785361686
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on NGOs written by Aynsley Kellow and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a critical overview of research on Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs). While it notes that the definition of NGOs is contested, and can include both business and national groups, it focuses primarily on international NGOs engaged with human rights, social and environmental concerns, and aid and development issues. With contributions by Peter Willetts, Tom Davies, Bob Reinalda and other leading scholars, it provides a series of critical essays on both general aspects of NGOs and significant issues of particular concern.

A Discussion on Chinese Road of NGOs

Author : Ming Wang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811034044
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book A Discussion on Chinese Road of NGOs written by Ming Wang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects the author’s views on NGO development in China and includes recent papers, reviews, and policy suggestions he has written. This collection introduces the current state of research on NGOs and their development in China to an English-speaking audience, allowing them to understand China’s social reforms, which center on NGOs.

Against Non-governmental Organizations?

Author : Nidhi Srinivas
Publisher : Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
ISBN 13 : 9780415777612
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (776 download)

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Download or read book Against Non-governmental Organizations? written by Nidhi Srinivas and published by Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NGO's (Non-Governmental Organizations) are possibly the most visible arm of policy and practice in development studies, and questions of improving their efficacy, in terms of operational efficiency, goal attainment, and assessing development impact, are paramount. This book illimunates the dangers of over-conceptualizing NGOs as representative actors of civil society, as well as the problems of ignoring questions of power, particularly in mobilizing knowledge for development outcomes. The author argues that the group of actors usually termed NGOs, operate within the forces of the development industry, generating troubling questions of power and accountability. Controversially, the book argues that: There is no single authoritative understanding of the term NGO. The historical perception of the 'non-governmental' has shifted, with contradictory meanings that make it arduous to establish a single understanding of the NGO. There is a certain understanding embedded within international aid agencies as well as professional schools, that NGOs are autonomous agents committed to international development, towards accepted public goods, in cooperation with state-level actors.

NGO Diplomacy

Author : Michele M. Betsill
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262524767
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book NGO Diplomacy written by Michele M. Betsill and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2007-10-05 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an analytical framework for assessing the impact of NGOs on intergovernmental negotiations on the environment and identifying the factors that determine the degree of NGO influence, with case studies that apply the framework to negotiations on climate change, biosafety, desertification, whaling, and forests. Over the past thirty years nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have played an increasingly influential role in international negotiations, particularly on environmental issues. NGO diplomacy has become, in the words of one organizer, an “international experiment in democratizing intergovernmental decision making.” But there has been little attempt to determine the conditions under which NGOs make a difference in either the process or the outcome of international negotiations. This book presents an analytic framework for the systematic and comparative study of NGO diplomacy in international environmental negotiations. Chapters by experts on international environmental policy apply this framework to assess the effect of NGO diplomacy on specific negotiations on environmental and sustainability issues. The proposed analytical framework offers researchers the tools with which to assess whether and how NGO diplomats affect negotiation processes, outcomes, or both, and through comparative analysis the book identifies factors that explain variation in NGO influence, including coordination of strategy, degree of access, institutional overlap, and alliances with key states. The empirical chapters use the framework to evaluate the degree of NGO influence on the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations on global climate change, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, negotiations within the International Whaling Commission that resulted in new management procedures and a ban on commercial whaling, and international negotiations on forests involving the United Nations, the International Tropical Timber Organization, and the World Trade Organization. Contributors Steinar Andresen, Michele M. Betsill, Stanley W. Burgiel, Elisabeth Corell, David Humphreys, Tora Skodvin

Global Perspectives on NGO Communication for Social Change

Author : Giuliana Sorce
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100047495X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Global Perspectives on NGO Communication for Social Change written by Giuliana Sorce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the central role media and communication play in the activities of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) around the globe, how NGOs communicate with key publics, engage stakeholders, target political actors, enable input from civil society, and create participatory opportunities. An international line-up of authors first discuss communication practices, strategies, and media uses by NGOs, providing insights into the specifics of NGO programs for social change goals and reveal particular sets of tactics NGOs commonly employ. The book then presents a set of case studies of NGO organizing from all over the world—ranging from Sudan via Brazil to China – to illustrate the particular contexts that make NGO advocacy necessary, while also highlighting successful initiatives to illuminate the important spaces NGOs occupy in civil society. This comprehensive and wide-ranging exploration of global NGO communication will be of great interest to scholars across communication studies, media studies, public relations, organizational studies, political science, and development studies, while offering accessible pieces for practitioners and organizers.

Islamic NGOs in Bangladesh

Author : Mohammad Musfequs Salehin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317548728
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Islamic NGOs in Bangladesh written by Mohammad Musfequs Salehin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) have emerged in both a development and aid capacity in Bangladesh, providing wide-reaching public services to the country’s population living in extreme poverty. However, resistance to and limitations of NGO-led development - which in conjunction with Bangladesh’s social transformation - led to a new religious-based NGO development practice. Looking at the role of Islamic NGOs in Bangladesh, the book investigates new forms of neoliberal governmentality supported by international donors. It discusses how this form of social regulation produces and reproduces subjectivities, particularly Muslim women subjectivity, and has combined religious and economic rationality, further complicating the boundaries and the relationship between Islam, modernity, and development. The book argues that both secular and Islamic NGOs target women in the name of empowerment but more importantly as the most reliable partners to meet their debt obligations of micro-financing schemes, including shari’a-based financing. The targeted women, in turn, experience Islamic NGOs as less coercive and more sensitive to their religious environment in the rural village community than are secular NGOs. Providing a comparative study of the role of religious and secular NGOs in the implementation of neoliberal policies and development strategies, this book will be a significant addition to research on South Asian Politics, Development Studies, Gender Studies, and Religion.

Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Robert A. Dibie
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739116531
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Robert A. Dibie and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 sub-Saharan countries, this book concludes that news models of leadership are necessary for the success of Africa, and NGOs are a vital part of achieving that development.

NGOs, Civil Society, and the Public Sphere

Author : Sabine Lang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107024994
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book NGOs, Civil Society, and the Public Sphere written by Sabine Lang and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates how nongovernmental organizations 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.