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Non-Governmental Organizations and Development.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780429785221
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 338.9
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Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms -- 1 Introduction: what are non-governmental organizations? -- 2 Understanding development NGOs in historical context -- 3 NGOs and development theory -- 4 NGOs and development: from alternative to mainstream? -- 5 NGO roles in contemporary development practice -- 6 NGOs and civil society -- 7 NGOs and globalization -- 8 NGOs and the aid system -- 9 NGOs and international humanitarian action -- 10 Development NGOs in perspective -- References -- Index.
Summary: This book is an introduction to the wide-ranging topic of NGOs and development combining a critical overview of the main research literature with a set of up-to-date theoretical and practical insights drawn from experience in Asia, Europe, Africa and elsewhere.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms -- 1 Introduction: what are non-governmental organizations? -- 2 Understanding development NGOs in historical context -- 3 NGOs and development theory -- 4 NGOs and development: from alternative to mainstream? -- 5 NGO roles in contemporary development practice -- 6 NGOs and civil society -- 7 NGOs and globalization -- 8 NGOs and the aid system -- 9 NGOs and international humanitarian action -- 10 Development NGOs in perspective -- References -- Index.

This book is an introduction to the wide-ranging topic of NGOs and development combining a critical overview of the main research literature with a set of up-to-date theoretical and practical insights drawn from experience in Asia, Europe, Africa and elsewhere.

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