Non-Governmental Public Action – serie
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32 produkter
Participation and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century City
Av J. Pearce
Inbunden, 2010
933 kr
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Debates on participatory tend to be abstract, with references to experiences in Athens over 2000 years ago. This book uses recent experience in participatory innovations at the city level to explore the practice of participation. Taking examples from Latin America and the UK it argues the case for …
Counter-Terrorism, Aid and Civil Society
Before and After the War on Terror
Inbunden, 2009
552 kr
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The book critically examines the effects of the War on Terror on the relationships between civil society, security and aid. It argues that the War on Terror regime has greatly reshaped the field of development and it highlights the longer-lasting impacts of post-9/11 counter-terrorism responses on …
Challenge of Transition
Trade Unions in Russia, China and Vietnam
Inbunden, 2010
552 kr
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This book explores the transformation of employment relations, the rise of worker protest and the reform of trade union practice to ask how successfully the state-socialist trade unions have adapted to their new role of representing the rights and interests of workers.
Development beyond Politics
Aid, Activism and NGOs in Ghana
Inbunden, 2011
552 kr
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Is 'development' the answer for positive social change or a cynical western strategy for perpetuating inequality? Moving beyond an increasingly entrenched debate about the role of NGOs, this book reveals the practices and social relations through which ideas of development are concretely enacted.
Creating Community Cohesion
Religion, Media and Multiculturalism
Av D. Herbert
Inbunden, 2013
552 kr
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Using approaches from sociology, media and religious studies, David Herbert compares recent public controversies involving or implicating religion in the UK (England and Northern Ireland), the Netherlands and France.
Development and Politics from Below
Exploring Religious Spaces in the African State
Inbunden, 2010
634 kr
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Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is …
Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity
The Politics of Friends of the Earth International
Av B. Doherty, T. Doyle
Inbunden, 2013
552 kr
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Drawing from a rich mix of survey data, interviews, and access to internal meetings, Brian Doherty and Timothy Doyle show how FoEI has developed a distinctive environmentalism, which allows for the differences in context between regions and across the North-South divide.
International NGO Engagement, Advocacy, Activism
The Faces and Spaces of Change
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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The world of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) has dramatically changed during the last two decades. The author critically analyses the engagement of INGOs within the contemporary international development landscape, enabling readers to further understand INGOs involvement in the …
Global Matters for Non-Governmental Public Action
Av J. Howell
Inbunden, 2012
552 kr
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Jude Howell brings together eight in-depth studies of the politics of global non-governmental public action. Covering detailed empirical research around the themes of environmentalism, security, children's rights and more, the contributors explore the complex politics amongst non-governmental …
Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice
Av J. Howell
Inbunden, 2013
552 kr
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This unique collection explores the different organizational forms, strategies and tactics that activists adopt. The authors examine how established trades unions struggle to reform, how non-governmental public actors negotiate various dilemmas, and the efforts of non-governmental public actors to …
NGOs under Pressure in Partial Democracies
Av Kenneth A. Loparo, Chris van der Borgh m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1096 kr
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Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, …
Civil Society Networks in China and Vietnam
Informal Pathbreakers in Health and the Environment
Inbunden, 2012
552 kr
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This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning …
Pentecostalism and Development
Churches, NGOs and Social Change in Africa
Av D. Freeman
Inbunden, 2012
1314 kr
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Development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. The contributors call this assumption into question and explore the practical impacts of religion by looking at the developmental consequences of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa, and by contrasting …
Knowledge Actors and Transnational Governance
The Private-Public Policy Nexus in the Global Agora
Av D. Stone
Inbunden, 2013
552 kr
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Diane Stone addresses the network alliances or partnerships of international organisations with knowledge organisations and networks. Moving beyond more common studies of industrial public-private partnerships, she addresses how, and why, international organisations and global policy actors need to …
Faith in the Time of AIDS
Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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This book describes how Christian communities in South Africa have responded to HIV/AIDS and how these responses have affected the lives HIV-positive people, youth and broader communities. Drawing on Foucault and the sociology of knowledge, it explains how religion became influential in reshaping …
Counter-Terrorism, Aid and Civil Society
Before and After the War on Terror
Häftad, 2009
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The book critically examines the effects of the War on Terror on the relationships between civil society, security and aid. It argues that the War on Terror regime has greatly reshaped the field of development and it highlights the longer-lasting impacts of post-9/11 counter-terrorism responses on …
Challenge of Transition
Trade Unions in Russia, China and Vietnam
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book explores the transformation of employment relations, the rise of worker protest and the reform of trade union practice to ask how successfully the state-socialist trade unions have adapted to their new role of representing the rights and interests of workers.
Development beyond Politics
Aid, Activism and NGOs in Ghana
Häftad, 2011
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Is 'development' the answer for positive social change or a cynical western strategy for perpetuating inequality? Moving beyond an increasingly entrenched debate about the role of NGOs, this book reveals the practices and social relations through which ideas of development are concretely enacted.
Creating Community Cohesion
Religion, Media and Multiculturalism
Av D. Herbert
Häftad, 2013
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Using approaches from sociology, media and religious studies, David Herbert compares recent public controversies involving or implicating religion in the UK (England and Northern Ireland), the Netherlands and France.
Development and Politics from Below
Exploring Religious Spaces in the African State
Häftad, 2010
634 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is …
Environmentalism, Resistance and Solidarity
The Politics of Friends of the Earth International
Av B. Doherty, T. Doyle
Häftad, 2014
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Drawing from a rich mix of survey data, interviews, and access to internal meetings, Brian Doherty and Timothy Doyle show how FoEI has developed a distinctive environmentalism, which allows for the differences in context between regions and across the North-South divide.
Politics of Autonomy in Latin America
The Art of Organising Hope
Häftad, 2015
334 kr
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The author contests older concepts of autonomy as either revolutionary or ineffective vis-à-vis the state. Looking at four prominent Latin American movements, she defines autonomy as 'the art of organising hope': a tool for indigenous and non-indigenous movements to prefigure alternative realities …
Global Matters for Non-Governmental Public Action
Av J. Howell
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Jude Howell brings together eight in-depth studies of the politics of global non-governmental public action. Covering detailed empirical research around the themes of environmentalism, security, children's rights and more, the contributors explore the complex politics amongst non-governmental …
Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice
Av J. Howell
Häftad, 2013
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This unique collection explores the different organizational forms, strategies and tactics that activists adopt. The authors examine how established trades unions struggle to reform, how non-governmental public actors negotiate various dilemmas, and the efforts of non-governmental public actors to …
NGOs under Pressure in Partial Democracies
Av Chris van der Borgh, Kenneth A. Loparo m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
1096 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Over the past decade, international human rights organizations and think tanks have expressed a growing concern that the space of civil society organizations around the world is under pressure. This book examines the pressures experienced by NGOs in four partial democracies: Guatemala, Honduras, …
Civil Society Networks in China and Vietnam
Informal Pathbreakers in Health and the Environment
Häftad, 2012
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book brings a fresh, original approach to understand social action in China and Vietnam through the conceptual lens of informal environmental and health networks. It shows how citizens in non-democratic states actively create informal pathways for advocacy and the development of functioning …
Pentecostalism and Development
Churches, NGOs and Social Change in Africa
Av D. Freeman
Häftad, 2012
1314 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. The contributors call this assumption into question and explore the practical impacts of religion by looking at the developmental consequences of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa, and by contrasting …
Knowledge Actors and Transnational Governance
The Private-Public Policy Nexus in the Global Agora
Av D. Stone
Häftad, 2013
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Diane Stone addresses the network alliances or partnerships of international organisations with knowledge organisations and networks. Moving beyond more common studies of industrial public-private partnerships, she addresses how, and why, international organisations and global policy actors need to …
Faith in the Time of AIDS
Religion, Biopolitics and Modernity in South Africa
Häftad, 2017
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book describes how Christian communities in South Africa have responded to HIV/AIDS and how these responses have affected the lives HIV-positive people, youth and broader communities. Drawing on Foucault and the sociology of knowledge, it explains how religion became influential in reshaping …
Transnational Activism, Global Labor Governance, and China
Inbunden, 2017
1129 kr
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This book explores rising labor unrest in China as it integrates into the global political economy. The book highlights the tensions present between China’s efforts to internationalize and accept claims to respect freedom of association rights, and its continuing insistence on a restrictive, and …
