"The world of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) has dramatically changed during the last two decades. The sector has become highly professionalised in fundraising, branding and marketing, as well as in the communications with their supporters. The author critically analyses the engagement of INGOs within the contemporary international development landscape, enabling readers to further understand INGOs involvement in th ..."
"In a time when multinational corporations have become truly globalised, demands for global standards on their behaviour are increasingly difficult to dismiss. Work conditions in sweatshops, widespread destruction of the environment, and pharmaceutical trials in third world countries are only the tip of the iceberg. This timely collection of essays addresses the interface between the calls for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and th ..."
"After a peace agreement, half of all civil wars start again. When a cease fire or peace deal is agreed, aid workers, military personnel, diplomats and others pour in, but what can they do to reduce the chances of a return to war? A growing number of academic courses aimed at practitioners and policy-makers in Britain and elsewhere attempt to answer this question but until now there has been no book to accompany them. In part, a handbook ..."
"In a time when multinational corporations have become truly globalised, demands for global standards on their behaviour are increasingly difficult to dismiss. Work conditions in sweatshops, widespread destruction of the environment, and pharmaceutical trials in third world countries are only the tip of the iceberg. This timely collection of essays addresses the interface between the calls for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and th ..."
"More than two hundred wars have been fought in the past half century. Nearly all have been civil wars, and at the beginning of the twenty-first century, more than thirty civil wars were being fought. The rules” of interstate war do not apply; each atrocity provokes retribution, and civil war takes on a brutal dynamic of its own. Civil War, Civil Peace challenges common but simplistic explanations of war, including greed, gender, and lo ..."
"Development and Displacement draws together a number of emergent challenges to the practices and theories of development in the contemporary world, associated with forms of displacement. The authors offer a careful analytical approach to the phenomenon of displacement, drawing on the work of development theorists, geographers and cultural studies. Illustrating the persisting importance of places and territories in a globalising world ..."
Non-Governmental Public Action Ser. International NGO Engagement, Advocacy, Activism : The Faces and Spaces of Change by HelenYanacopulos 182 Pages, Published 2015 by Springer ISBN-13: 978-1-137-31509-0, ISBN: 1-137-31509-1
"PENTECOSTALISM AND DEVELOPMENT Churches, NGOs and Social Change
in Africa David Herbert CREATING COMMUNITY ... PUBLIC ACTION Jude
Howell (editor) NONGOVERNMENTAL PUBLIC ACTION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Jenny Pearce (editor) PARTICIPATION ... and NGOs in Ghana NonGovernmental
Public Action Series Series Standing Order ISBN 978–0–230–22939–6 (
hardback) ..."
"The ways Northern publics are engaged with international development is intimately connected to the fight against global poverty, central to the patterns and possibilities of global political action and a significant factor in the politics of international development. Drawing on the authors' experiences as both academics and practitioners, this book offers the first critical and accessible analysis of public engagement in development, ..."
"This activity book teaches young people about the concept and practice of citizenship, and how it relates to the Commonwealth. It explores various developments of the concept and investigates how these have evolved over time."
"Finding Patterns reviews words with initial digraphs ch, sh, th, and wh. Children find patterns in colors, shapes, and numbers in the pictures of this book. This is the companion book to Who Will Win?Continental Press has expanded its product offerings to support students in key curriculum areas and at many levels of learning. We offer exceptional materials for students, parents, teachers, and administrators at fair and affordable price ..."
Thinking about Development (Development Matters) by Bjorn Hettne Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2009 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84813-247-4, ISBN: 1-84813-247-6
Media and Development(Illustrated) (Development Matters) by Martin Scott Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2014 by Zed Books Abridged, Audiobook, Box Set, Illustrated, Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-78032-550-7, ISBN: 1-78032-550-9
Conflict and Development (Development Matters) by Eleanor O' Gorman Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2011 by Zed Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84813-575-8, ISBN: 1-84813-575-0
"KEREN BRIGHT AND LOIS MURAGURI Introduction Conceptually and
philosophically, intellectual property rights (IPRs) are about power relations.
These power relations are shown in particularly stark terms in the field of health.
Discourse often refers to 'the 90/10 gap' – that is, approximately 90 per cent of all
medical research is directed towards diseases affecting only 10 per cent of the
world's population. The true figures are pro ..."