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Book Description: Taylor and Francis(Routledge), 2009. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 9.213 by 6.142 inches. (256 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. Non-governmenta organizations (NGOs) are high profie actors in the fied of internationa deveopment, both as providers of services to vunerabe individuas and communities and as campaigning poicy advocates. This book provides a critica introduction to the wide-ranging topic of NGOs and deveopment. Written by two authors with more thantwenty years experience of research and practice in the fied, the book combines a critica overview of the main research iterature with a set of up-to-date theoretica and practica insights drawn from experience in Asia, Europe, Africa and esewhere. It highights the importance of NGOs in deveopment, but it aso engages fuy with the criticisms that the increased profie of NGOs in deveopment now attracts. Non-Governmenta Organizations and Deveopment begins with a discussion of the wide diversity of NGOs and their roes, and ocates their recent rise to prominence within broader histories of strugge as we as within the ideoogica context of neo-iberaism. It then moves on to anayze how interest in NGOs has both refected and informed wider theoretica trends and debates within deveopment studies, before anayzing NGOs and their practices, using a broad range of short case studies of successfu and unsuccessfu interventions. David Lewis and Nazneen Kanji then moves on to describe the ways in which NGOs are increasingy important in reation to ideas and debates about ?civi society?, gobaization and the changing ideas and practices of internationa aid. The book argues that NGOs are now centra to deveopment theory and practice and are ikey to remain important actors in deveopment in the years to come. In order to appreciate the issues raised by their increasing diversity and compexity, the authors concude that it is necessary to depoy a historicay and theoreticay informed perspective. This critica overview wi be usefu to students of deveopment studies at undergraduate and masters eves, as we as to more genera readers and practitioners. The format of the book incudes figures, photographs and case studies as we as reader materia in the form of summary points and questions. Despite the growing importance of the topic, no singe short, up-to-date book exists that sets out the main issues in the form of a ceary written, academicay-informed text: unti now. 1. Introduction: What are Non-governmenta Organisations? 2. Understanding NGOs in Historica Context 3. NGOs and Deveopment Theory 4. NGOs and Deveopment Practice: from Aternative to Mainstream? 5. NGO Roes in Deveopment 6. NGOs and ?civi society? 7. NGOs and Gobaization 8. NGOs and the Aid System 9. NGOs and Internationa Humanitarian Action 10. Deveopment NGOs in Perspective Lewis and Kanji have given us the most comprehensive overview of the work of deveopment NGOs produced to date and this book contains more practica insights into the activities of deveopment NGOs than avaiabe in any other singe text. Wonderfuy sensitive to the diversity of NGOs, the book is fu of nuanced summaries and perceptive insights. It shoud become required readingfor every deveopment NGO from the Chief Executive down to the newest intern. Dr Gerard Carke, Swansea University, UK This essentia introduction to NGOs wi be of interest to both students and practitioners. The authors provide an accessibe and schoary account of what remains one of the most significant deveopment phenomena of recent decades. Diana Mitin, University of Manchester, UK David Lewis teaches in the Department of Socia poicy at the London Schoo of Economics, where he has speciaised in deveopment poicy issues in South Asia, with a particuar focus on Bangadesh. An anthropoogist by background, he is co-author with Katy Gardner of Anthropoogy, Deveopment and the Postmodern Chaenge (Puto, 1996), and author of The Management of Non-Governmenta Deveopment Organizations (Routedge, 2007). Nazneen Kanji is director of a research programme. Bookseller Inventory # AG0415454298

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Book Description: Routledge, 2009. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 256 pages. 9.45x6.34x0.63 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # 0415454298

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