ISBN:
0415395313
,
0415395305
,
0203939212
,
9781281102102
,
9780415395311
,
9780415395304
,
9780203939215
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xxiv, 260 p)
,
ill., maps
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version NGOs as Advocates for Development in a Globalising World
DDC:
303.44
Schlagwort(e):
Globalization
;
International agencies
;
Non-governmental organizations Influence
Kurzfassung:
This book traces the recent historical shift in the policies and practises of 'development' NGOS towards increased advocacy activity as a means of achieving poverty alleviation and increased global equity and, through case studies, illustrates the impacts of the advocacy activites of a range of international NGOs at different geographical scales
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; 1 Lilliputians or leviathans?: NGOs as advocates; Part I: Contesting global futures; 2 Charity to advocacy: Changing agendas of Australian NGOs; 3 Speaking out: Australian NGOs as advocates; Part II: Towards global equity?; 4 Global action: International NGOs and advocacy; 5 Oxfam, the World Bank and heavily indebted poor countries; Part III: A hesitant courtship; 6 Confrontation, cooperation and co-optation: NGO advocacy and corporations
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
7 Risks and rewards: NGOs engaging the corporate sectorPart IV: Dam(n)ing the Mekong?; 8 Advocacy, civil society and the state in the Mekong Region; 9 Asian Development Bank: NGO encounters and the Theun-Hinboun Dam, Laos; 10 Making poverty history?; Notes; References; Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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