Angels of Mercy or Development Diplomats?: NGOs and Foreign Aid - Tapa blanda

Tvedt, Terje

 
9780852558171: Angels of Mercy or Development Diplomats?: NGOs and Foreign Aid
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ISBN 10: 0852558171 ISBN 13: 9780852558171
Editorial: James Currey, 1998

Sinopsis

Challenges many of the dominant beliefs in the discourse on development and aid. Is the world witnessing a global associational revolution spearheaded by development non-governmental organizations (NGOs)? Is the relationship between states and societies being more fundamentally redefined, even in remote, ruralcorners of the world? What role does the mushrooming of development NGOs play in this political-ideological process? What about NGO staff? Are they angels of mercy, government-paid development diplomats, propagandists for a triumphant West, or instruments in a coming clash between civilizations? Presented here are cases from Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Bangladesh and Nicaragua that shed light on these complex questions. The text puts forward a critique of central theories and concepts which have dominated research and discourse on development NGOs. It also proposes and demonstrates some different analytical approaches. North America: Africa World Press

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Críticas

In this book Terje Tvedt aims to liberate the foreign aid scene from the normative jargon of the NGO community and instead to describe it in the normal language of social science. He succeeds. - Berangere Cagnat in LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE

Reseña del editor

Is the world witnessing a global associational revolution spearheaded by development non-governmental organizations (NGOs)? Is the relationship between states and societies being more fundamentally redefined, even in remote, rural corners of the world? What role does the mushrooming of development NGOs play in this political-ideological process? What about NGO staff? Are they angels of mercy, government-paid development diplomats, propagandists for a triumphant West, or instruments in a coming clash between civilizations? Presented here are cases from Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Bangladesh and Nicaragua that shed light on these complex questions. The text puts forward a critique of central theories and concepts which have dominated research and discourse on development NGOs. It also proposes and demonstrates some different analytical approaches.

North America: Africa World Press

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Editorial
James Currey
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0852558171
ISBN 13 
9780852558171
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
256
Contacto del fabricante
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