Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)

An unparalleled exploration of NOWs trajectory, from its founding to the presentand its future A new wave of feminist energy has swept the globe si...

Contemporary Security Governance in Nigeria: Themes and Perspectives examines the theory, practice, and challenges of contemporary security governa...

Winner, International Communication Book Award, International Studies Association Shortlisted, 2023 Susan Strange Best Book Prize Honorable Mention...

This book presents a history of the American nonprofit sector. It covers the seminal 1819 Supreme Court decision that Dartmouth College was a priva...

In an age of catastrophesunchecked climate change, extreme poverty, forced migrations, war, and terror, all compounded by the COVID-19 pandemichow ...

In an age of catastrophesunchecked climate change, extreme poverty, forced migrations, war, and terror, all compounded by the COVID-19 pandemichow ...

Civil society organizations, nonprofits, national and international nongovernmental organizations, and a variety of formal and informal association...

A trillion-dollar industry, the US non-profit sector is one of the world's largest economies. From art museums and university hospitals to think ta...

A trillion-dollar industry, the US non-profit sector is one of the world's largest economies. From art museums and university hospitals to think ta...

Civil society organizations, nonprofits, national and international nongovernmental organizations, and a variety of formal and informal association...

Drawing upon ethnographic descriptions of three grassroots ethnic organizations, which work for indigenous peoples in promoting economic livelihood...

This book maps the discursive terrain and potential of person to person peacebuilding as it intersects with, and is embedded in, intercultural comm...

This book maps the discursive terrain and potential of person to person peacebuilding as it intersects with, and is embedded in, intercultural comm...

Amateurs without Borders examines the rise of new actors in the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongover...

In the wake of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror', transnational Muslim NGOs have too often been perceived as illegitimate fronts for global militant net...

This book examines the history of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) and through it offers a new account of the humanitarian movement in modern ...

This book examines the history of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) and through it offers a new account of the humanitarian movement in modern ...

The voluntary sector is made up primarily of not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations that engage with social issues. Voices from the Volu...

Security concerns increasingly influence foreign aid: how Western countries give aid, to whom and why. With contributions from experts in the field...

The untold story of the role of humanitarian NGOs in building the neoliberal order after empireAfter India gained independence in 1947, Britain rei...

It is increasingly recognized that, to achieve social justice, policies and organizations need to apply an intersectional approach, rather than add...

A trenchant history of community organizing and a must-read for the next generation of organizers seeking to learn from the successes, failures, an...

Mexico has become notorious for crime-related violence, and the efforts of governments and national and international NGOs to counter this violence...

As news organizations cut correspondent posts and foreign bureaux, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have begun to expand into news reporting. ...

In recent decades, Palestinian heritage organizations have launched numerous urban regeneration and museum projects across the West Bank in respons...

The Politics of Suffering examines the confluence of international aid, humanitarian relief, and economic development within the space of the Pales...

A trenchant history of community organizing and a must-read for the next generation of organizers seeking to learn from the successes, failures, an...

Non-profit organizations (NPOs) across the world are facing criticism alongside approbation. In order for NPOs to effectively support their causes,...

Japan was shaken by the 'double disaster' of earthquake and sarin gas attack in 1995, and in 2011 it was hit once again by the 'triple disaster' of...

How organizations developed in history, how they operate, and how research on them has evolvedOrganizations are all around us: government agencies,...

The 2011 Arab Spring protests seemed to mark a turning point in Middle East politics, away from authoritarianism and toward democracy. Within a few...

Stephen Porter's Benevolent Empire examines political-refugee aid initiatives and related humanitarian endeavors led by American people and institu...

What does it take for warnings about violent conflict and war to be listened to, believed and acted upon? Why are warnings from some sources notice...

Most observers of Iran viewed the Green Uprisings of 2009 as a 'failed revolution', with many Iranians and those in neighbouring Arab countries agr...

Non-elected actors, such as non-governmental organizations and celebrity activists, present themselves as representatives of others to audiences of...

In original essays written by both senior scholars as well as rising younger scholars in the field of international ethics, this volume addresses t...

This book investigates whether international standards of good governance are applied to sub-state actors as well as to states. By examining the in...

This book argues that the weakness of civil society in the post-Soviet Caucasus is a result not only of post-communist political and economic probl...