Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)

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...

One of the largest volunteer movements in the twentieth century, local farm and home bureau organizations have been woefully underrepresented in so...

How do NGOs overcome the suspicion of them as Western agents? How do they convince people that contrary to common perceptions, they do not lead wom...

This study looks at the ongoing efforts of the Alternative Global Movement and World Social Forum to reconcile contests over political organization...

This study looks at the ongoing efforts of the Alternative Global Movement and World Social Forum to reconcile contests over political organization...

Development education is a radical form of learning that addresses the structural causes of poverty and injustice in the global North and South. Th...

The authors present an overview of private development aid in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the EU...

This volume provides a novel and relational sociological approach to the study of EU civil society. It focuses on the interactions and interrelatio...

At specific moments in the history of Africa, Europe, and Latin America, each region decided to create supranational jurisdictions to protect human...

This newest volume in the ELT in Context series by Nicole Takeda is about teaching English at a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in Cambodia and ...