Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

As the preeminent international development agency for the past sixty years, the World Bank has attracted equal amounts of criticism and praise.

Some may dispute the effectiveness of aid.

In Making the World Safe, historian Julia Irwin offers an insightful account of the American Red Cross, from its founding in 1881 by Clara Barton to its rise as the government's official voluntary aid agency.

This is a story about a house with a history and about the people who lived or worked there.

This book explores how civil society organisations are, and might best be, regulated in Europe, at both the regional and domestic level.

The Western world's responses to genocide have been slow, unwieldly and sometimes unfit for purpose.

The fiftieth anniversary of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights prompts a re-examination of the links between 'development' and the range of economic, social, political and cultural rights enshrined within it.

After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's government encouraged substantial American investment in education and aid.

Theorizing NGOs examines how the rise of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) has transformed the conditions of women's lives and of feminist organizing.

Today, America's nonprofit organizations seem caught in a force field, buffeted by four impulsesvoluntarism, professionalism, civic activism, and commercialism.

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance.

For many years Tanzania was the darling of international aid agencies.

This book examines the origins, policies, operations, and impact of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the other members of the World Bank group: the International Finance Corporation, the International Development Association,and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.

Notwithstanding its many successes since 1945, the project of European integration currently faces major difficulties, from financial crises and mass immigration to the departure of the UK from the European Union.

Explores the role of NGOs as mediators in crucial litigation cases on women''s rights in South Africa.

From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments.

The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance.

Corporate lobbyists are everywhere in Washington.

Since the 1990s, most African economies and public spheres have been liberalised, and new civil society actors have emerged.

This book evaluates the credibility of NGOs as they monitor and supplant the public and private sectors.

Every year tens of millions of individuals suffer grave abuses of their human rights.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound and persistent impact - a tragic loss of life, changes to established patterns of life and social inequalities laid bare.

Geopolitical shifts, increasing demands for accountability, and growing competition have been driving the need for change within transnational nongovernmental organizations (TNGOs).

The terrible 1984 famine in Ethiopia focused the world's attention on the country and the issue of aid as never before.

Using the Moyen Bani Programme as an example, External Assistance or External Interference gives an analysis of a grassroots conflict which, not foreseen at project design, lasted six years in Mali.

In the delta region of Nigeria, women seeking HIV care face a plethora of deeply gendered inequalities.

This book provides a historical account of the NGO CARE as one of the largest humanitarian NGOs worldwide from 1945 to 1980.

Through the efforts of increasingly media-aware NGOs, people in the west are bombarded with images of poverty and inequality in the developing world.

Explains how and when public and non-public warnings about future conflicts affect decision-making in Western states and international organisations.

How should the countries in the Baltic Sea region and their allies meet the strategic challenges posed by an openly aggressive and expansionist Russia?

Rethinking Private Authority examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental politics, arguing that a fuller understanding of their role requires a new way of conceptualizing private authority.

An activist and an actor reflect on Edward Snowden and the surveillance state in this collection that "e;reads like a whistleblower's travel diary"e; (Disorient).

This study examines and compares the important work on global human rights advocacy done by religious NGOs and by secular NGOs.

This book represents the first comprehensive analysis of NGO participation at international criminal and human rights courts.

This book examines the origins, policies, operations, and impact of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the other members of the World Bank group: the International Finance Corporation, the International Development Association,and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.

Die polemischen Schriften in diesem Band handeln von der vielschichtigen Beziehung zwischen Geschichte, Philosophie und Politik.

From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments.

Faith in Rights explores why and how Christian nongovernmental organizations conduct human rights work at the United Nations.

Discusses the benefits and risks, as well as the economic and socio-political realities, of rewilding as a novel conservation tool.

Catherine Gwin examines the evolution of U.

The Politics of Expertise offers a challenging new interpretation of politics in contemporary Britain, through an examination of non-governmental organisations.

Civil society is often seen as male, structured in a way that excludes women from public and political life.

Rudolf Bahro: Vorlesungen 1994 – 1997 Humboldt-Universität Berlin.

In the past twenty-five years, a number of countries have made the transition to democracy.

Discover how those who change the world do so with this thoughtful and timely book Why do some changes occur, and others don't?

A deep insight into the emergence and persistence of new continental development institutions in Africa and their capacity to affect development outcomes.