Icke-statliga organisationer (NGOs)

Nu är den andra reviderade upplagan av "den orangea boken" äntligen här! För drygt tio år sedan fick författarna ett uppdrag av Forum - idéburna organisationer med social inriktning att skriva en kortare antologi som översiktligt skulle ...

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Boken som tar ett helhetsgrepp om medlemsutveckling i ideella organisationer. Medlemsmodellen innehåller åtta steg som förbättrar er förmåga att rekrytera, aktivera och behålla medlemmar. Boken är skriven för tjänstemän, förtroendevalda och aktiva...

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The newly updated third edition provides a clear and user-friendly introduction to the complex debates around how development has been understood and achieved. It has been fully updated and expanded to reflect global political and economic shifts,...

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The manufacturing of Greta Thunberg - for consent: the political economy of the non-profit industrial complex We are introduced to the not-so accidental phenomena of Greta Thunberg, the current child prodigy and face of the youth climate change mo...

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This revised and updated third edition of Gender and Development provides a concise, accessible introduction to gender and development issues in the developing world and in the transition countries of Eastern and Central Europe. The nine chapters ...

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In the past twenty-five years, a number of countries have made the transition to democracy. The support of international organizations is essential to success on this difficult path. Yet, despite extensive research into the relationship between de...

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Most observers of Iran viewed the Green Uprisings of 2009 as a 'failed revolution', with many Iranians and those in neighbouring Arab countries agreeing. In Contesting the Iranian Revolution, however, Pouya Alimagham re-examines this evaluation, d...

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Second Circle brings a unique and innovative subject matter to life with passion and excitement, communicating the way in which we can better understand the social consequences of aid interventions, of peace initiatives, and of industrial investme...

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People are using the future to search for better ways to achieve sustainability, inclusiveness, prosperity, well-being and peace. In addition, the way the future is understood and used is changing in almost all domains, from social science to dail...

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The Gloss of Harmony focuses on agencies of the United Nations, examining the paradox of entrusting relatively powerless and underfunded organisations with the responsibility of tackling some of the essential problems of our time. The book shows h...

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Benedict Rogers, born in London, England, first went to China at age 18 to teach English for six months in Qingdao (1992), three years after the Tiananmen Square massacre. That opened the door to a thirty-year adventure with China, from teaching E...

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Empire of Humanity explores humanitarianism's remarkable growth from its humble origins in the early nineteenth century to its current prominence in global life. In contrast to most contemporary accounts of humanitarianism that concentrate on the ...

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"If one organization is synonymous with keeping hope alive, even as a faint glimmer in the darkness of a prison, it is Amnesty International. Amnesty has been the light, and that light was truth-bearing witness to suffering hidden from the ey...

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A Radical History of Development Studies traces the history of the subject from the late colonial period all the way through to contemporary focus on poverty reduction. In this now classic genealogy of development, the authors look at the conteste...

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How should the countries in the Baltic Sea region and their allies meet the strategic challenges posed by an openly aggressive and expansionist Russia? NATO and the nonaligned states in the region are now more concerned about an external threat th...

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Behovet av insatser som stärker och bygger demokratin i Sverige och motverkar extrema rörelsers propaganda och rekrytering är större än någonsin. Antidemokratiska budskap sprids på nätet, i skolkorridorer, på våra arbetsplatser och i civilsamhälle...

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The first major history of America's oldest civil rights organisation is destined to become a classic in the field. When it was founded in 1909, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was an elite organisation of white refo...

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Between Power and Irrelevance explores why the gap between transnational NGOs' rhetoric and reality exists and what TNGOs can do to close it. The book argues that TNGOs need to change the fundamental conditions under which they operate by bringing...

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Delta Democracy tells the story of how Egyptian NGOs and philanthropic foundations promoted democratic political reform in Egypt in the years since the Arab Spring. Taking the reader inside the walls of Egypt's NGOs and foundations, the book expla...

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The Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency have experienced volatile life histories. In this book, using political history, theoretical models, and empirical analysis.

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International actors, including key states like the US and organizations such as the UN, EU, African Union, and World Bank, and a range of NGOs, have long been confronted with the question of how to achieve an emancipatory form of peace.

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Enlightened Aid examines the intellectual and political origins of Point Four, the first American aid program for the developing world, and the economic and diplomatic implications of its operations in Ethiopia.

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In this book, Miguel Basez presents a provocative look at the impact of culture on global development.

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Transmitting Rights argues that membership in Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) facilitates the diffusion of human rights standards among their member statesand that this occurs even within IGOs that have no obvious connection to human rights...

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When Norms Collide examines the conditions under which transnational activism leads individuals and communities to abandon local norms and embrace international ones. It investigates the local dynamics of norm conflicts around female genital mutil...

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A history of the relationship between the United States and foreign countries through its humanitarian interventions in the early 20th century.

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The Business of America is Lobbying provides a fascinating and detailed picture of what corporations do in Washington, why they do it, and why it matters. Lively and engaging, rigorous and nuanced, The Business of America is Lobbying will change h...

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Daniel W. Drezner's The Ideas Industry looks at how we have moved from a world of public intellectuals to today's "thought leaders." Witty and sharply argued, it will reshape our understanding of contemporary intellectual life in America and the W...

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De Waal examines the famine in Dafur, Sudan in 1984 - 5, and aid agencies' response to it. De Waal claims that humanitarian aid can be made more effective by looking at the underlying causes of local response to disaster rather than relying simply...

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This book looks at the reasons why and how some states promote human rights internationally (i.e., become 'Global Good Samaritans'), risking their citizens' lives, considerable portions of their national budgets, and repercussions from opposing st...

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