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Book SynopsisAnalyzes the role of Jews in the formation of international human rights efforts throughout the US, Israel, and the Former Soviet Union. This work examines this human rights work as part of a total system of Jewish political commitments, a system shaped by both human rights history and Jewish history.Trade ReviewThis clear-eyed and comprehensive history of the significant Jewish involvement in international human rights breaks new scholarly ground. Galchinsky carefully delineates how external and internal pressures have shaped and transformed Jewish human rights agendas in Israel and on the worldwide stage. -- Judith R. Baskin, University of OregonMichael Galchinsky has given us an intricate picture of the personalities, politics, and practices that make up Jewish human rights activities in the contemporary world. He presents a nuanced view of the post-modern struggle to articulate a Jewish approach to human rights that is pulled in a variety of directions by often opposing forces. -- Peter J. Haas, Case Western Reserve UniversityThis book offers an original analysis of the crucial role that Jews have played in the rise of modern international human rights movements. It is strongest in its ability to understand the tensions that Jewish human rights activists face in trying to foster global human rights and human rights in Israel in the face of a pronounced bias against Israel in the so-called 'international human rights community.' A major contribution to the sociology of human rights in the modern worldddd -- Thomas Cushman, Wellesley CollegeThis is an important work. In his meticulous examination of three major instances of Jewish and Israeli human rights advocacy since World War II, Michael Galchinsky has elucidated the political and practical limits of this activism as well as the undoubted accomplishments. Highly recommended for students of contemporary history as well as for the general reader. -- Carole Fink, The Ohio State UniversityMichael Galchinsky's boundary-shattering analysis in Jews and Human Rights looks at all of the roles in the evolving world of 'human rights' assumed by Jews—Jews as victims and claimants, as organizers and theoreticians, as activists and critics. Galchinsky explores this complex and often contradictory and controversial relationship in a way to merge legal, cultural, and intellectual history into a readable narrative of the history of the Jews in the modern world. A brilliant book! -- Sander L. Gilman, Emory UniversityThis book offers an original analysis of the crucial role that Jews have played in the rise of modern international human rights movements. It is strongest in its ability to understand the tensions that Jewish human rights activists face in trying to foster global human rights and human rights in Israel in the face of a pronounced bias against Israel in the so-called 'international human rights community.' A major contribution to the sociology of human rights in the modern world -- Thomas Cushman, Wellesley CollegeThis is an important, timely and well-researched scholarly work. It presents a unique perspective of looking at the issue of human rights from the particular to the universal in the global age. An essential work for understanding the inter-related issues of human rights, Jewish activists, and Israel. -- Fred A. Lazin, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, IsraelThis book is informative and readable. Recommended. * CHOICE *More studies are needed that take what we know of complex transnational Jewish identities and examine their rich relationships with the state, including intergovernmental organizations such as the United Nations. In Dancing at Three Weddings, Michael Galchinsky marries the two. While many traditional histories examine genocide in graphic detail, Galchinsky's contribution is a catalog of the motivations and responses by a diverse community of Jews to deal with postwar tragedies. * American Jewish History *Since World War II, Jews, working alone or through NGOs, have been active in the international human rights movement. While many books have been written on the biblical and rabbinic context for Jewish involvement in social action, Galchinsky focuses instead on sociological and political motvies. The book includes extensive notes, bibliography, and index. Recommended for academic libraries. * AJL Newsletter, November/December 2009 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Building Human Rights Chapter 2 Freeing Soviet Jews—and After Chapter 3 Jewish Responses to Non-Jewish Genocides Chapter 4 American Jews and Violations in Zion: A Case Study Chapter 5 Israeli, Jewish, Human Chapter 6 Appendix A: Genocides and Other Mass Killings Chapter 7 Appendix B: Israel's Adoption of Major Human Rights Treaties Chapter 8 Appendix C: Glossary of Abbreviations

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Book SynopsisThis A-Z guide will explain the key concepts and institutions linked to the European Union, along with brief biographies of the leading figures related to the foundation and development of the EU. This will allow students to relate some of the theoretical concepts with the people who introduced them.Trade ReviewAn excellent book that is well written and which benefits from being comprehensive enough to answer the majority of the questions that someone might seek answers for; at the same time it is brief and clear enough to get these points across... A very useful addition to the literature on the EU which will be particularly welcomed by undergraduate and A-level students as well as a non-academic audience. -- Alasdair Blair, Coventry University Political Studies Review An excellent book that is well written and which benefits from being comprehensive enough to answer the majority of the questions that someone might seek answers for; at the same time it is brief and clear enough to get these points across... A very useful addition to the literature on the EU which will be particularly welcomed by undergraduate and A-level students as well as a non-academic audience.

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Book Synopsis What role do think tanks play in shaping public policy and public discourse in the United States?In The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance, James G. McGann illustrates how policymakers have come to value the independent analysis and advice provided by think tanks and why it has become one of the defining characteristics of the American political system. Drawing on case studies in both foreign and domestic policy, McGann clarifies the correlation between think tank research and the policies enacted by the past three presidential administrations. He also describes a phenomenon known as the revolving door, where think tanks provide former government officials an opportunity to share insights from public service, remain involved in policy debates, and continue to provide advice and commentary.Based on the history and the level of involvement seen today, the influence of think tanks is unlikely to diminish in the coming years.

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Book SynopsisThis powerful and empowering text offers a way forward for alleviating human suffering, presenting a realistic roadmap for enhanced global governance that can create workable solutions to mass poverty. William Felice and Diana Fuguitt emphasize the critical links between international human rights law, international political economy, and global organizations to formulate effective public policy to alleviate human suffering and protect basic human rights for all. They introduce students to the key legal and economic concepts central to economic and social human rights, including the right to education, a healthy environment, food, basic health care, housing, and clean water. They analyze the legal approaches undertaken by the United Nations and explain the key theories of international political economy (including liberalism, nationalism, and structuralism) and central economic concepts (including global public goods, economic equality, and the capabilities approach). In the last decade, a backlash against economic globalization has been fueled by a variety of politicians around the world. A resurgent nationalism is often pitted against international organizations and frameworks for global cooperation. In this new edition, Felice and Fuguitt account for how the current global political climate has affected national and global policies for the provision of public goods and the protection of human rights. They focus on practical policies and actions that both state and nonstate actors can take to uphold economic and social rights. As the first book to integrate these legal and economic approaches, it provides a practical path to action for students, academics, and policy makers alike.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS Global Policy Choices International Political Economy (IPE) and Economic and Social Human Rights International Law & Economic & Social Human Rights Economic and Social Human Rights as Global Public Goods—Integrating Economics and Law The United States and Economic and Social Human Rights: A Contrast with Europe The Environment and Economic and Social Human Rights Race and Economic and Social Human Rights Gender and Economic and Social Human Rights Military Spending and Economic and Social Human Rights The Global New Deal

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Book SynopsisIn the first historical account of international NGOs, from the French Revolution to the present, Thomas Davies places the contemporary debate on transnational civil society in context. In contrast to the conventional wisdom, which sees transnational civil society as a recent development taking place along a linear trajectory, he explores the long history of international NGOs in terms of a cyclical process characterised by three major waves: the era to 1914, the inter-war years, and the period since the Second World War. The breadth of transnational civil society activities explored is unprecedented in its diversity, from business associations to humanitarian organisations, peace groups to socialist movements, feminist organisations to pan- nationalist groups. The geographical scope covered is also extensive, and the analysis is richly supported with reference to a diverse array of previously unexplored sources. By revealing the role of civil society rather than governmental actors in the major trans- formations of the past two-and-a-half centuries, this book is for anyone interested in obtaining a new perspective on world history. The analysis concludes in the second decade of the twenty-first century, providing insights into the trajectory of transnational civil society in the post-9/11 and post-financial crisis eras.Trade Review'Tom Davies has produced an important book. He brings the skills of an international historian to bear on some of the pressing questions of contemporary international politics. Davies has utilised an extraordinary range of sources to trace the emergence and development of international non-governmental organisations over time and in so doing he challenges many widely held views about the role and importance of these organisations. This book is essential reading for anyone concerned with the past, present and future of international NGOs.' * David Williams, School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University London *'Thomas Davies' book is a game-changer in our understanding of the role of non-governmental organisations and civil society in international politics. Davies manages to present meticulous detail and scrupulous research in a highly readable book that confronts what we think we know about NGOs. The book not only demonstrates the complexities of NGO politics but shows the ability and limitations of such actors in shaping international affairs. There is so much in this book that it deserves to be read by all interested in international relations, politics, international development, history and sociology.' * Sophie Harman, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Queen Mary University of London *'Thomas Davies has written a comprehensive and readable history of international non-governmental organizations and movements that is much needed. He rightly argues that transnational civil society has a long history (over two centuries) and is not only Western in origin. Based on primary sources and literature, this book is indispensable.' * Bob Reinalda, Radboud University Nijmegen *

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror', transnational Muslim NGOs have too often been perceived as illegitimate fronts for global militant networks such as al-Qaeda or as backers of national political parties and resistance groups in Palestine, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Yet clearly there is more to transnational Muslim NGOs. Most are legitimate providers of aid to the world's poor, although their assistance may sometimes differ substantially from that of secular NGOs in the West. Seeking to broaden our understanding of these organisations, Marie Juul Petersen explores how Muslim NGOs conceptualise their provision of aid and the role Islam plays in this. Her book not only offers insights into a new kind of NGO in the global field of aid provision; it also contributes more broadly to understanding 'public Islam' as something more and other than political Islam. The book is based on empirical case studies of four of the biggest transnational Muslim NGOs, and draws on extensive research in Britain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan and Bangladesh, and more than 100 interviews with those involved in such organisations.Trade Review'For Humanity or for the Umma? is a path-breaking study of Muslim NGOs. Avoiding the hype and following the theory and the evidence, Peterson produces a richly textured and nuanced appreciation of how these religious NGOs navigate the worlds in which they are embedded. At once careful and creative, hers is a study that not only shines a light on the complexity of Muslim NGOs, but also points a way toward understanding religious NGOs in an age of emergency and the relief-development nexus.' -- Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, George Washington University, and author of Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism'This book will consolidate Marie Juul Petersen's already secure reputation as an important researcher. With the help of unique field material, from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as well from countries that are easier to study, she shows that contemporary Islamic charities are mixtures of professionalism and piety as heterogeneous as their Christian counterparts, with a cultural dimension too often overshadowed by political controversy.' -- Jonathan Benthall, Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, University College London'This empirically detailed and theoretically astute study demonstrates Marie Juul Petersen's standing as one of the leading scholars of Islamic NGOs in the world today.' -- Cecelia M. Lynch, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine

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Book SynopsisEmerging democracies need a lot of support from international institutions, and this book analyzes the ways those organizations succeed and fail in providing that assistance.

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Book SynopsisMely Caballero-Anthony examines how non-traditional security challenges have changed state behavior and security practices in Southeast Asia and the wider East Asia region. She analyzes how non-state actors are engaging with states, regional organizations, and institutional frameworks to address multifaceted problems.Trade ReviewMely Caballero-Anthony is a pioneer of non-traditional security studies and this is the definitive book on the subject from a Southeast Asian perspective. -- Amitav Acharya, author of Constructing a Security Community in Southeast AsiaAn intriguing analysis of an underappreciated reality: the extent to which governments and non-government actors are now effectively cooperating, collaborating and responding collectively to a multitude of non-traditional threats to human security around Southeast and East Asia – from natural disasters to health crises to environmental and migration challenges. As Mely Caballero-Anthony makes clear in this lucid, scholarly and comprehensive work, state-centric preoccupation with military threats to national security is not the only game in town. -- Gareth Evans, former foreign minister of Australia and president emeritus of the International Crisis GroupThis book features impressive research, a clear and effective framework of analysis, and insightful observations in showing why those concerned with security in Asia must go beyond the headlines of China's rise and the North Korean threats to fully understand the region's security dynamics. Specialists have long known of the importance of non-traditional security issues in the region and the leading role of non-state actors in dealing with them. Now they have a single-authored assessment providing thorough and lucid treatment of the subject that ranks with the best studies on the topic. -- Robert Sutter, George Washington UniversitySurveying an economically vibrant but also volatile region, Mely Caballero-Anthony connects the dots of the diverse security challenges Southeast Asia faces. She outlines a way of responding to them that acknowledges that security and insecurity today consist of inter-linked multiple facets. Her insights on security governance in Southeast Asia have resonance for other regions and merit wide attention. -- Dan Smith, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research InstituteTable of ContentsPrefaceList of Abbreviations1. Security Governance in Southeast Asia and Beyond2. State and Non-State Actors and NTS Governance in Southeast Asia and Beyond3. Governance of Health Security4. Governance of Environmental Security5. Governance of Migration6. Governance of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations7. Governance of Nuclear Energy8. Governance of Food SecurityConclusion: Building Security Governance in Times of Turbulence and UncertaintyNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisMatthew Powers analyzes the growing role NGOs play in shaping—and sometimes directly producing—international news. Through an unprecedented glimpse into NGOs’ newsmaking efforts, Powers portrays the possibilities and limits of NGOs as media makers, with important implications for the intersections of journalism and advocacy.Trade ReviewPowers provides a rich analysis of the role of NGOs in shaping international news, taking a useful institutional—“on-the-ground”—perspective to supplement the more celebratory analysis by many communication scholars of digitally enabled social movements, including the Arab Spring and related online phenomena. -- Stephen Reese, University of Texas, AustinPowers offers a sharp dissection and a comprehensive analysis of the news-making strategies of global NGOs. Grounded in smart interpretations of institutional theories, the book shows the ambiguities of NGOs as news makers - the innovations as well as the limitations to broaden the content of regular news cycles. The cases discussed amply demonstrate that NGOs make decisions in fields of news shaped by multiple factors. Powers convincingly argues that NGOs do not make news as they please, but they do so under institutional circumstances existing already in a world saturated with information. -- Silvio Waisbord, George Washington UniversityMatthew Powers' NGOs as Newsmakers combines rich empirical observation, gained through interviews and field work at the Syrian-Turkish border, with sophisticated causal analysis. He compellingly shows how the dwindling resources for international coverage on the one hand and humanitarian NGOs' move toward newsmaking on the other reinforce rather than sideline professional news norms. A must read for anybody interested in the fate of cosmopolitan journalism and humanitarian aid. -- Hartmut Wessler, University of MannheimPowers has produced a landmark study of one of the complex high-stakes dynamics shaping the future of journalism. NGOs as Newsmakers is a work of theoretical nuance and empirical rigor that spotlights the ways NGOs are fueling important and original reporting while also nourishing stereotypes and power dynamics inherent to traditional news practices that have hemmed in reporting. -- Adrienne Russell, University of WashingtonScholars, editors, journalists, NGO practitioners, and policy experts would benefit from reading NGOs as Newsmakers to better understand the current state of affairs between NGOs and newsmakers. In particular, by applying the field variant of institutional theory to illuminate how journalists and NGOs vie for attention in an age of information overload. -- Allison J. Steinke, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities * Digital Journalism *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. A New Era of NGO-Driven News?2. The Changing Faces of NGO Communication Work3. The Partially Opening News Gates4. The Strategic Advocate in the Digital Storm5. Publicity’s Ends6. Explaining the Endurance of News Norms7. The Possibilities and Limitations of NGO CommunicationMethods AppendixNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisMatthew Powers analyzes the growing role NGOs play in shaping—and sometimes directly producing—international news. Through an unprecedented glimpse into NGOs’ newsmaking efforts, Powers portrays the possibilities and limits of NGOs as media makers, with important implications for the intersections of journalism and advocacy.Trade ReviewPowers provides a rich analysis of the role of NGOs in shaping international news, taking a useful institutional—“on-the-ground”—perspective to supplement the more celebratory analysis by many communication scholars of digitally enabled social movements, including the Arab Spring and related online phenomena. -- Stephen Reese, University of Texas, AustinPowers offers a sharp dissection and a comprehensive analysis of the news-making strategies of global NGOs. Grounded in smart interpretations of institutional theories, the book shows the ambiguities of NGOs as news makers - the innovations as well as the limitations to broaden the content of regular news cycles. The cases discussed amply demonstrate that NGOs make decisions in fields of news shaped by multiple factors. Powers convincingly argues that NGOs do not make news as they please, but they do so under institutional circumstances existing already in a world saturated with information. -- Silvio Waisbord, George Washington UniversityMatthew Powers' NGOs as Newsmakers combines rich empirical observation, gained through interviews and field work at the Syrian-Turkish border, with sophisticated causal analysis. He compellingly shows how the dwindling resources for international coverage on the one hand and humanitarian NGOs' move toward newsmaking on the other reinforce rather than sideline professional news norms. A must read for anybody interested in the fate of cosmopolitan journalism and humanitarian aid. -- Hartmut Wessler, University of MannheimPowers has produced a landmark study of one of the complex high-stakes dynamics shaping the future of journalism. NGOs as Newsmakers is a work of theoretical nuance and empirical rigor that spotlights the ways NGOs are fueling important and original reporting while also nourishing stereotypes and power dynamics inherent to traditional news practices that have hemmed in reporting. -- Adrienne Russell, University of WashingtonScholars, editors, journalists, NGO practitioners, and policy experts would benefit from reading NGOs as Newsmakers to better understand the current state of affairs between NGOs and newsmakers. In particular, by applying the field variant of institutional theory to illuminate how journalists and NGOs vie for attention in an age of information overload. -- Allison J. Steinke, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities * Digital Journalism *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. A New Era of NGO-Driven News?2. The Changing Faces of NGO Communication Work3. The Partially Opening News Gates4. The Strategic Advocate in the Digital Storm5. Publicity’s Ends6. Explaining the Endurance of News Norms7. The Possibilities and Limitations of NGO CommunicationMethods AppendixNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisInvigorating global social change through communicationTrade Review"It presents in-depth policy analyses to outline a vision for how communication technologies have--and still can--impact social change and economic/cultural development. . . . McAnany builds an historical paradigm that melds technology with social entrepreneurship. "-- Communication Booknotes Quarterly "Saving the World offers a judicious integration of Emile G. McAnany's own first-hand experience with many of the seminal people and projects in communication for development. McAnany provides a very valuable understanding of the underlying structure of the field and how these ideas have been implemented and theorized."--Joseph Straubhaar, author of Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology "All students who are just beginning will find this book an excellent introduction not only to the ideas and theories but also to the key thinkers who have helped frame the debate over the last 30 or 40 years. . . . Knowing the people and their histories gives an invaluable background to our knowledge."--Communication Research Trends "A comprehensive, ambitious history and policy analysis of the field of development communication. McAnany's grasp of the major developments, issues, and advances of this field will appeal to scholars of communication, sociology, political science, and economics."--Robert Huesca, professor of communication, Trinity University "Savings the World provides a strong history for understanding the context of efforts to use communication to spur development. McAnany's continuing push for measures that will demonstrate success or failure is welcome. This volume will be most valuable to those seeking historical context as they delve into the role of information and communication technologies for development."--International Journal of Communication "Saving the World is a fascinating examination of how earlier technologies were applied to foster social change. An easy-to-read, well-organized document; while McAnany carefully relays theory, he does it in a concise way that anyone will find accessible."--Technical Communication Table of ContentsCoverTitle PageCopyright PageContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Communication in the Lives of the Globe1. Saving the World: Beginnings of Communication for Development2. Globalization, Discourse, and Development Communication: UNESCO as Prime Mover3. Commuunication for Development: Does It Work?4. Rethinking the Paradigm: The Dependency Phase5. Another Paradigm: Participatory Communication6. Paradigm for a New Millennium: Social Entrepreneurship7. Past, Present, and Future: An Agenda for 2015 and Beyond8. The Future: Some Final ThoughtsReferencesIndexBack Cover

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Meghan Kallman and Terry Clark's book, The Third Sector, is a rare and valuable academic endeavor synthesizing the development of the third sector in six case countries, and it sheds light on the relationship between the state and the third sector in each country. . . . This book is a valuable addition to the third sector literature."--Social Service Review "The Third Sector is a relevant and useful book for political scientists, sociologists, legal scholars, and anthropologists interested in the relationship between states and citizen, regardless of what country/region they study." --American Review of Public Administration "A worthy addition to the bookshelves of scholars, practitioners and policy makers alike--highly recommended reading."--Voluntas"The most promising contribution of this volume lies in this set of analyses, especially the chapter on the emergence of civil society in China. By bringing attention to the growing third sectors across Asia, the book has the potential to reinvigorate the sociological study of comparative civil society development as well as nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations more broadly."--American Journal of Sociology"The book is a useful addition to a growing body of research on the third sector that is expanding around the world." --Journal of Planning Education and Research

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Book SynopsisInvigorating global social change through communicationTrade Review "It presents in-depth policy analyses to outline a vision for how communication technologies have--and still can--impact social change and economic/cultural development. . . . McAnany builds an historical paradigm that melds technology with social entrepreneurship. "-- Communication Booknotes Quarterly "Saving the World offers a judicious integration of Emile G. McAnany's own first-hand experience with many of the seminal people and projects in communication for development. McAnany provides a very valuable understanding of the underlying structure of the field and how these ideas have been implemented and theorized."--Joseph Straubhaar, author of Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology"All students who are just beginning will find this book an excellent introduction not only to the ideas and theories but also to the key thinkers who have helped frame the debate over the last 30 or 40 years. . . . Knowing the people and their histories gives an invaluable background to our knowledge."--Communication Research Trends "A comprehensive, ambitious history and policy analysis of the field of development communication. McAnany's grasp of the major developments, issues, and advances of this field will appeal to scholars of communication, sociology, political science, and economics."--Robert Huesca, professor of communication, Trinity University "Savings the World provides a strong history for understanding the context of efforts to use communication to spur development. McAnany's continuing push for measures that will demonstrate success or failure is welcome. This volume will be most valuable to those seeking historical context as they delve into the role of information and communication technologies for development."--International Journal of Communication "Saving the World is a fascinating examination of how earlier technologies were applied to foster social change. An easy-to-read, well-organized document; while McAnany carefully relays theory, he does it in a concise way that anyone will find accessible."--Technical Communication

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Meghan Kallman and Terry Clark's book, The Third Sector, is a rare and valuable academic endeavor synthesizing the development of the third sector in six case countries, and it sheds light on the relationship between the state and the third sector in each country. . . . This book is a valuable addition to the third sector literature."--Social Service Review "The Third Sector is a relevant and useful book for political scientists, sociologists, legal scholars, and anthropologists interested in the relationship between states and citizen, regardless of what country/region they study." --American Review of Public Administration "A worthy addition to the bookshelves of scholars, practitioners and policy makers alike--highly recommended reading."--Voluntas"The most promising contribution of this volume lies in this set of analyses, especially the chapter on the emergence of civil society in China. By bringing attention to the growing third sectors across Asia, the book has the potential to reinvigorate the sociological study of comparative civil society development as well as nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations more broadly."--American Journal of Sociology"The book is a useful addition to a growing body of research on the third sector that is expanding around the world." --Journal of Planning Education and Research

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewNell Gabiam's The Politics of Suffering is a deep anthropological engagement with the politics of citizenship and the practices of othering as it relates to the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. In a time of a major refugee crisis world-wide, this book is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the shape of the needed global humanitarian response to these increasingly normalized conditions. -- Nezar AlSayyadGabiam's The Politics of Suffering takes us deep into the world of Palestinian refugees in Syria, an understudied and for the present inaccessible area for further research. Through her innovative and original work on the architecture of camp life she unfolds the confluence between humanitarian aid and development alongside the politics of the right of return and citizenship. A highly readable and informative book for the student of the Middle East and refugee studies in general. * Journal of Islamic Studies *Nell Gabiam's timely and original book makes an excellent contribution to the limited literature on Palestinian refugees in Syria. . . . A highly readable and informative book for the student of the Middle East and refugee studies in general. * Antipode *Gabiam's nuanced study of Syria's Palestinian community is an engaging and informative read. * Journal of Palestine Studies *The Politics of Suffering should earn a place on syllabi of courses in applied anthropology and the anthropology of the Middle East as well as the anthropology of migration. It makes critical contributions to those fields and opens up new conversations about the relations among refugeeness, place, and politics. * American Ethnologist * The Politics of Suffering is clearly written and accessible to a wide audience interested in refugee and diaspora studies, humanitarianism and development studies, and/or Palestinian studies. It can be effectively taught in both undergraduate and graduate courses addressing these topics. * City & Society *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Informal Citizens: Palestinian Refugees in Syria2. From Humanitarianism to Development: UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees3. Sumūd and Sustainability: Reinterpreting Development in Palestinian Refugee Camps4. "Must We Live in Barracks to Convince People We Are Refugees?": The Politics of Camp Improvement5. "A Camp Is a Feeling Inside": Urbanization and the Boundaries of Palestinian Refugee IdentityConclusion: Beyond Suffering and VictimhoodEpilogue

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Book SynopsisThe Politics of Suffering examines the confluence of international aid, humanitarian relief, and economic development within the space of the Palestinian refugee camp. Nell Gabiam describes the interactions between UNRWA, the United Nations agency charged with providing assistance to Palestinians since the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and residents of three camps in Syria. Over time, UNRWA's management of the camps reveals a shift from an emphasis on humanitarian aid to promotion of self-sufficiency and integration of refugees within their host society. Gabiam's analysis captures two forces in tension within the camps: politics of suffering that serves to keep alive the discourse around the Palestinian right of return; and politics of citizenship expressed through development projects that seek to close the divide between the camp and the city. Gabiam offers compelling insights into the plight of Palestinians before and during the Syrian war, which has led to devastation in the camps and masTrade ReviewNell Gabiam's The Politics of Suffering is a deep anthropological engagement with the politics of citizenship and the practices of othering as it relates to the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. In a time of a major refugee crisis world-wide, this book is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the shape of the needed global humanitarian response to these increasingly normalized conditions. -- Nezar AlSayyadGabiam's The Politics of Suffering takes us deep into the world of Palestinian refugees in Syria, an understudied and for the present inaccessible area for further research. Through her innovative and original work on the architecture of camp life she unfolds the confluence between humanitarian aid and development alongside the politics of the right of return and citizenship. A highly readable and informative book for the student of the Middle East and refugee studies in general. * Journal of Islamic Studies *Nell Gabiam's timely and original book makes an excellent contribution to the limited literature on Palestinian refugees in Syria. . . . A highly readable and informative book for the student of the Middle East and refugee studies in general. * Antipode *Gabiam's nuanced study of Syria's Palestinian community is an engaging and informative read. * Journal of Palestine Studies *The Politics of Suffering should earn a place on syllabi of courses in applied anthropology and the anthropology of the Middle East as well as the anthropology of migration. It makes critical contributions to those fields and opens up new conversations about the relations among refugeeness, place, and politics. * American Ethnologist * The Politics of Suffering is clearly written and accessible to a wide audience interested in refugee and diaspora studies, humanitarianism and development studies, and/or Palestinian studies. It can be effectively taught in both undergraduate and graduate courses addressing these topics. * City & Society *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Informal Citizens: Palestinian Refugees in Syria2. From Humanitarianism to Development: UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees3. Sumūd and Sustainability: Reinterpreting Development in Palestinian Refugee Camps4. "Must We Live in Barracks to Convince People We Are Refugees?": The Politics of Camp Improvement5. "A Camp Is a Feeling Inside": Urbanization and the Boundaries of Palestinian Refugee IdentityConclusion: Beyond Suffering and VictimhoodEpilogue

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationList of AbbreviationsIntroduction 1. From Associations of the Educated to Societies for Education: Historical Background2. Historical Societies at the Juncture of Scholarship, Politics, and Education3. From the University Societies to the "University Extension:" Historians as Public Activists4. The Society of Zealots of Russian Historical Education: Conservative Activism and the Quest for Useful History Conclusion: Voluntary Historical Societies in the Fin-de-Siècle Associational World BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hosting States and Unsettled Guests unpacks the complex temporalities of migration. Temporal discombobulation begins under repressive rule in Eritrea. In Ethiopia, refugees' briefly-regained agency is lost in the face of sluggish humanitarian bureaucracy, and troubled relations with the unstable host country. In deftly documenting refugee agency, precarious journeys, and the systemic odds migrants encounter, Riggan and Poole make tremendous contributions to refugee studies and studies of the contemporary Horn of Africa."—Awet T. Weldemichael, Queen's University-Canada, author of Author of Piracy in Somalia."In this exemplary ethnography, replete with vivid details and theoretical nuance, Riggan and Poole analyze how Eritrean refugees weather Ethiopia's shifting paradigms of refugee management and pursue pragmatic visions of their possible futures in a time of political and economic instability. This book is a deft and absorbing piece of anthropological and international scholarship."—Lesley Bartlett, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Co-Editor of Humanizing Education for Refugee and Immigrant Youth"The book provides detailed, nuanced, and critical perspectives on some of the most important challenges of refugee life and refugee policy today: what it means to live as a refugee, how to work with host countries in the global south to ensure refugee's rights and needs are met, how to design education and economic opportunities for refugees, and how to ensure refugees' hopes and dreams for the future are not cruelly disregarded or undermined."—Lauren Carruth, author of Love and Liberation"In a detailed ethnography that profoundly reconceptualizes time and temporality, Riggan and Poole show us the political reality and predicament of life and struggle in refugee camps in northern Ethiopia. This book is a welcome contribution to the field of forced migration studies."—-Shahram Khosravi, author of Precarious Lives: Waiting and Hope in Iran"Through the moving stories that they collected between 2016 and 2019, Riggan and Poole's engaging ethnography traces the fate of Eritrean refugees in a very unstable Ethiopia. The authors brilliantly examine how temporality (and not just spatiality) plays key roles in understanding Eritrean refugees' everyday lives in refugee camps and urban settings in the years that led up to a devastating war. The authors unveil how Eritrean refugees inescapably experience temporal suffering and teleological violence within these structural barriers, while their present becomes ungraspable and thus unmovable."—Sabina M. Perrino, Binghamton University, SUNY

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Book SynopsisThis work uses the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) as a case study of the community formation processes that occur across traditional national and state boundaries. Haas points to the ECSC as an example of an organization with the ""power to redirect...loyalties and expectations"".Trade Review"A first-rate study. . . " —Foreign Affairs"If one was to develop a list of the twenty most important books on European integration, Ernst Haas's The Uniting of Europe would be an essential inclusion. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the origins of the EU. And, unlike so much that has been written about European integration since 1958, it is an easy read." —History: Reviews of New Books

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the genesis of peacebuilding as a professional field of expertise since the 1960s, its increasing influence, and the ways it reflects global power structures. Catherine Goetze describes how the peacebuilding field came into being, how it defines who belongs to it and who does not, and what kind of group culture it has generated.Trade ReviewGoetze’s contribution should be relevant and inspiring both for scholars interested in peacekeeping and in international political sociology.."" - Anna Leander, Copenhagen Business School

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Book SynopsisInvestigates the genesis of peacebuilding as a professional field of expertise since the 1960s, its increasing influence, and the ways it reflects global power structures. Catherine Goetze describes how the peacebuilding field came into being, how it defines who belongs to it and who does not, and what kind of group culture it has generated.Trade ReviewGoetze’s contribution should be relevant and inspiring both for scholars interested in peacekeeping and in international political sociology.."" - Anna Leander, Copenhagen Business School

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Book SynopsisSara Fieldston shows how humanitarian child welfare agencies sponsored by Americans filtered political power through the prism of familial love after World War II. These well-meaning institutions shaped perceptions of the United States as the benevolent parent in a family of nations, and helped to expand American hegemony around the globe.Trade ReviewFieldston should be commended for providing a long overdue synthesis of U.S. voluntary child-saving agencies during the Cold War. Her book is a very successful contextualization of how U.S. charities such as the Christian Children’s Fund, fueled by the desire to care for wartime dependents and participate in the larger narrative of containment through emulation of the U.S., used foster parenting by sponsorship to export U.S. ideas about democracy and the family. -- M. E. Birk * Choice *This remarkable book brings private humanitarianism into the story of American global power during the Cold War. Moved to relieve suffering and express their commitment to love, peace, and international friendship, ordinary Americans and child welfare professionals ran headlong into the controversies of U.S. foreign and military policy. From postwar Europe and Japan to Korea and Vietnam, Fieldston shows us what happened when Americans and their government agreed that saving the world’s children was the foundation of reconstructing nations and remaking the world. -- Ellen Herman, author of Kinship by Design: A History of Adoption in the Modern United StatesRaising the World is a major contribution, showing us the affective side of Cold War–era modernization theory. To inoculate poorer nations from communism, Americans embarked on a host of programs overseas. Sound emotional development and individual happy childhoods, these liberal reformers believed, were essential to world peace. A fascinating, nuanced study, Fieldston’s book is essential reading for those who want a better understanding of how ordinary Americans become invested in the project of American hegemony. -- Naoko Shibusawa, author of America’s Geisha Ally: Reimagining the Japanese Enemy

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a wealth of empirical evidence spanning a century of environmental rule making, the author shows how the delegation of authority to private actors has played a small but consistent role in multilateral environmental agreements over the years, largely in the area of treaty implementation.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2015 Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association Winner of the 2014-2015 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association Winner of the 2015 Levine Prize, International Political Science Association's Research Committee on the Structure and Organization of Government "In this pioneering work, Green explores how governmental and private actors can work together to institute regulations to address global environmental problems... [I]ts conclusions have implications for the entire field of international relations. The work is carefully argued, clearly written, and supported by an extensive bibliography."--Choice "The author has to be acclaimed for her ability to wade through hundreds if not thousands of documents, verify their authenticity and reach conclusions on the variety of measures taken by the private sector in cooperation with governments, international organisations or independently, to discharge their responsibility toward containing emissions."--Madras Sivaraman, International Journal of Environmental Studies "[Green] offer[s] novel and insightful empirical descriptions of the operation of private authority in contemporary global governance."--Elizabeth Acorn, Global Law Books "Offer[s] a persuasive framework for identifying and analyzing private authority at the international level. The usefulness of the framework is illustrated here by extended empirical studies."--Kathryn Hochstetler, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Acronyms xiii Introduction 1 Chapter 1. A Theory of Private Authority 26 Chapter 2. Agents of the State: A Century of Delegation in International Environmental Law 54 Chapter 3. Governors of the Market: The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Authority 78 Chapter 4. Atmospheric Police: Delegated Authority in the Clean Development Mechanism 104 Chapter 5. Atmospheric Accountants: Entrepreneurial Authority and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol 132 Chapter 6. Conclusion 163 Bibliography 183 Index 207

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sharp and information-rich. . . . [The Power of Organizations] offers a comprehensive, detailed glimpse of what contemporary organizational theory has become."---Brayden G. King, Administrative Science Quarterly

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sharp and information-rich. . . . [The Power of Organizations] offers a comprehensive, detailed glimpse of what contemporary organizational theory has become."---Brayden G. King, Administrative Science Quarterly

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Book SynopsisWhy should we listen to celebrities like Bono or Angelina Jolie when they endorse a politician or take a position on an issue? Do we listen to them? In this book Mark Harvey takes a close look into the phenomenon of celebrity advocacy in an attempt to determine the nature of celebrity influence, and the source and extent of its power.Trade ReviewCelebrity politicians and politicized celebrities have had a vital impact upon politics within the first two decades of the 21st century. Mark Harvey’s important new book provides a theoretically informed and empirically grounded account of this phenomenon. His qualitative and quantitative analysis concerning the political effects of celebrity engagement is especially welcome due to it terrific level of detail. Moreover, Harvey’s insightful account is particularly prescient in the light of the ultimate celebrity politician Donald Trump’s ascendency to the office of the Presidency of the United States."" - Mark Wheeler, Professor of Political Communications London Metropolitan University""In Celebrity Influence Mark Harvey makes a persuasive case for the power of celebrities to shape the national conversation. Harvey offers a detailed and historically rich context through which to understand how entertainers and athletes channel their fame and credibility with audiences into political action. In an era when show business and politics have become increasingly intertwined, Harvey presents a timely analysis of an underappreciated topic."" - Alan Schroeder, author of Presidential Debates: Risky Business on the Campaign Trail

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Book SynopsisThe US election of 1840 is the first presidential election of which it might be truly said, “It's the Economy, Stupid.” Tackling a contest best known for log cabins, cider barrels, and catchy songs, this volume reveals that the election of 1840 might be better understood as a case study of how profoundly the economy shapes the presidential vote.Trade ReviewAlthough often referenced as the first modern presidential campaign, the 1840 presidential election has rarely been examined in a comprehensive fashion. Richard J. Ellis has remedied this oversight by providing the first modern scholarly study of the 'Log Cabin and Hard Cider' campaign. This book is essential for anyone attempting to understand the presidential politics of the Jacksonian era and its modern-day influence." - Mark R. Cheathem, professor of history at Cumberland University, project director of the Papers of Martin Van Buren, and author of The Coming of Democracy: Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Jackson"Combining tales of rivalry, rumor, and intrigue with careful analysis of voting returns and grassroots politics, this finely conceived and highly readable book establishes beyond doubt that the 1840 election was not simply a rollicking carnival of log cabins and scurrilous personality politics but also a serious conflict of issues and policies arising out of a disastrous nationwide economic downturn." - Donald Ratcliffe, author of The One-Party Presidential Contest: Adams, Jackson, and 1824's Five-Horse Race"The 1840 'Log Cabin and Hard Cider' presidential campaign is famous for all the wrong reasons. In Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox, historian Richard J. Ellis carefully peels away the legend of a colorful but mindless contest to reveal the true story of how and why William Henry Harrison secured the Whig Party nomination and defeated incumbent Democrat Martin Van Buren for the presidency. Attending especially to voting patterns in states and localities, Ellis has produced what is now the standard account of this consequential yet often misunderstood election." - Daniel M. Feller, professor of history and director of the Papers of Andrew Jackson, University of Tennessee Knoxville

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Book SynopsisThis exploration of the interactive relationship between Chinese NGOs and the Chinese state provides fresh insights into how the Chinese government operates and why it needs non-governmental organizations to survive.Trade ReviewWith its multifaceted approach, this book is a must read for researchers and students of state–society relations in China and beyond. -- Anja Ketels * International Society for Third Sector Research *[Hsu] carries out rigorous academic analysis to explore in case studies in both Beijing and Shanghai how the central government, the municipal government, street neighborhood entities, and residents’ committees interact to address issues involving migrant workers … This well-done study contributes to understanding Chinese politics and, more generally, how local governmental units operate with some independence under authoritarian central governments. -- J. A. Rhodes, Luther College * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Moving Towards a Spatial Framework2 Understanding Non-Governmental Organizations in China3 Symbolic Cooperation4 Asymmetric Cooperation5 Strategic Cooperation6 Foray in Spaces New and OldConclusionAppendices; Notes; References; Index

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Book SynopsisIn Remembering Stalin's Victims, Kathleen E. Smith examines how government reformers' repudiation of Stalin's repressions both in the 1950s and in the 1980s created new political crises. Drawing on interviews, she tells the stories of citizens and officials in conflict over the past. She also addresses the underlying question of how societies...Trade ReviewThe Memorial Society, founded in the late 1980s, provides a focus for Kathleen E. Smith's book. Memorial's value as a forum for liberals of many kinds, its role in conscience-raising in the critical years of glastnost' and its efforts to recover and publish the details of Stalin's repressions are vividly researched. Smith discusses its membership and their motivations at different points.... Her discussion of Memorial is grounded in an awareness of the earlier history of rehabilitation, with Khrushchev's abortive thaw and the twilight world of dissidents receiving careful appraisal. The book is well written, attractively illustrated (many of the pictures come from Memorial's own archive) and based on extensive primary research, including visits to an impressive and widely scattered range of provincial Russian and other former Soviet towns. Smith has interviewed several of the key players in her story, as well as reviewing archival, literary, and other published sources. The result is a balanced and intelligent commentary on Memorial and its antecedents. * Slavonic and East European Review *The sociologist Kathleen E. Smith, in her work on popular memory and the Stalinist past, provides a kind of 'thick description' of the mutual influence of historiography, politics, and the public sphere in the last years of the USSR.... Her book, which is extraordinarily lively, also provides concrete examples about the way local authorities reacted to the Memorial Society either through accommodation or confrontation, and this clarifies the general conditions governing the relationship between the informal sector and the authorities in a time of flux. * Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History *

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental activism in contemporary Russia exemplifies both the promise and the challenge facing grassroots politics in the post-Soviet period. In the late Soviet period, Russia''s environmental movement was one of the country''s most dynamic and effective forms of social activism, and it appeared well positioned to influence the direction and practice of post-Soviet politics. At present, however, activists scattered across Russia face severe obstacles to promoting green issues that range from wildlife protection and nuclear safety to environmental education.Based on fifteen months of fieldwork in five regions of Russia, from the European west to Siberia and the Far East, Red to Green goes beyond familiar debates about the strength and weakness of civil society in Russia to identify the contradictory trends that determine the political influence of grassroots movements. In an organizational analysis of popular mobilization that addresses the continuing role of the Soviet lTrade Review"Laura A. Henry has produced a richly detailed book that introduces readers to the history and contemporary evolution of the Russian environmental movement. Through her analysis we learn how environmental organizations navigate Soviet legacies and post-Soviet opportunities as they seek to secure financial resources, engage the public and the state, and achieve their goals. Red to Green is an important book for scholars of Russian environmentalism as well as those interested in environmental activism, transnationalism, and civil society development."—JoAnn Carmin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology"Red to Green is a very carefully researched and meticulous study of environmental movements in post-Soviet Russia. It is well written and theoretically sophisticated. It fills an important gap in the existing literature on comparative environmental activism."—Jane I. Dawson, Virginia Eason Weinmann '51 Professor of Government, Connecticut College

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Book SynopsisThis volume offers a comprehensive overview of the many ways in which the policy analysis movement has been conducted, and to what effect, in Canadian governments and, for the first time, in business associations, labour unions, universities, and other non-governmental organizations.

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Book SynopsisExamines the genesis of internationally linked Japanese nongovernmental advocacy networks; their critiques of neoliberalism, militarism, and nationalism; their local, regional, and global connections; their relationships with the Japanese government; and their role in constructing an identity of the Japanese as global citizens.Trade Review"Chan's study is a rare and comprehensive compilation of Japanese voices articulating their demand for an alternative model of citizenship...Chan's book can be highly recommended to all interested in 'the other Japan.'" -- Internationales Asienforum"This book is rich in primary material on the human side of NGO activity in Japan, along a wide spectrum of organizations. In that alone it is a valuable text. This is a nuanced view of advocacy, strategies and institutions, sometimes against the grain of existing views, and it adds the perspectives of "new global citizens" of Japan, engaged in knowledge production. The book will be very useful indeed in social and political science courses, and in courses on globalization, social change and identity." —Merry White, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Boston University"A surprise for observers who view Japan as a developmental state, run by a powerful central bureaucracy and aligned with a conservative party whose policies often override public interest, Another Japan is Possible casts new light on a neglected but vital aspect of Japan's emerging political economy. A remarkable group of scholars, professionals and citizen activists reveal the growing numbers of committed Japanese participating energetically in local and global organizations devoted to a broad range of issues, from the environment and sustainable development to health care, migrant workers, disability, gender, and minority rights." —Daniel I. Okimoto, Professor, Department of Political Science, and Director Emeritus, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University"As a civil society scholar, I can say that this book is a desired piece of work...This book makes an important contribution to connecting Japanese accounts to both Japanese and global discourses on civil society." -- Akihiro Ogawa * Stockholm University *"To conclude, the use of the book is twofold. Firstly, it can serve as an eye-opener to readers who are stuck in the image of Japan as a country where discontent seldom takes the form of overt protest or citizen engagement. Secondly, it presents a lot of raw material and information which... can be useful to readers interested in Japanese civil society or the groups presented in the book. " -- Japanese Studies"The days are gone forever when the prevailing cliche in Japan suggested that there were only two types of social entities: governmental institutions and non-governmental individuals (the so-called middle mass). However, of late the former has been fragmenting themselves while the latter has been flourishing and fraternalizing themselves with transnational and international counterparts. Jennifer Chan has vividly illustrated this incredible turnaround with good contextualizing narratives and rich and informative constructions of the thinking and sentiments those non-governmental organizations generate in a vast array of areas. A must read in the study of globalization and localization." -- Inoguchi Takashi, Professor Emeritus * University of Tokyo, and Professor of Political Science, Chuo University, Tokyo *Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Tables and Figures iii Acknowledgments iii Note on Conventions iii @toc2:Introduction: Global Governance and Japanese Nongovernmental Advocacy Networks 1 @toc1:Part I Global Governance @toc2:Introduction to Part I 000 @toc2:1. Global Governance Monitoring and Japan @tocca:Kawakami Toyoyuki, Advocacy and Monitoring Network on Sustainable Development 000 @toc2:2. Education, Empowerment, and Alternatives to Neoliberalism @tocca:Sakuma Tomoko, Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society 000 @toc2:3. Building a People-Based Peace and Democracy Movement in Asia @tocca:Ogura Toshimaru, Peoples' Plan Study Group 000 @toc2:4. Tobin Tax, Kyoto Social Forum, and Pluralism @tocca:Komori Masataka, Association for the Tobin Tax for the Aid of Citizens, Kyoto 000 @toc2:5. Education for Civil Society Capacity Building @tocca:Fukawa Yoko, Pacific Asia Resource Center 000 @toc2:6. Community Development, Peace, and Global Citizenship @tocca:Takahashi Kiyotaka, Japan International Volunteer Center 000 @toc1:Part II Labor @toc2:Introduction to Part II 000 @toc2:7. Globalization and Labor Restructuring @tocca:Kumagai Ken'ichi, Japanese Trade Union Confederation 000 @toc2:8. Corporate Restructuring and Homelessness @tocca:Kasai Kazuaki, Shinjuku Homeless Support Center 000 @toc2:9. Gender, Part-Time Labor, and Indirect Discrimination @tocca:Sakai Kazuko, Equality Action 21 000 @toc2:10. Migration, Trafficking, and Free Trade Agreements @tocca:Ishihara Virgie, Filipino Migrants Center, Nagoya 000 @toc2:11. Neoliberalism and Labor Organizing @tocca:Yasuda Yukihiro, Labor Net 000 @toc2:12. Water, Global Commons, and Peace @tocca:Mizukoshi Takashi, All-Japan Water Supply Workers' Union 000 @toc1:Part III Food Sovereignty 000 @toc2:Introduction to Part III 000 @toc2:13. Agricultural Liberalization, World Trade Organization, and Peace @tocca:Ohno Kazuoki, No WTO--Voices of the Grassroots in Japan 000 @toc2:14. Multifunctionality of Agriculture over Free Trade @tocca:Yamaura Yasuaki, Food Action 21 000 @toc2:15. Citizens' Movement Against Genetically Modified Foods @tocca:Amagasa Keisuke, No! GMO Campaign 000 @toc2:16. Self-Sufficiency, Safety, and Food Liberalization @tocca:Imamura Kazuhiko, Watch Out for WTO! Japan 000 @toc1:Part IV Peace 000 @toc2:Introduction to Part IV 000 @toc2:17. "We Want Blue Sky in Peaceful Okinawa" @tocca:Hirayama Motoh, Grassroots Movement to Remove U.S. Bases from Okinawa and the World 000 @toc2:18. World Peace Now @tocca:Hanawa Machiko, Tsukushi Takehiko, and Cazman, World Peace Now 000 @toc2:19. Article 9 and the Peace Movement @tocca:Takada Ken, No to Constitutional Revision! Citizens' Network 000 @toc2:20. Fundamental Law of Education, Peace, and the Marketization of Education @tocca:Nishihara Nobuaki, Japan Teachers' Union 000 @toc2:21. Japan and International War Crimes @tocca:Higashizawa Yasushi, Japan Civil Liberties Union 000 @toc2:22. Landmine Ban and Peace Education @tocca:Kitagawa Yasuhiro, Japan Campaign to Ban Landmines 000 @toc2:23. Nuclear Disarmament, Advocacy, and Peace Education @tocca:Nakamura Keiko, Peace Depot 000 @toc2:24. Building a Citizens' Peace Movement in Japan and Asia @tocca:Otsuka Teruyo, Asia Pacific Peace Forum 000 @toc1:Part V HIV/AIDS 000 @toc2:Introduction to Part V 000 @toc2:25. HIV/AIDS from a Human Rights Perspective @tocca:Tarui Masayoshi, Japan AIDS and Society Association 000 @toc2:26. HIV/AIDS, Gender, and Backlash @tocca:Hy'd' Chika, Place Tokyo 000 @toc2:27. Migrant Workers and HIV/AIDS in Japan @tocca:Inaba Masaki, Africa Japan Forum 000 @toc1:Part VI Gender 000 @toc2:Introduction to Part VI 000 @toc2:28. International Lobbying and Japanese Women's Networks @tocca:Watanabe Miho, Japan NGO Network on CEDAW 000 @toc2:29. Gender, Human Rights, and Trafficking in Persons @tocca:Hara Yuriko, Japan Network Against Trafficking in Persons 000 @toc2:30. Gender, Reproductive Rights, and Technology @tocca:Ohashi Yukako, Soshiren (Starting from a Female Body) 000 @toc2:31. As a Lesbian Feminist in Japan @tocca:Wakabayashi Naeko, Regumi Studio Tokyo 000 @toc2:32. Sex Workers' Movement in Japan @tocca:Kaname Yukiko, Sex Workers and Sexual Health 000 @toc2:33. Women's Active Museum on War and Peace @tocca:Watanabe Mina, Women's Active Museum on War and Peace 000 @toc2:34. Art, Feminism, and Activism @tocca:Shimada Yoshiko, Feminist Art Action Brigade 000 @toc1:Part VII Minority and Human Rights 000 @toc2:Introduction to Part VII 000 @toc2:35. A Proposal for a Law on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination @tocca:Fujimoto Mie, Japan Civil Liberties Union, Subcommittee for the Rights of Foreigners 000 @toc2:36. Antidiscrimination, Grassroots Empowerment, and Horizontal Networking @tocca:Morihara Hideki, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism 000 @toc2:37. Multiple Identities and Buraku Liberation @tocca:Mori Maya, Buraku Liberation League 000 @toc2:38. Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Multicultural Coexistence @tocca:Uemura Hideaki, Shimin Gaik' Centre 000 @toc2:39. On the Recognition of the Indigenous Peoples' Rights of the Ainu @tocca:Sakai Mina, Association of Rera 000 @toc2:40. "I Would Like to Be Able to Speak Uchin'guchi When I Grow Up!" @tocca:Taira Satoko, Association of Indigenous Peoples in the Ry'ky's 000 @toc2:41. Art Activism and Korean Minority Rights @tocca:Hwangbo Kangja, Mirine 000 @toc2:42. Ethnic Diversity, Foreigners' Rights, and Discrimination in Family Registration @tocca:Tony L szlo, Issho Kikaku 000 @toc2:43. Disability and Gender @tocca:Hirukawa Ry'ko, Japan National Assembly of Disabled Peoples' International 000 @toc2:44. The UN Convention on Refugee and Asylum Protection in Japan @tocca:Ishikawa Eri, Japan Association for Refugees 000 @toc2:45. Torture, Penal Reform, and Prisoners' Rights @tocca:Akiyama Emi, Center for Prisoners' Rights Japan 000 @toc2:46. Death Penalty and Human Rights @tocca:Takada Akiko, Forum 90 000 @toc1:Part VIII Youth Groups 000 @toc2:Introduction to Part VIII 000 @toc2:47. Experience, Action, and the Floating Peace Village @tocca:Yoshioka Tatsuya, Peace Boat 000 @toc2:48. Ecology, Youth Action, and International Advocacy @tocca:Mitsumoto Yuko, A SEED Japan 000 @toc2:49. Organic Food, Education, and Peace @tocca:Shikita Kiyoshi, BeGood Cafe 000 @toc2:50. "Another Work Is Possible": Slow Life, Ecology, and Peace @tocca:Takahashi Kenkichi, Body and Soul 000 @toc2:Conclusion: Social Movements and Global Citizenship Education 000 @toc4:Appendixes 000 List of Organizations 000 References 000 Index 000

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Book SynopsisOne of the largest volunteer movements in the twentieth century, local farm and home bureau organisations have been underrepresented in socio-political studies of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Nancy Berlage addresses this omission with an insightful look at how bureau members put university science to work in agricultural and rural life.

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Book SynopsisStephen Porter''s Benevolent Empire examines political-refugee aid initiatives and related humanitarian endeavors led by American people and institutions from World War I through the Cold War, opening an important window onto the short American century. Chronicling both international relief efforts and domestic resettlement programs aimed at dispossessed people from Europe, Latin America, and East Asia, Porter asks how, why, and with what effects American actors took responsibility for millions of victims of war, persecution, and political upheaval during these decades. Diverse forces within the American state and civil society directed these endeavors through public-private governing arrangements, a dynamic yielding both benefits and liabilities. Motivated by a variety of geopolitical, ethical, and cultural reasons, these advocates for humanitarian action typically shared a desire to portray the United States, to the American people and international audiences, as an exceptiTrade Review"[T]here can be an almost indistinguishable line between humanitarian aid that is benevolent and that which is weaponized...Porter sets out this story masterfully. Alternating between bird’s-eye overviews and fascinating individual stories and details, the author shares a vivid history of the complexities of U.S. humanitarian efforts to address displaced people over the decades of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries." * American Historical Review *"Benevolent Empire is an important book that should be widely read due to its ability to translate a multidimensional, transnational phenomenon into an engaging narrative that speaks to a variety of both contemporary and historical issues...[O]ne cannot help but be struck by the importance of this book to current debates about refugees and asylum-seekers within the context of the U.S. role in the world." * Diplomatic History *"Standing at the intersection of several historiographical fields, Benevolent Empire makes important contributions to each of them. By adding to a growing literature on the histories of U.S. humanitarian assistance and . . . human rights, the book will be essential reading for historians of immigration, American political development, and U.S. international relations." * Journal of American History *"Benevolent Empire makes key contributions to a growing body of scholarship on the 'United States in the world' and across the fields of immigrant and refugee studies, humanitarianism and human rights, and US foreign policy through its illumination of a largely understudied dimension of US globalism — namely, the role that international relief and refugee initiatives have come to play in the making of a deterritorialized American empire...Porter’s insights into the developments of decades past present potential pathways for how a truly humane and humanitarian policy in relation to the world’s dispossessed might be forged." * International Migration Review *"Benevolent Empire interweaves a vast and growing literature on humanitarian relief, the international dimensions of American civil rights reform, immigration, and American political development...[A] well-crafted study...If there is any moral in Porter’s account, it would be the imperative need to more fully awaken the humanitarian sensibility among host-nation populations to admit extensive and long-lasting responsibilities for those unfortunate peoples whose homelands have been torn asunder." * H-Diplo *"Benevolent Empire is a wonderful and important book that makes original contributions on multiple fronts. Immigration and refugee historians, of course, will have this book on their shelves but so will scholars of American political development, of human rights and humanitarianism, and of twentieth-century U.S. foreign policy." * Carl Bon Tempo, State University of New York at Albany *

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Book SynopsisDuring the decade that preceded Syria’s 2011 uprising and descent into violence, the country was in the midst of another crisis: the mass arrival of Iraqi migrants and a flood of humanitarian aid to handle the refugee emergency. Drawing on firsthand observations and interviews, Hoffmann provides a nuanced portrait of the conditions of daily life for Iraqis living in Syria.Trade Review“Hoffmann’s theoretical deftness and her acute ethnography of the places, peoples, and organizations she encountered make major contributions to our understanding of Syria, but also of the conditions of refugees and strangers everywhere.” —Laleh Khalili, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London“A lucid, theoretically informed, and original analysis of statehood and sovereignty in Bashar al-Asad’s Syria.” —Laura Ruiz de Elvira, postdoctoral researcher, French National Center for Scientific Research.

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Book SynopsisAddresses the ways in which natural disasters impact the strategies and priorities of neoliberalizing states in the contemporary era. Raja Swamy offers an ethnographically rich account of post-disaster reconstruction, its contested aims, and the mixed outcomes of state policy, humanitarian aid, and local resistance.Trade ReviewAfter the 2004 tsunami in South India, reconstruction efforts leveraged the humanitarian gift of inland housing to relocate the artisanal fishing population and privatize the coastal commons. But the task of securing a spatial fix for capital accumulation failed. With keen ethnographic insight, Swamy shows how fishers sustained their claim to coastal life and livelihood while transforming humanitarian gifts into assets. Challenging assumptions about its depoliticizing and disciplining effects, he argues for humanitarianism as a contested process that can reset the contours of economy and politics." - Ajantha Subramanian, author of The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India"This rich, multi-level ethnography brings together a rich ethnography of a fishing community in India, with the largely separate literatures of humanitarianism, disaster studies and development studies, and offers new ways to help poor communities to remain political agents in the face of the forces of neo-liberalism." - Arjun Appadurai, author of India's World: The Politics of Creativity in a Globalized SocietyTable of Contents List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: “Building Back Better” Part I. Nagapattinam Chapter 1. The Tsunami of 2004 and Its Aftermath Chapter 2. Artisanal Fishers, the State, and an NGO Part II. The Politics of Humanitarianism Chapter 3. NGO Antipolitics and Politics Chapter 4. The Humanitarian Gift Economy Part III. Economic Development and Humanitarian Aid Chapter 5. Unbridging the Future: Connectivity and Distance Chapter 6. Memory, Space, and Power Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExamines how the rise of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) has transformed the conditions of women's lives and of feminist organizing. This book brings together feminist research on NGOs from various perspectives and disciplines.Trade Review“Theorizing NGOs offers timely and insightful perspectives on the intersection between NGOs, women’s experiences of NGOs and feminism across the world. Bringing together scholarly writings on women’s experiences with NGOs from different parts of the globe is definitely one of the highlights of the volume. . . . This volume is a must read for anyone interested in gender and development, and in the anthropology of the state.” -- Lipika Kamra * Social Anthropology *"In representing more than a decade of energetic discussion and debate, this collection provides fantastic evidence of the dynamism and creativity of feminist activism in all of its forms.... It is a welcome and valuable contribution." -- Miranda Joseph * Women's Review of Books *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. The NGO Form: Feminist Struggles, States, and Neoliberalism / Victoria Bernal and Inderpal Grewal 1 Part I. NGOs Beyond Success or Failure 19 1. The Movementization of NGOs? Women's Organizing in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina / Elissa Helms 21 2. Failed Development and Rural Revolution in Nepal: Rethinking Subaltern Consciousness and Women's Empowerment / Lauren Leve 50 3. The State and Women's Empowerment in India Paradoxes and Politics / Aradhana Sharma 93 Part II. Postcolonial Neoliberalisms and the NGO Form 115 4. Global Civil Society and the Local Costs of Belonging: Defining Violence against Women in Russia / Julie Hemment 119 5. Resolving a Gendered Paradox: Women's Participation and the NGO Boom in North India / Kathleen O'Reilly 143 6. Power and Difference in Thai Women's NGO Activism / LeeRay M. Costa 166 7. Demystifying Microcredit: The Grameen Bank, NGOs, and Neoliberalism in Bangladesh / Lamia Karim 193 Part III. Feminist Social Movements and NGOs 219 8. Feminist Bastards: Toward a Posthumanist Critique of NGOization / Saida Hodzic 221 9. Lived Feminism(s) in Postcommunist Romania / Laura Grünberg 248 10. Women's Advocacy Networks: The European Union, Women's NGOs, and the Velvet Triangle / Sabine Lange 266 11. Beyond NGOization? Relrections from Latin America / Sonia E. Alvarez 285 Conclusion. Feminisms and the NGO Form / Victoria Bernal and Inderpal Grewal 301 Bibliography 311 Contributors 353 Index 357

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Book SynopsisErin Beck examines microfinance NGOs working with poor, rural women in Guatemala to show how these women creatively and strategically use the NGOs to their own benefit in ways that do not necessarily match the goals of the NGOs, demonstrating that development projects are often transformed and persist in unexpected ways.Trade Review"Erin Beck has made a lasting contribution to the field of development studies in theorising development as a social interaction while also raising important issues for policy and practice. How Development Projects Persist is a call to contemplate, assess and study development not simply according to the goals of policymakers and organisations, but according to the larger vision and life goals of the people that interventions hope to serve." -- Bronwen Gillespie * Anthropology in Action *"The strength of Why Development Projects Persist is the quality of Beck’s data. . . . Beck writes her ethnographic data with completeness and clarity, which allows the reader to understand the intentions of these organizations, the worldviews of participants, and the ways these clashed as the NGOs’ visions of development were put into practice." -- Laura J. Heideman * American Journal of Sociology *"The text’s strength lies in its conceptual breadth and accessibility. . . . An easy, yet enlightening read. . . . Beck effectively shows rather than just tells what development encounters look like and how they are interpreted by the actors involved." -- Monica DeHart * Anthropological Quarterly *“This book. . . is useful to those interested in international studies, development studies, as well as development practitioners. . . . Further, Beck’s detailed analysis is well-written and jargon-free, and presents us with a balanced and longitudinal view of NGO development projects in Guatemala.” -- Michelle Moran-Taylor * Journal of Latin American Geography *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii 1. Social Engineering from Above and Below 1 2. Repackaging Development in Guatemala 29 3. Namaste's Bootstrap Model 64 4. Women and Workers Responding to Bootstrap Development 90 5. The Fraternity's Holistic Model 134 6. The Uneven Practices and Experiences of Holistic Development 162 7. The Implications of Socially Constructed Development 208 Appendix. Research Methods and Ethical Dilemmas 225 Notes 233 References 239 Index 259

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Book SynopsisErin Beck examines microfinance NGOs working with poor, rural women in Guatemala to show how these women creatively and strategically use the NGOs to their own benefit in ways that do not necessarily match the goals of the NGOs, demonstrating that development projects are often transformed and persist in unexpected ways.Trade Review"Erin Beck has made a lasting contribution to the field of development studies in theorising development as a social interaction while also raising important issues for policy and practice. How Development Projects Persist is a call to contemplate, assess and study development not simply according to the goals of policymakers and organisations, but according to the larger vision and life goals of the people that interventions hope to serve." -- Bronwen Gillespie * Anthropology in Action *"The strength of Why Development Projects Persist is the quality of Beck’s data. . . . Beck writes her ethnographic data with completeness and clarity, which allows the reader to understand the intentions of these organizations, the worldviews of participants, and the ways these clashed as the NGOs’ visions of development were put into practice." -- Laura J. Heideman * American Journal of Sociology *"The text’s strength lies in its conceptual breadth and accessibility. . . . An easy, yet enlightening read. . . . Beck effectively shows rather than just tells what development encounters look like and how they are interpreted by the actors involved." -- Monica DeHart * Anthropological Quarterly *“This book. . . is useful to those interested in international studies, development studies, as well as development practitioners. . . . Further, Beck’s detailed analysis is well-written and jargon-free, and presents us with a balanced and longitudinal view of NGO development projects in Guatemala.” -- Michelle Moran-Taylor * Journal of Latin American Geography *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii 1. Social Engineering from Above and Below 1 2. Repackaging Development in Guatemala 29 3. Namaste's Bootstrap Model 64 4. Women and Workers Responding to Bootstrap Development 90 5. The Fraternity's Holistic Model 134 6. The Uneven Practices and Experiences of Holistic Development 162 7. The Implications of Socially Constructed Development 208 Appendix. Research Methods and Ethical Dilemmas 225 Notes 233 References 239 Index 259

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Book SynopsisIn Domesticating Democracy Susan Helen Ellison offers an ethnography of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) organizations in El Alto, Bolivia, showing that by helping residents cope with their interpersonal disputes and economic troubles how they change the ways Bolivians interact with the state and global capitalism, making them into self-reliant citizens.Trade Review"An in-depth study of the complexities of a foreign-founded programme of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and its eff ects, appropriations and interpretations amongst El Alto residents in Bolivia . . . particularly relevant for practitioners and civil servants." -- Nico Tassi * Anthropology in Action *"Ellison uses insightful accounts to weave people’s daily experiences of conflicts and vulnerability into the work of the ADR centres and the judicial structure of the country. . . . The book is very valuable in helping us understand Bolivia’s complex process of change, the structural impediments to peaceful progress and the vulnerabilities of large proportions of the populations – conditions that are not automatically helped by foreign funded programmes." -- Charlotta Widmark * Journal of Latin American Studies *“[Domesticating Democracy] elegantly elucidates the ways that Bolivian political conflicts move across and thereby newly draw together domestic, national, and transnational practices and institutions.” -- Mareike Winchell * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *“[Domesticating Democracy] is an important book for scholars of the Andes and political and legal studies scholars, as well as anyone trying to get their head around what neoliberalism is and what (hopefully, someday) comes next. . . . The clear writing and strong narrative thread make it a good option for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in all disciplines.” -- Susan Ellison * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Uprising 31 1. Fix the State or Fix the People 37 2. Cultures of Peace, Cultures of Conflict 64 3. A Market for Mediators 95 A Brief Recess: Conciliating Conflict in Alto Lima 121 4. Between Compadres There Is No Interest 134 5. The Conflictual Social Life of an Industrial Sewing Machine 163 6. You Have to Comply with Paper 194 Conclusion 221 Notes 235 References 255 Index 275

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Book SynopsisIn Domesticating Democracy Susan Helen Ellison offers an ethnography of Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) organizations in El Alto, Bolivia, showing that by helping residents cope with their interpersonal disputes and economic troubles how they change the ways Bolivians interact with the state and global capitalism, making them into self-reliant citizens.Trade Review"An in-depth study of the complexities of a foreign-founded programme of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and its eff ects, appropriations and interpretations amongst El Alto residents in Bolivia . . . particularly relevant for practitioners and civil servants." -- Nico Tassi * Anthropology in Action *"Ellison uses insightful accounts to weave people’s daily experiences of conflicts and vulnerability into the work of the ADR centres and the judicial structure of the country. . . . The book is very valuable in helping us understand Bolivia’s complex process of change, the structural impediments to peaceful progress and the vulnerabilities of large proportions of the populations – conditions that are not automatically helped by foreign funded programmes." -- Charlotta Widmark * Journal of Latin American Studies *“[Domesticating Democracy] elegantly elucidates the ways that Bolivian political conflicts move across and thereby newly draw together domestic, national, and transnational practices and institutions.” -- Mareike Winchell * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *“[Domesticating Democracy] is an important book for scholars of the Andes and political and legal studies scholars, as well as anyone trying to get their head around what neoliberalism is and what (hopefully, someday) comes next. . . . The clear writing and strong narrative thread make it a good option for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in all disciplines.” -- Susan Ellison * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Uprising 31 1. Fix the State or Fix the People 37 2. Cultures of Peace, Cultures of Conflict 64 3. A Market for Mediators 95 A Brief Recess: Conciliating Conflict in Alto Lima 121 4. Between Compadres There Is No Interest 134 5. The Conflictual Social Life of an Industrial Sewing Machine 163 6. You Have to Comply with Paper 194 Conclusion 221 Notes 235 References 255 Index 275

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Book SynopsisThe role of Western NGOs in the transition of postcommunist nations to democracy has been well documented. In this study, Paulina Pospieszna follows a different trajectory, examining the role of a former aid recipient (Poland), newly democratic itself, and its efforts to aid democratic transitions in the neighboring states of Belarus and Ukraine.

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