{"product_id":"nongovernmental-organizations-and-development-9781138352810","title":"NonGovernmental Organizations and Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is an introduction to the wide-ranging topic of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and development, combining a critical overview of the main research literature with a set of up-to-date theoretical and practical insights drawn from experience in Asia, Europe, Africa and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe revised second edition highlights the continuing importance of NGOs in development, while fully engaging with the criticisms that their increased profile now attracts. It considers issues such as securitization, changing technologies, and recent concerns about safeguarding as well as going into more detail around topics such as market-based development and social enterprise. The diversity of NGOs and their roles is discussed against the broader historical background of struggles for social justice in different societies, as well as within the shifting ideological contexts of neoliberalism and populism. Using a broad range of short case studies of both successful and unsuccessful int\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: what are non-governmental organizations? 2. Understanding development NGOs in historical context 3. NGOs and development theory 4. NGOs and development: from alternative to mainstream? 5. NGO roles in contemporary development practice 6. NGOs and civil society 7. NGOs and globalization 8. NGOs and the aid system 9. NGOs and international humanitarian action 10. Development NGOs in perspective\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019484889431,"sku":"9781138352810","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138352810.jpg?v=1750780410","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nongovernmental-organizations-and-development-9781138352810","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}