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- Thinking about change for development practice: a case study from Oxfam GB
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Development practice is informed by theories of change, but individuals and organisations may not make these explicit. Practitioners may be unaware of the extent to which strategic choices and debates are informed by disparate thinking about how history h ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- From paternalism to participation: the motivations and understandings of the “developers”
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Recently there has been a shift in development discourse from ideas of paternalism to those of participation. Set within the framework of a postmodern critique of development, this paper questions the assumption that the ideas of development still exist ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-11-27 12:51
- Development perspectives: Views from rural Lebanon
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This paper explores development issues from the perspective of two villages in rural Lebanon. Educated male villagers see themselves as initiators of development and use the same language as NGO officials. Client-patron relationships and wasta (the act of ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:09
- Leveraging change in the working conditions of UK homeworkers
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The debate among NGO and union activists about how to improve working conditions and labour rights has been dominated by proponents of specific approaches, arguing variously that the best route is through company codes, legislation, organisation of worker ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:49
- Trends in UK NGOs: a research note
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This paper reports on some of the generic findings arising from research being undertaken in the UK, South Africa, and Uganda into the ways in which the management tools currently promoted by official donors are passed down the aid chain, through UK NGOs, ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:10
- `Does the doormat influence the boot?' Critical thoughts on UK NGOs and international advocacy
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Most UK development NGOs engage in advocacy work at the international level in an attempt to reduce the constraints imposed on grassroots development by global economics and the actions of the official aid agencies. Thus far, their record has been disappo ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- More than a token gesture: NGOs and trade unions campaigning for a common cause
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With the passage of the 1999 Asylum and Immigration Act in the UK, a system of vouchers for all new asylum seekers was to be introduced from April 2000. These vouchers were widely regarded as iniquitous in that they discriminated against an already vulner ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:11
- Women in Development Europe
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The Annual General Assembly of Women in Development Europe (WIDE) took place in Madrid in March 1993. WIDE has members from 13 countries, mainly EC member states. The conference focused on `Women, Human Rights and Development' and the author briefly descr ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- Redefining development for national security: implications for civil society
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The effects of counter-terrorism legislation on civil society organisations (CSOs) based in the South have received little attention in the wider literature. This article reports on the findings of a series of international workshops to examine the effe ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-12-10 14:53
- The ethics of immigration controls: issues for development NGOs
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It can be argued that immigration restrictions constitute a form of 'global apartheid', ensuring that poorer sections of world society are prevented, by legal and physical force, from sharing in the world's sum of riches. This article seeks to develop thi ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
