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International NGOs and the challenge of modernity
Development in Practice, 2000The forces associated with economic globalisation and the apparent supremacy of market forces have unleashed a range of political and social processes that have served, and were indeed designed, to enrich and empower the few at the expense of the majority. These include phenomena such as the rise in armed conflict, threats to food security, the loss of
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International Conflicts and the Roles of Ngos
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004International conflicts normally happen within a backdrop of numerous differences between states. The problems are aggravated by factors such as the disparities of power balances between the disputing parties. In the face of current unstable world climate, it is suggested here that Non-governmental bodies (NGOs) should play an increasing role in ...
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Governance and Accountability in International NGOs
Journal of Civil Society, 2008Who controls the international non-government organizations (NGOs)? Critics of international humanitarian and human rights organizations often refer to these non-profit NGOs as ‘self-appointed’—as ...
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Religious NGOs in International Relations
2016Over the last 30 years, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly present in international discourses and ?active in international decision-making. Among the estimated several million NGOs in existence today, an increasingly visible number of organizations are defining themselves in religious terms – referring to themselves as ...
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This paper explores problems and challenges in the management of expatriate staff in Northern NGOs. It finds that very little research has so far been carried out on this issue despite its importance in international NGO development work. Drawing on a recent case study of a NNGO working in Uganda, the author makes a preliminary identification of a ...
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This paper explores problems and challenges in the management of expatriate staff in Northern NGOs. It finds that very little research has so far been carried out on this issue despite its importance in international NGO development work. Drawing on a recent case study of a NNGO working in Uganda, the author makes a preliminary identification of a ...
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International NGOs: Missionaries or Imperialists?
2009Two strands have run through much of the discussion in the previous chapters. On the one hand, there is the depiction of NGOs as idealistic groups, fighting for the needs of the poor, the disadvantaged and even the planet as a whole; and pursuing causes which politicians either neglect or wilfully obstruct.
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