Catholic Missionaries and Their Work with the Poor (Studies in World Christianity and Interreligious Relations)
by Albino Barrera
This book explores the vital role of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in compensating for the market’s and government’s inability to provide vital services. Its key theoretical contribution is the notion that poverty is the result of a triadic failure—when markets, government, and civil society become dysfunctional at the same time. Using data on Catholic missionaries’ development work, this study presents the various ways by which FBOs mitigate market and government failures in healthcare, educ...
Like many other indigenous groups, the Huaorani of eastern Ecuador are facing many challenges as they attempt to confront the globalization of capitalism in the 21st century. In 1991, they formed a political organization as a direct response to the growing threat to Huaorani territory posed by oil exploitation, colonization, and other pressures. The author explores the structures and practices of the organization, as well as the contradictions created by the imposition of an alien and hierarch...
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Undocumented Migrants in the United States (Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration)
by Ina Batzke
Whilst many undocumented migrants in the United States continue to exist in the shadows, since the turn of the millennium an increasing number have emerged within public debate, casting themselves against the dominant discursive trope of the "illegal alien," and entering the struggle over political self-representation. Drawing on a range of life narratives published from 2001 to 2016, this book explores how undocumented migrants have represented themselves in various narrative forms in the conte...
Development aid has recently become an important part of international politics in general and Norwegian foreign policy in particular. This study explores the moral discourse of contemporary Norwegian development aid organisations and professional development workers. Adopting a discourse-analytical and multi-disciplinary approach, key concepts such as human rights, charity, justice and compassion are discussed. Furthermore, the notions of professionalism and partnerships in development are ad...
This is the first history to be written of the World Food Programme (WFP), the food aid arm of the United Nations System. It tells the story of the antecedents and origins of WFP and growth from modest beginnings as a three-year experiment in 1963-65 to become the main source of international food aid for both disaster relief and development against the background of the evolution and development of food aid. This dual role has put WFP in the front line of the United Nations attack on poverty, h...
During the 1990s the concept of state failure emerged as part of an attempt to explain and understand the complex, post-Cold War, new world dis-order. State failure achieved prominence, being applied to situations of institutional collapse and mass violence that appeared to herald a new level of international instability. Ungoverned territories hosted criminal networks, narco-barons, and terrorists; they would be sources of threats flowing from environmental degradation and disease. The failed s...
The World Won't Wait (UTP Insights)
The need for an ambitious and forward-looking Canadian international strategy has never been greater. The worldwide changes that jeopardize Canadian security and prosperity are profound, ranging from the globalization of commerce, crime, and political extremism to the impact of climate change on the economy and environment. The reaction from Canada's policymakers, at least so far, has been underwhelming. In The World Won't Wait, some of Canada's brightest thinkers respond. Covering both classic...
Gender Impacts of Revenue Collection in Uganda (Economic Paper, #84)
by Nite Tanzarn
Gender responsive budgeting is a key instrument to track how governments are investing in advancing gender equality and equity. While most studies of gender responsive budgeting work so far have examined the expenditure side of the budget, the revenue side is equally important. In this Economic Paper, Nite Tanzarn looks at the revenue and tax system in Uganda, a country that has moved from analysis to action in gender responsive budgeting. This case study will show policy-makers in ministries of...
Nachhaltige Raeumliche Entwicklung Auf Dem Europaeischen Kontinent - Interdisziplinaere Ansaetze (Social Strategies, #32)
Der Band vereinigt die Beitrage des Symposiums der Faculte Europeenne des Sciences du Foncier (FESF) und des Interdisziplinaren Arbeitskreises fur Entwicklungslanderforschung (IAfEF), welches im Juni 2000 in Strassburg stattgefunden hat und sich mit Fragen der nachhaltigen raumlichen Entwicklung auseinandersetzte. Im Zentrum der interdisziplinaren Analysen stehen die wichtigsten Fragen der sozialen Entwicklung: Massnahmen zur Erhaltung der Umwelt, zur Stabilisierung von Bodenrechten und zur sozi...
There is a growing body of work on the military in developing countries. Few studies, have explored in-depth questions concerning the social origins of officers and enlisted men or trace career patterns within the armed forces of the developing world. With the exception of Latin America, it has been rare for a study to assess the performance of ruling, or non-ruling, militaries for political development and modernization of their societies. This oversight is exactly what Henry Bienen addresses i...
Business and the State in Developing Countries (Cornell Studies in Political Economy)
Much of the debate about development in the past decade pitted proponents of unfettered markets against advocates of developmental states. Yet, in many developing countries what best explains variations in economic performance is not markets or states but rather the character of relations between business and government. The studies in Business and the State in Developing Countries identify a range of close, collaborative relations between bureaucrats and capitalists that enhance elements of eco...
Mit der OEffnungs- und Reformpolitik ist in China ein sozialer Transformationsprozess in Gang gekommen. Die mesosoziologische Einflussgroesse wurde aber in der Forschung zur sozialen Ungleichheit in China entweder vernachlassigt oder nicht genug in der Empirie expliziert. Diese Arbeit unternimmt es, die makro-, meso- und mikrosoziologischen Theorien im Rahmen einer Ungleichheitsforschung mit Hilfe eines Mehrebenen-Modells fruchtbar werden zu lassen. Dabei wird Einkommen als Indikator der Ungleic...
International NGO Engagement, Advocacy, Activism (Non-Governmental Public Action)
by Helen Yanacopulos
The world of international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) has dramatically changed during the last two decades. The author critically analyses the engagement of INGOs within the contemporary international development landscape, enabling readers to further understand INGOs involvement in the politics of social change.
"During the 1989 uprising, 8,000 refugees began their return to an FMLN zone of influence at Ciudad Segunda Montes, a process soon followed by the authors' two years of research visits. Topical chapters provide short vignettes on the issues a rebuilding community faces in the context of a concluding civil war. Rich in voices and descriptions (alongside some boosterism), thin in social theorizing (understandable, given the authors' aims)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Identity and Nation in African Football (Global Culture and Sport)
The 2010 South African World Cup launched African football onto the global stage. This volume brings together top scholars on African football to explore a range of issues such as gender, identity, nationalism, history, cyber-fandom, the media and fan radicalization.