International Perspectives on Voluntary Action

Reshaping the third sector
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-85383-556-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 234 mm

International Perspectives on Voluntary Action presents a new perspective on the third sector. Rather than considering non-governmental organizations separately from voluntary agencies, it explores the similarities, differences and growing connections between them in both Northern and Southern contexts.

Contributions by eminent authors in the field consider the differences in scale and priority that exist between the different types of third sector organizations in different settings, as well as the common challenges of accountability, legitimacy, effectiveness and governance.

New models of learning and communication, including Southern ideas such as micro credit provision, are also examined; as are continuing barriers.

Articulate and up-to-date, International Perspectives on Voluntary Action includes contributions on: Building NGO Legitimacy, Citizen Organizations as Policy Entrepreneurs; Voluntary Sector Governance in Britain and North America; Evaluating NGO Development Interventions; and Social Learning in North-South Coalitions.

Originally published in 1998

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, David

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Foreword
Contributors
Introduction: The Parallel Universes of Third Sector Research and the Changing Context of Voluntary Action David Lewis
Part 1: Linkages and Learning
1. Crossing the Great Divide: Building Links and Learning Between NGOs and Community-Based Organizations in North and South John Gauenta
2. Social Learning in South-North Coalitions: Constructing Knowledge Systems Across Social Chasms L David Brown
3. The Third World's Third Sector in Comparative Perspective Lester M Salamon and Helmut Anheier
Part 2: Contrasts and Complementarities
Voluntary Sector Governance - Problems in Practice and Theory in the United Kingdom and North America Margaret Harris
NGO Governing Bodies and Beyond: A Southern Perspective on Third Sector Governance Issues Qadeer Baig
Building NGO Legitimacy in Bangladesh: The Contested Domain Syed Hashemi and Mirza Hassan
The Trouble with Values Rob Paton
Citizen Organizations as Policy Entrepreneurs Adil Najam
Influencing Policy: A UK Voluntary Sector Perspective Marilyn Taylor
Evaluation and the Voluntary (Nonprofit) Sector: Emerging Issues Jeremy Kendall and Martin Knapp
Evaluating NGO Development Interventions Roger C Riddell
Advocacy and Third Sector Organizations: A Composite Perspective Alan Fowler
Legitimacy and Values in NGOs and Voluntary Organizations: Some Sceptical Thoughts Michael Edwards
Postscript: Reshaping the Third Sector Dauid Lewis