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  • Community Development Theories

    Perspectives and Practices in Africa

    by Boniface Rufo, Judi Aubel, Mamadou Coulibaly, Bob Rhodes, Chris Brown, Nancy Biwott, John Cornwell, Emmanuel Tawiah Tetteh, Amelia Visagie, Bernie Dolley, Janine Ward, Judith Demeshane, Judith Mtsewu, Teresa Opperman, Elor Enoge, Lizzy Ihekerenma Ewumi, Bosco Juma, Dedi Mwita, Shamim Juma, Abdulkadir Inuwa Abdulkadir, Stellah Masese ...
    This book is grounded in Afrocentric community development theoretical framing and perspectives. It curates nuanced perspectives, experiences and case studies to anchor the discipline and practice in traditional worldviews, values, and knowledge systems that draw on ubuntu-based interconnectedness.Focusing on community-led frameworks, such as asset-based community development and culturally ... Read more

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  • A New Synthesis of Public Administration

    Serving in the 21st Century

    by Jocelyne Bourgon ...
    Series Book 81 - Queen's Policy Studies Series
    In an increasingly interconnected environment, shocks, crises, cascading failures, and surprising breakthroughs are features of our age. The ability to anticipate, intervene, innovate, and adapt is now seen as essential for governments. Public officials serve in an expanded public space that is being reshaped by the rise of social networking and modern information and communication technologies. ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • The Art of Public Strategy

    Mobilizing Power and Knowledge for the Common Good

    by Geoff Mulgan ...
    The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples' lives. The best ones can transform economic laggards into trailblazers, eliminate diseases, or sharply cut crime. Strategic failures can result in highly visible disasters, like the shrinking of the Russian economy in the 1990s, or the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005. This book is ... Read more

    $50.39 CAD

  • The New Synthesis of Public Administration Fieldbook

    by Jocelyne Bourgon ...
    The New Synthesis (NS) brings together the role of government, people and society in a co-dependent and dynamic governing system. The purpose is to invent new solutions and build a better future - together. One thousand participants have been involved in some ways in the NS Initiativein the period between 2012-2015. One thousand journeys of discovery have been unfolding since. This second NS book ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Participation in Community Work

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Anne Karin Larsen, Vishanthie Sewpaul, Grete Oline Hole ...
    Participation is a key community work method and this text, written by an international selection of authors, covers innovative approaches in community based education and practice. Including real-life case studies of participatory practice, it offers new definitions of community work, organisation and development and will challenge and inspire all those involved in community work practice and ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Non-Governmental Organizations, Management and Development

    by David Lewis ...
    Non-Governmental Development Organizations have seen turbulent times over the decades; however, recent years have seen them grow to occupy high-profile positions in the fight against poverty. They are now seen as an important element of ‘civil society’, a concept that has been given increasing importance by global policy makers. This book has evolved during the course of that period to be a prime ... Read more

    $130.53 CAD

  • Development Management

    Theory and practice

    Edited by Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Farhad Hossain, Asad K. Ghalib, Christopher J. Rees, Aminu Mamman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    Despite significant financial investments, the rate of development and pace of poverty reduction in developing and transitional countries has not always matched expectations. Development management typically involves complex interactions between governmental and non-governmental organisations, donors and members of the public, and can be difficult to navigate.This volume brings together a group of ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Suicidal Empathy: How Fake Compassion Is Destroying The West

    by Mary Elizabeth Baker ...
    Synopsis: Suicidal Empathy: How Fake Compassion is Destroying the West This book presents a critical examination of a modern social phenomenon it terms suicidal empathy, a form of compassion that prioritizes emotional display and ideological conformity over genuine care and practical outcomes. It argues that Western nations have increasingly adopted policies driven by this counterfeit empathy, ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • Gender at Work

    Theory and Practice for 21st Century Organizations

    by Aruna Rao, Joanne Sandler, David Kelleher, Carol Miller ...
    At a time when some corporate women leaders are advocating for their aspiring sisters to ‘lean in’ for a bigger piece of the existing pie, this book puts the spotlight on the deep structures of organizational culture that hold gender inequality in place. Gender at Work: Theory and Practice for 21st Century Organizations makes a compelling case that transforming the unspoken, informal institutional ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

  • Ideas for Development

    by Robert Chambers ...
    Our world seems entangled in systems increasingly dominated by power, greed, ignorance, self-deception and denial, with spiralling inequity and injustice. Against a backdrop of climate change, failing ecosystems, poverty, crushing debt and corporate exploitation, the future of our world looks dire and the solutions almost too monumental to consider.Yet all is not lost. Robert Chambers, one of the ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • The Aid Triangle

    Recognizing the Human Dynamics of Dominance, Justice and Identity

    by Malcolm MacLachlan, Stuart Carr, Eilish McAuliffe ...
    The Aid Triangle focuses on the human dynamics of international aid and illustrates how the aid system incorporates power relationships, and therefore relationships of dominance.Using the concept of a triangle of dominance, justice and identity, this timely work explains how the experience of injustice is both a challenge and a stimulus to personal, community and national identity, and how such ... Read more

    $45.39 CAD

  • Peace, Business, and Democracy

    Corporate Responsibility in Peace and Governance

    by Julia Croce ...
    Series series Business and Peacebuilding
    This research volume explores the intricate relationship between business, peace, and democracy, focusing on the critical role businesses play in influencing these processes. It explores why and how businesses can contribute to peace- and democracy-building, examining their potential both as benefactors providing essential services and as beneficiaries exploiting local fragility. The book offers a ... Read more

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