Overview
"Non-governmental organizations have gained a great deal of popularity in recent years. The awarding of the Nobel Prize to The International Campaign to Ban Landmines in 1977 and to Medicins Sans Frontieres in 1999 has highlighted the emergence of these organizations as """"new"""" forces in international politics. Yet, there is no work to date that has provided an overview of the varieties of interaction between NGOs and states, international organizations and in international politics. This is especially true of books aimed at undergraduates. """"NGOs in International Politics"""" surveys a range of NGO activities and relationships in a manner accessible to students in the classroom. Despite the gap in the textbook literature, non-governmental organizations are being taught in undergraduate courses, either in theoretical terms or as components of service learning. This book is designed to remedy the gap between interest in NGOs and accessible literature for use in the classroom."
Full Product Details
Author: Shamima Ahmed ,
David Potter
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Imprint: Kumarian Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.431kg
ISBN: 9781565492301
ISBN 10: 1565492307
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 30 December 2006
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A thoughtful, in-depth survey of the explosive popularity of nongovernmental organizations.. Designed especially for classroom study, yet also suitable for self-education.
"""A thoughtful, in-depth survey of the explosive popularity of nongovernmental organizations.. Designed especially for classroom study, yet also suitable for self-education."" ""Ahmed and Potter offer a good balance of theory and illustrative case examples. They successfully condense a great deal of complex infomation into simple concepts. In so doing, they demonstrate how challenging it is for even the most fluent scholars to construct clear definitions around NGOs, and consequently the difficulty in defining and analyzing their roles and behaviors in international political fora... a consise, undergraduate level textbook on NGOs appropriate for students of international studies and political science."" ""Possibly the perfect blend of comprehensive and clear, this is the NGO text we have needed for some time. An excellent pedagogical tool for the undergraduate classroom, it also serves well as a conceptual reference for graduate students who find that their research has spilled over into the realm of these increasingly important global players."""
