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Nepad: Toward Africa's Development or Another False Start?Ian Taylor Enthusiastically embraced by African presidents, G-7 leaders, and the UN General Assembly alike, the New Partnership for Africa's Development has been advanced as the vehicle that will vitalize the continent's economies. Ian Taylor critically explores just what Nepad is, and what potential it has—or lacks—for promoting African development. More > | |
Neva Again: Hip Hop Art, Activism, and Education in Post-Apartheid South AfricaAdam Haupt, Quentin Williams, H. Samy Alim, and Emile Jansen, editors The culmination of decades of work on hip hop culture and activism, Neva Again weaves together the many varied and rich voices of the dynamic South African hip hop scene. The contributors—including scholars, activists, and the artists themselves—present a powerful reflection of the potential of youth art, culture, music, language, and identities to shape both politics and world views. More > | |
Never Too Late to Remember: The Politics Behind New York City’s Holocaust MuseumRochelle G. Saidel Why did New York City, the largest center of Jewish culture and home to more survivors than any other city in the United States, take more than half a century to finalize plans for its Holocaust memorial? Rochelle Saidel offers a detailed analysis of how local power brokers, real estate developers, major political players, and various groups within the national Jewish community More > | |
New African Thinkers: Culture at the Heart of Sustainable DevelopmentOlga Bialostocka, editor In New African Thinkers, young scholars from across Africa discuss their vision for the social, political, and economic future of their continent. A unifying element running throughout their work is the argument that culture—defined broadly as a way of life, system of values and controls, and modes of practice and expression—lies at the heart of a reimagined Africa: a place of More > | |
New African Thinkers: Drivers of ChangeOlga Bialostocka and Thokozani Simelane, editors Emerging scholars from across Africa focus on the multiple innovative ways through which Africa has been confronting challenges. The chapters cover peace and security including democracy and governance, gender and global change, development for the people, as well as science and technology.
The book grew out of the Ninth African Young Graduates and Scholars conference which is rooted in the More > | |
New Immigrant Communities: Finding a Place in Local PoliticsKristi Andersen How do US immigrants, who settle in places with varied political and social characteristics, find a place at the table in local politics? In particular, how do arrivals to smaller, less-established immigrant communities become politically incorporated? Drawing on rich interview data and cases from across the United States, Kristi Andersen compares communities to reveal what types of environments More > | |
New Paths to Democratic Development in Latin America: The Rise of NGO-Municipal CollaborationCharles A. Reilly, editor Latin America's cities and towns, where 72 percent of the region's total population of 432 million now reside, are the principal arena for redefining its social policy. Municipal governments, however, are fiscally ill-equipped to address the problems of their residents, and as a result, they are inclined to welcome—or at least tolerate—NGOs and grassroots social movements that More > | |
New Pathways Out of PovertySam Daley-Harris and Anna Awimbo, editors New Pathways Out of Poverty explores the current state of the microfinance industry and highlights some of the field's major challenges and achievements. The authors examine innovations in microfinance and capture the knowledge gained in key areas of practice. They authors also show how leading institutions are taking steps to ensure that microfinance becomes a central platform for eliminating More > | |
New Roles and Relevance: Development NGOs and the Challenge of ChangeDavid Lewis and Tina Wallace, editors The authors of New Roles and Relevance explore the challenges faced by development NGOs as they seek to achieve greater relevance, improved accountability, and better performance in the fight against global poverty.
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NGO Leadership and Human RightsRichard K. Ghere Richard Ghere provides a comprehensive survey of NGO involvement in a human rights based approach to leadership, organization, management, and performance.
Ghere points to how any NGO, regardless of its specific mission, can provide outlets for human rights activism. He also discusses the ways that NGOs have become increasingly concerned with human rights. Calling for leaders of human rights More > |