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From:Anthropology in Action (Vol. 13, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedDevelopment research in Bangladesh creates friction in projects among various stakeholders--donors, NGOs, managers, researchers or the poor beneficiaries. Research is an element of power relations among the contending...
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From:Demokratizatsiya (Vol. 19, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAbstract: This paper examines the European Union's interaction with civil society organizations in Armenia through the European Neighbourhood Policy as a potential example of normative socialization. Through examining...
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From:European Social PolicyPeer-ReviewedThe European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW) holds its first ever press conference in Brussels, on 26 May. According to the Paris-based NGO, windfarms are the "modern plague of Europe". EPAW calls for a moratorium on...
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From:European Social PolicyPeer-ReviewedWhile most EU member states have guaranteed minimum income (GMI) schemes in place, the income provided through GMI and social assistance "is not even sufficient to avoid situations of severe poverty, which is normally...
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From:European Social PolicyPeer-ReviewedSince Diabi Binta left Guinea almost three years ago, she has been seeking the right to stay in Belgium. On 7 May, this illegal immigrant came to the centre of Brussels to protest against the proposed Return Directive....
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From:Latin American Research Review (Vol. 42, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedA growing percentage of international aid is distributed through local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Scholarship is divided on how that aid affects domestic politics. One side argues that aid to NGOs reinforces...
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From:Ethnologies (Vol. 27, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCet article presente une perspective theorique adoptee pour aborder l'humanitaire en anthropologie. La proposition s'appuie sur une vision du travail humanitaire centree sur les acteurs et le sens de leurs actions, sur...
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From:European Social PolicyPeer-ReviewedThe Platform of European Social NGOs feels that Margot Wallstrom's White Paper on a European Communication Strategy is not insistent enough about the responsibility of the EU institutions. On the other hand, it supports...
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From:Social Research (Vol. 72, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe basic twin expectations of government are that NGOs will firstly, continue to act as monitors of the public good and safeguard the interests of the disadvantaged sections of society. This performance of this social...
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From:The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (Issue 14) Peer-ReviewedA synopsis of the key strategic developments in corporate responsibility around the globe over the last quarter SO, THE HONEYMOON IS OVER. AFTER a decade of increasingly closer relations between business and NGOs,...
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From:Internal Auditor (Vol. 58, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedTHE FINANCIAL SERVICES Authority (FSA), an independent, non-governmental body that regulates the financial services industry in the United Kingdom, recently released a discussion paper that includes proposals aimed at...
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From:The Ecologist (Vol. 31, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedNGOs from around the world have issued a joint statement opposing efforts, led by the EU, to launch a new trade round of negotiations at the WTO. The NGOs are particularly against the attempt to include the new topics...
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From:Middle East Policy (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on international relations in the Middle East. It is organized in the following manner: First, the concepts of civil society...
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From:Demokratizatsiya (Vol. 10, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe status of civil society in Belarus? We don't have it here in Belarus; that's what we are fighting for. There is no freedom of speech and no independent judiciary--the two prerequisites for the existence of civil...
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From:The Journal of Corporate CitizenshipPeer-ReviewedThis paper addresses corporate citizenship as expressed by business participation in multi-stakeholder environmental partnerships. Based on ethnographic research performed in a European Union (EU) partnership in the...
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From:The Ecumenical Review (Vol. 47, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed
Non-governmental organizations and the "agenda for peace." (UN peacekeeping and peacemaking program)
UN Secretary-Gen. Boutros Boutros-Ghali launched his 'Agenda for Peace' to reassess the role of the UN in peacekeeping and peacemaking in the post-Cold War era. The post-Cold War era has been marked by the... -
From:Journal of Environment & Development (Vol. 6, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedNon-profit, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in advocacy positions such as international relief, human rights, women and the environment are crossing international borders to work for the benefit of a global...
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From:Refuge (Vol. 32, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Following the fall of Saigon in 1975, thousands fled Indochina in small boats to attain political asylum in neighbouring countries. Canada played a leading role in the resettlement of thousands of...
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From:Journal of International Women's Studies (Vol. 17, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIn this paper, I address the question of how Bosnian women's NGOs have contributed to the implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) on Women, Peace and Security in Bosnia and...
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From:International Bulletin of Missionary Research (Vol. 39, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSomething unusual happened in the Global South in the late 1980s and 1990s. Anew expression of Pentecostalism arose that was distinguished by a combination of Pentecostal worship, aggressive evangelism, and grassroots...