Development, Civil Society and Faith-Based Organizations: Bridging the Sacred and the Secular

Author:   G. Clarke ,  M. Jennings ,  T. Shaw
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9780230020016


Pages:   279
Publication Date:   28 November 2007
Format:   Hardback
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This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It argues that greater engagement with faith communities and organizations is needed, and questions traditional secularism that has underpinned development policy and practice in the North.

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Author:   G. Clarke ,  M. Jennings ,  T. Shaw
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9780230020016


ISBN 10:   0230020011
Pages:   279
Publication Date:   28 November 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD   Availability explained
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'...it is difficult to know where to criticise this timely volume, which should be required reading for academics and practitioners alike.' Martin Rew, Development in Practice


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GERARD CLARKE is Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the School of the Environment and Society, Swansea University, UK. He is the author of The Politics of NGOs in South-East Asia: Participation and Protest in the Philippines. MICHAEL JENNINGS is Lecturer in International Development and African Politics at the Centre for Development Studies, Swansea University, UK. His research interests focus on NGOs, civil society and development in East Africa, and on the history and politics of development in this region.

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