An ethnography of four non-governmental development organizations : Oxfam America, Grassroots International, ACCION International, and Cultural Survival Inc.

Author(s)

• Fox, Diana Joyce

Bibliographic Information

An ethnography of four non-governmental development organizations : Oxfam America, Grassroots International, ACCION International, and Cultural Survival Inc.

Diana Joyce Fox

（Mellen studies in sociology, v. 16）

Edwin Mellen Press, c1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-324) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a detailed study of the ways in which four non-governmental organizations are carving out approaches to international development in the 1990s. The text points to significant areas of reform and underscores the complexity and diversity of the development idea.

Table of Contents

• Gathering data
• development reform ideologies - institutional perspectives
• concepts of alternative development projects
• the development project as home - imagery in education and marketing
• the interpretation of visuals - Oxfam and Cultural Survival
• conclusion - a new world order?. Appendices: Grassroots - projects and partners
• Oxfam America and Cultural Survival - additional projects.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA5051636X
• ISBN:
  • 0773483616
• LCCN: 98020756
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lewiston, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 331 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC60
  • DC21 : 338.91/06/01
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Oxfam America
  • LCSH : Grassroots International
  • LCSH : ACCION International (Organization)
  • LCSH : Cultural Survival Inc
  • LCSH : Non-governmental organizations
  • LCSH : Economic development
  • LCSH : International cooperation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12021511