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Cultures of doing good : anthropologists and NGOs / edited by Amanda Lashaw, Christian Vannier, and Steven Sampson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- NGOgraphies: Ethnographic Reflections on NGOs Series
- NGOgraphies : Ethnographic Reflections on NGOs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Non-governmental organizations--Social aspects.
- Non-governmental organizations.
- Non-governmental organizations--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Social policy.
- Anthropology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Anthropological field studies of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in their unique cultural and political contexts.Cultures of Doing Good: Anthropologists and NGOs serves as a foundational text to advance a growing subfield of social science inquiry: the anthropology of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
- Contents:
- Introduction : engagements and entanglements in the anthropology of NGOs / Steven Sampson
- Anthropologists' encounters with NGOs : critique, collaboration, and conflict / David Lewis
- NGO fever and donor regimes : Tanzanian feminist activism within landscapes of contradictions / Victoria Bernal
- Habits of the heart : grassroots "revitalization" and state transformation in Serbia / Theodora Vetta
- Reformists and revolutionists : social work NGOs and activist struggles in the Czech Republic / Hana Synkova
- Leveraging supranational civil society : critiquing Czech gender equality policy through academic-NGO collaboration / Karen Kapusta-Pofahl
- Faith development beyond religion : the NGO as site of Islamic reform / Nermeen Mouftah
- Interdependent industries and ethical dilemmas : NGOs and volunteer tourism in Cusco, Peru / Aviva Sinervo
- Rebuilding justice : Jewish philanthropy and the politics of representation in post-Katrina New Orleans / Moshe Kornfeld
- The ethics and politics of NGO-dependent anthropology / Katherine Lemons
- The anthropologist and the conservation NGO : dilemmas of and opportunities for engagement / Amanda Woomer
- Conclusion : a second generation of NGO anthropology / Christian Vannier and Amanda Lashaw.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-9153-3
- OCLC:
- 1012939131
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