Development beyond Politics: Aid, Activism and NGOs in Ghana (Non-Governmental Public Action) - Hardcover

Yarrow, Thomas

 
9780230236424: Development beyond Politics: Aid, Activism and NGOs in Ghana (Non-Governmental Public Action)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0230236421 ISBN 13: 9780230236424
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Synopsis

Is 'development' the answer for positive social change or a cynical western strategy for perpetuating inequality? Moving beyond an increasingly entrenched debate about the role of NGOs, this book reveals the practices and social relations through which ideas of development are concretely enacted.

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About the Author

THOMAS YARROW is Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography at Bangor University, UK. He has undertaken ethnographic research on a range of subjects including Ghanaian NGOs, the Volta Resettlement project and the interface between archaeology and anthropology. He has theoretical interests in development, globalization, public culture, space and place.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0230236421
ISBN 13 
9780230236424
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
215

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