Ben Ramalingam

Aid on the Edge of Chaos

Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World

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Produktbeschreibung

Aid has become a tangle of donors and recipients, so unwieldy that it is in danger of collapse. This ground-breaking book presents fresh thinking that transcends the 'more' verses 'less' arguments. Drawing on complexity theory it shows how aid could be transformed into a truly dynamic form of global cooperation fit for the twenty-first century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 167mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 880g
• ISBN-13: 9780199578023
• ISBN-10: 0199578028
• Artikelnr.: 38020748

Autorenporträt

Ben Ramalingam is an independent researcher, consultant and writer specialising on international development and humanitarian issues. He has worked with and advised leading development and humanitarian organisations including UN bodies, NGOs, the Red Cross movement, and government agencies. He holds honorary positions at the London School of Economics, the Overseas Development Institute, and the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: globalization, development, and complexity
Part 1: The way aid works
1: A system to change 'the system'?
2: Thinking inside the box
3: Strategic mismanagement
4: The goats in the machine
5: Watching the watchmen
6: Part 1 epilogue---global Fordlandia?
Part 2: The way the world works
7: Introducing complexity
8: More than, and different to, the parts
9: The madness of men
10: Falling off cliffs
11: The devil is in the dynamics
12: Part 2 epilogue---what lies between order and chaos?
Part 3: The way aid could work
13: From Bali, with complexity
14: Systemic learning
15: Adaptive strategies
16: Networked organizations
17: Dynamic change
18: Part 3 epilogue---moving beyond panaceas
19: Aid on the edge of chaos