The Rise of Small-Scale Development Organisations

The Emergence, Positioning and Role of Citizen Aid Actors
Herausgeber: Haaland, Hanne; Schulpen, Lau; Kinsbergen, Sara

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Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume discusses the rise, positioning and role of small-scale, voluntary development organisations in the Global North.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9781032132334
• ISBN-10: 1032132337
• Artikelnr.: 71234276

Autorenporträt

Hanne Haaland is an associate professor at the Department of Global Development and Planning at the University of Agder, Norway. Among her research interests are citizen initiatives for global solidarity in different contexts, humanitarian aid and civic engagement as well as the use of technology in development and emergency management. Sara Kinsbergen is an assistant professor at the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies and program director of the Advanced Master in International Development at Radboud University. She has a longstanding track record in studying Private Development Initiatives. Her research focuses on the identity of these organisations, their partnerships and the sustainability of their development interventions. Lau Schulpen is a lecturer and researcher in Development Studies at Radboud University, the Netherlands. With a long-term focus on international development cooperation, he has published extensively on Dutch development policy, the role of NGDOs and Private Initiatives. Crucial in his work is bridging the gap between academic research and policy/practice. Hege Wallevik is an associate professor at the Department for Global Development and Planning at the University of Agder, Norway. Her research interests include gender and diversity, migration and integration, citizen initiatives for global solidarity, and humanitarian aid and civic engagement.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors. PART ONE. 1.The Articles of Faith of Citizen Aid
actors - between Dreams and Realities. 2.Citizen Initiatives for Global
Solidarity (CIGS) as new development actors in Norway - an exploration of
how and why they emerge. 3.Bittersweet - exploring interactions between
NGDOs and PDIs in the Netherlands. 4.The Multiple Triggers and
Distinguishing Features of Canadian Citizen Aid Initiatives. 5.Perpetual
Effervescence? The life trajectories of American Grassroot International
NGOs. 6.The founder-syndrome; explaining the boundaries of financial
expansion of Small-Scale Development Initiatives. PART TWO. 7.Brokering as
a balancing act: Local coordinators in citizen initiatives for global
solidarity. 8.Citizen Aid Celebrities? The Role of Charismatic Founders.
9.Citizen Initiatives for Global Solidarity (CIGS), frontier Africans, and
experiences of trans-local networking. 10.Amical break-up or messy divorce?
Understanding sustainable exit strategies of voluntary development
organizations. 11.Citizen initiatives in humanitarian aid: Lesvos, Greece
as a case in bottom-up humanitarian assistance mobilization.
12.Professionalized Humanitarianism and the Essentialization of Victimhood.
Index.