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By: Alexis Heraclides

ISBN: 9780719089909
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2015
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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A comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. -- .


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By: Alexis Heraclides

ISBN: 9781526133823
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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A comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. -- .


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By: Peter J. Hoffman

ISBN: 9781442266124
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This authoritative book provides a comprehensive analysis of the original idea of humanitarianism and its evolution, exploring its triangulation with war and politics. Tracing the profound changes in the culture and capacities that underpin the sector, the authors assess the reinventions that constitute revolutions in humanitarian affairs.


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By: Peter J. Hoffman

ISBN: 9781442266131
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This authoritative book provides a comprehensive analysis of the original idea of humanitarianism and its evolution, exploring its triangulation with war and politics. Tracing the profound changes in the culture and capacities that underpin the sector, the authors assess the reinventions that constitute revolutions in humanitarian affairs.


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By: Joseph C. Kiger

ISBN: 9780313259838
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 1990
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This new work, edited by Kiger, a specialist in foundation history, inlcudes 146 sketches of major foundations in 31 countries.


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By: Judy Steel

ISBN: 9780733324789
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2009
Publisher: ABC Books
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Judy Steel found herself in Uganda at the age of 58, providing medical aid to some of Africa's most disadvantaged people. Since 2000, she has returned every year for several months at a time, establishing a small hospital, health clinics for mothers and babies, a physiotherapy centre, literacy school, micro-loan bank and farming infrastructure.


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By: Thomas A. Bryer

ISBN: 9780739196953
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book offers a review of cases, data, and literature addressing the impact of national service programs and volunteerism in and across communities. The chapters, written by diverse authors, are structured to appeal to students and practitioners of policy, government, and nonprofit studies.


(Paperback, Third Edition)

By: Elizabeth Boris

ISBN: 9781442271784
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Nonprofits and Government provides students and practitioners with the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, research-based inquiry into the collaborative and conflicting relationship between nonprofits and government at all levels: local, national, and international.


(Hardback, Third Edition)

By: Elizabeth Boris

ISBN: 9781442271777
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Nonprofits and Government provides students and practitioners with the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, research-based inquiry into the collaborative and conflicting relationship between nonprofits and government at all levels: local, national, and international.


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By: Radhika Gajjala

ISBN: 9781498517386
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book examines the representation, global inclusion, and commodification of the subaltern through digital platforms for online microfinance, the discourses of gender empowerment that emerge through MPESA promotional material online, and the use of games for change in online philanthropy.


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By: Grants Program

ISBN: 9781573566148
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Paul C. Light

ISBN: 9780815706250
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Fourth in a series of reports on the changing nature of public service in government and the nonprofit sector, Pathways to Excellence focuses on a unique survey of contemporary thinking about creating effective nonprofit organizations.


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By: Joseph C. Kiger

ISBN: 9780313312236
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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In a readable, coherent, and succinct account, Kiger surveys the changes that have taken place in U.S. foundations in the 20th century and describes our foundations as they exist today.


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By: Donna T. Andrew

ISBN: 9780691600116
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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In this study of voluntary charities in eighteenth-century London, Donna Andrew reconsiders the adequacy of humanitarianism as an explanation for the wave of charitable theorizing and experimentation that characterized this period. Focusing on London, the most visible area of both destitution and social experimentation, this book examines the polit


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By: Donna T. Andrew

ISBN: 9780691630090
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback, Updated Edition)

By: Olivier Zunz

ISBN: 9780691161204
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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American philanthropy today expands knowledge, champions social movements, defines active citizenship, influences policymaking, and addresses humanitarian crises. How did philanthropy become such a powerful and integral force in American society This book explores the twentieth-century growth of this phenomenon.


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By: Steven H. Haeberle

ISBN: 9780275932190
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 1989
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Joel Fleishman

ISBN: 9781610395328
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Nov 2017
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
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One of the country's preeminent experts on charitable giving tells the story of the philanthropic boom, led by a new generation of Silicon Valley billionaires, and their transformative and disruptive potential.


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By: E. J. Dionne

ISBN: 9780815702597
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Nov 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Bush administration's new proposal to broaden support for "faith-based" social programs has heated up a simmering debate. What are the congregations' proper roles in lifting up the poor What should their relationship with government be This text explores these questions.


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By: Robert Wuthnow

ISBN: 9780691126289
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: May 2006
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Addresses questions such as: Are congregations effective vehicles for providing broad-based social programs, or are they best at supporting their own members How many local congregations have formal programs to assist needy families This book represents an evenhanded benchmark of information for the coming-debate.


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By: Joseph Kin Fun Kwok

ISBN: 9780865693203
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This is a comparative analysis of the micro and macro characteristics of self-help organizations of people with disabilities (SHOPs) in seven selected countries and territories in Asia, namely China Mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.


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By: Joel Fleishman

ISBN: 9781586487027
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2009
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S.
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The baby boomer generation is going to participate in the largest transfer of wealth in history when it passes on its assets to its successor generation. This book shows you how, why it matters, and how the future of foundations can provide a vital spur to the engine of the American economy - if they are properly established and run.


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By: C. Neil Bull

ISBN: 9780313281259
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 1993
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This bibliography is a current source of information for researchers, practitioners, and planners interested in the older volunteer. Included are entries for books and articles on particular programs, characteristics of older volunteers, sources of statistical information, empirical research, and special population groups.


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By: Jennifer M. Morris

ISBN: 9780739176245
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Started as a temporary organization, UNICEF navigated Cold War tensions in order to provide assistance to millions of children and their parents throughout the world. The Origins of UNICEF, 19461953 reveals how the most well-known child-relief aid organization in the world came into being.

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