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The NGO moment : the globalisation of compassion from Biafra to Live Aid / Kevin O'Sullivan.
Author
O'Sullivan, Kevin, 1967-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
©2021
Description
xii, 273 pages ; 23 cm.
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Available Online
Cambridge University Press eBooks – 2021 Frontlist Collection
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Firestone Library - Stacks
JZ4841 .O78 2021
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Non-governmental organizations
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History
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20th century
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Humanitarian assistance
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History
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20th century
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Western countries
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Relations
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Developing countries
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Developing countries
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Western countries
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Series
Human rights in history
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Summary note
"This book is a study of compassion as a global project from Biafra to Live Aid. Kevin O'Sullivan explains how and why NGOs became the primary conduits of popular concern for the global poor between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s and shows how this shaped the West's relationship with the post-colonial world. Drawing on case studies from Britain, Canada and Ireland, as well as archival material from governments and international organisations, he sheds new light on how the legacies of empire were re-packaged and re-purposed for the postcolonial era, and how a liberal definition of benevolence, rooted in charity, justice, development and rights became the dominant expression of solidarity with the Third World. In doing so, the book provides a unique insight into the social, cultural and ideological foundations of global civil society. It reveals why this period provided such fertile ground for the emergence of NGOs and offers a fresh interpretation of how individuals in the West encountered the outside world"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-263) and index.
Contents
Part I. The Ends of Empire
Part II: An NGO Movement
Part III. Conduits of World Culture
Part IV: A People's Compassion.
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ISBN
9781108477307
9781108708548 ((paperback))
1108708544 ((paperback))
1108477305 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2021035910
OCLC
1258219651
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