Art is enjoying a resurgence among researchers, activists, and practitioners as a powerful medium to challenge conventional narratives around humanitarian protection, and give access to a broader range of perspectives.…...
Reimagining Philanthropy in the Global South: From Analysis to Action in a Post-COVID World
While there have always been high levels of philanthropic giving in the Global South, the urgency and unexpectedness of COVID-19 transformed the parameters within which philanthropy operates. Reimagining Philanthropy in…...
Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development: Starting from the South
At a time when uneven power dynamics are high on development actors’ agenda, this book will be an important contribution to researchers and practitioners working on innovation in development and…...
Foreign Aid and Its Unintended Concequences
Foreign aid and international development frequently bring with it a range of unintended consequences, both negative and positive. This book delves into these consequences, providing a fresh and comprehensive guide…...
Lives Amid Violence: Transforming Development in the Wake of Conflict
Violent conflict and its aftermath are pressing problems for international development. However, the results of development in conflict contexts have generally been disappointing and their preventative potential thus questionable. Lives…...
In my view: Is the aid sector racist?
Is the aid sector racist? I had been reflecting on this question for a number of years. However, after the House of Commons’ International Development Committee, which I chair, launched…...
Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development Starting from the South
At a time when uneven power dynamics are high on development actors’ agenda, this book will be an important contribution to researchers and practitioners working on innovation in development and…...
What Transformation Takes: Evidence of Responsible INGO Transitions to Locally Led Development Around the World
What Transformation Takes: Evidence of Responsible INGO Transitions to Locally Led Development Around the World takes readers on a journey to examine responsible transitions from international non-governmental organizations to locally…...
The Frontlines of Peace An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World
The word “peacebuilding” evokes a story we’ve all heard over and over: Violence breaks out, foreign nations are scandalized, peacekeepers and million-dollar donors come rushing in, warring parties sign a…...
Global Governance and Local Peace: Accountability and Performance in International Peacebuilding
Why do international peacebuilding organizations sometimes succeed and sometimes fail even within the same country? Bridging the gaps between the peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and global governance scholarship, this book argues that…...