Rethinking and NGO: Development, Donors and Civil Society in Jordan [Hardcover]

Basma bint al-Talal (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1860649254 | ISBN-13: 978-1860649257 | Publication Date: January 17, 2004 | Edition: First Edition

Drawing on a careful blend of qualitative and quantitative research techniques, the author provides not only a rare, people-centered account of a Jordanian development organization and its practices, from grass roots to the national level, but also an insider's critical reflections on a venture with which she has been involved since its inception—The Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD). Its evolution in rapidly changing domestic and international circumstances has provided the author with the unique opportunity to address a range of themes that today dominate the discourse of development, including participation, gender and development, micro-finance, and donor conditionality.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is a well-researched and well-written book... this book is a valuable addition to the literature on social development and the development process in Jordan, as well as on the growing and changing roles of civil society and NGOs... will be of great benefit to readers inside Jordan, as well as to researchers from outside the country... It is not possible within the confines of this short review to pay justice to this remarkable book." -Hisham Khatib, The Jordan Times

About the Author

Basma bint al-Talal has chaired the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development since 1977.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris; First Edition edition (January 17, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860649254
• ISBN-13: 978-1860649257
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,941,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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