The NGO Moment - The Globalisation of Compassion from Biafra to Live Aid (Hardcover)

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 post-colonial 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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Human Rights in History
Release date:	October 2021
Authors:	Kevin O'Sullivan
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-47730-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-47730-5
Barcode:	9781108477307

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