From Charity to Justice - How NGOs Can Revolutionise Our Response to Extreme Poverty (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)

This book focuses on the ethical demands of extreme poverty and develops a political theory of practical change. Welding together political realism and moral aspirations, it argues that a re-imagined form of development NGO can help the global North break free from the dominant and persistent charity paradigm and drift towards a justice-based understanding of extreme poverty. It offers an original explanation of why the charity paradigm persists and why the "justice not charity" messages from development NGOs have changed few minds. The author argues that anyone concerned with a paradigm shift from charity to justice need to radically rethink the problem of political communication: who should communicate what messages about extreme poverty in what ways? Based on a rational choice critique of the competitive development NGO sector, the author calls for sector-wide reform and the emergence of a new political agent - the Avant-garde NGO - which transcends the charity frame that NGOs currently find themselves locked in. Further, inspired by literary theory and social psychology, he offers a fresh account of how the Avant-garde NGO could, through reflective public engagement, induce attitude change and lead genuine social and political reform.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	May 2022
First published:	2021
Authors:	Vincent Fang
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	287
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-981-16-1435-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Non-profitmaking organizations Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	981-16-1435-0
Barcode:	9789811614354

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