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Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as
having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions
amongst communities of the same faith. However, many FBOs today
work across a variety of contexts, including with local partners
and communities of different faiths. Likewise, secular NGOs and
donors are increasingly partnering with faith-based organisations
to work in highly-religious communities. Development Across Faith
Boundaries explores the dynamics of activities by local or
international FBOs that cross faith boundaries, whether with their
partners, donors or recipient communities. The book investigates
the dynamics of cross-faith partnerships in a range of development
contexts, from India, Cambodia and Myanmar, to Melanesia, Bosnia,
Ethiopia and Afghanistan. The book demonstrates how far FBOs extend
their activities beyond their own faith communities and how far
NGOs partner with religious actors. It also considers the impacts
of these cross-faith partnerships, including their work on conflict
and sectarian or ethnic tension in the relevant communities. This
book is an invaluable guide for graduates, researchers and students
with an interest in development and religious studies, as well as
practitioners within the aid sector.
Faith-based organisations (FBOs) have long been recognised as
having an advantage in delivering programs and interventions
amongst communities of the same faith. However, many FBOs today
work across a variety of contexts, including with local partners
and communities of different faiths. Likewise, secular NGOs and
donors are increasingly partnering with faith-based organisations
to work in highly-religious communities. Development Across Faith
Boundaries explores the dynamics of activities by local or
international FBOs that cross faith boundaries, whether with their
partners, donors or recipient communities. The book investigates
the dynamics of cross-faith partnerships in a range of development
contexts, from India, Cambodia and Myanmar, to Melanesia, Bosnia,
Ethiopia and Afghanistan. The book demonstrates how far FBOs extend
their activities beyond their own faith communities and how far
NGOs partner with religious actors. It also considers the impacts
of these cross-faith partnerships, including their work on conflict
and sectarian or ethnic tension in the relevant communities. This
book is an invaluable guide for graduates, researchers and students
with an interest in development and religious studies, as well as
practitioners within the aid sector.
Development is a difficult endeavor in any environment, much more
so in places such as Myanmar with its "perfect storm" of extreme
poverty, international sanctions, and political repression and
human rights violations with concomitant conflicts within
development organisations over norms and policies. This book
examines how to affect successful development interventions in
Myanmar. The author points out how practitioners have questioned
universal economic prescriptions for development in ways that they
have not questioned the normative foundations behind their work.
Ware does not argue for a facile moral relativism; he sees Myanmar
as an egregious violator of human rights, but he does call for
"context sensitivity" to help organisations adapt their values to
meet better the needs of client populations. Through fieldwork and
an extensive series of interviews, Ware brings into focus key
issues of perception and practice that are intrinsic to the
development enterprise. Although the focus is on Myanmar as a
quintessential "difficult" case, Ware shows how his conclusions can
be used elsewhere. His book represents a major contribution to both
development theory and practice, vital for both the classroom and
the development organisation in situ.
Environmental Radiochemical Analysis II brings together
comprehensive, up-to-date information from international experts in
the field. Coverage includes information on new methods of
radionuclide analyses, developments and improvements in existing
methods, method comparisons, gamma detector performance and new
software products, method uncertainty, underground laboratory
facilities, method QA and QC, field studies covering colloid work,
in-situ injection into rock strata and sampling of reduced waters
for actinide assay. This stimulating, authoritative text makes
essential reading for practising radioanalysts and provides
valuable information for researchers and professionals in academia
and industry.
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