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Scholarship is a multi-generational collective enterprise with a
commitment to advancing knowledge, inspiring reflection, and
facilitating stronger neighborhoods, cities and countries. This
book explicitly adopts this lens as a recognition of the
contributions of Prof. Terry Cooper to scholarship and practice,
and as a mechanism to connect the past to the present and
ultimately the future of scholarship in public ethics and citizen
engagement. This "multi-generational" approach is designed to
reveal the persistent and future ongoing need to engage as a
scholarly and practitioner community with these questions. The book
is broken into three main sections: citizenship and neighborhood
governance, public service ethics and citizenship, and global
explorations of citizenship and ethics. Unique in this collection
is the explicit linkage across the main focus areas of citizenship
and ethics, as well as the comparative and global context in which
these issues are explored. Cases and data are examined from the
United States, Chile, Thailand, India, China, Georgia, and Myanmar.
Ultimately, it is made clear through each individual chapter and
the collective whole that research on citizenship and ethics within
public affairs and service has a rich history, remains critical to
the strengthening of public institutions today, and will only
increase in global significance in the years ahead.
In the first full-length scholarly study of the increasingly
important phenomenon of digital diasporas, Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
examines how immigrants who still feel a connection to their
country of origin use the internet. She argues that digital
diasporas can ease security concerns in both the homeland and the
host society, improve diaspora members' quality of life in the host
society, and contribute to socio-economic development in the
homeland. Drawing on case studies of nine digital diaspora
organizations, Brinkerhoff's research supplies new empirical
material regarding digital diasporas and their potential security
and development impacts. She also explores their impact on identity
negotiation, arguing that digital diasporas create communities and
organizations that represent hybrid identities and encourage
solidarity, identity, and material benefits among their members.
The book also explores these communities' implications for policy
and practice.
For some time in diaspora studies, attention to remittances has
overshadowed the growing impact of emigrant groups both within the
social and political arenas in their homelands and with regard to
fundamental economic development. The authors of ""Diasporas and
Development"" redress this imbalance, focusing on three core
issues: the responses of diasporas to homeland conflicts,
strategies for mobilizing effective homeland investment, and the
positive role of direct diaspora participation in development
efforts.The book combines detailed case studies with theoretical
frameworks to provide a valuable foundation for further research.It
explores the growing impact of emigrant groups both in the social
and political arenas in their homelands and with regard to
fundamental economic development.
Transnational Actors in War and Peace provides a comparative
examination of a range of transnational actors who have been key to
the conduct of war and peace promotion, and of how they interact
with states and each other. It explores the identities,
organization, strategies and influence of transnational actors
involved in contentious politics, armed conflict, and peacemaking.
While the study of transnational politics has been a rapidly
growing field, to date, the disparate actors have not been analyzed
alongside each other, making it difficult to develop a common
theoretical framework or determine their influence on international
security. This book brings together a diverse set of scholars
focused on a range of transnational actors, such as: foreign
fighters, terrorists, private military security companies,
religious groups, diasporas, NGOs, and women's peace groups. Malet
and Anderson provide the standard for future study of transnational
actors in this work intended for those interested in security
studies, international relations, conflict resolution, and global
governance.
In the search for institutional models that can deliver more and
better development outcomes, partnership is arguably among the most
popular solutions proposed. But the evidence of partnerships'
contributions to actual performance has been for the most part
anecdotal. Partnerships for International Development bridges the
gap between rhetoric and practice, clarifying what the concept
means - and providing a roadmap for how to achieve meaningful
partnership results. The discussion is enhanced by case studies of
partnerships for public service, corporate social responsibility,
and conflict resolution.
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