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In recent decades there has been a great expansion in the
number, size and influence of International Non-Governmental
Organisations (INGOs) involved in international relief and
development. These changes have led to increased scrutiny of such
organisations, and this scrutiny, together with increasing
reflection by INGOs themselves and their staff on their own
practice, has helped to highlight a number of pressing ethical
questions such organisations face, such as: should INGOs attempt to
provide emergency assistance even when doing so risks helping to
fuel further conflict? How should INGOs manage any differences
between their values and those of the people they seek to benefit?
How open and honest should INGOs be about their own uncertainties
and failures?
This book consists of sustained reflections on such questions.
It derives from a workshop held at Melbourne University in July
2007 that brought together a group of people - for the most part,
reflective practitioners and moral and political philosophers - to
discuss such questions. It explores honestly some of the current
challenges and dilemmas that INGOs face, and also suggests some new
ideas for meeting these challenges. Our hope is that the kind of
explicit reflection on the ethical issues INGOs face exemplified in
this publication will help to promote a wider debate about these
issues, a debate that in turn will help INGO managers and others to
make better, wiser, more ethically informed decisions.
Is globalisation creating a more unequal world? Is it creating new
forms of inequality? Does it make certain pre-existing forms of
inequality more morally or politically significant than they would
otherwise have been? Globalisation and Equality examines these and
related questions, exploring the way increasing globalisation is
challenging our conceptions of equality. The contributors explore
these themes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Some
adopt a more abstract approach, exploring foundational questions
concerning the meaning of equality, its social and political
dimensions, and more specifically its moral implications in a
global context. Others engage the general themes of globalisation
and equality by focusing on specific topics, such as welfare,
citizenship, gender, culture, and the environment. Original in the
questions it poses, and interdisciplinary in its approach, this
collection of essays will appeal to all those with an interest in
globalisation and equality.
Is globalization creating a more unequal world? Is it creating new
forms of inequality? Does it make certain pre-existing forms of
inequality more morally or politically significant than they would
otherwise have been? "Globalization and Equality" examines these
and related questions, exploring the way increasing globalization
is challenging our conceptions of equality. The contributors
explore these themes from both theoretical and empirical
perspectives. Some adopt a more abstract approach, exploring
foundational questions concerning the meaning of equality, its
social and political dimensions, and more specifically its moral
implications in a global context. Others engage the general themes
of globalization and equality by focusing on specific topics, such
as welfare, citizenship, gender, culture, and the environment.
Original in the questions it poses, and interdisciplinary in its
approach, this collection of essays will appeal to all those with
an interest in globalization and equality.
In recent decades there has been a great expansion in the
number, size and influence of International Non-Governmental
Organisations (INGOs) involved in international relief and
development. These changes have led to increased scrutiny of such
organisations, and this scrutiny, together with increasing
reflection by INGOs themselves and their staff on their own
practice, has helped to highlight a number of pressing ethical
questions such organisations face, such as: should INGOs attempt to
provide emergency assistance even when doing so risks helping to
fuel further conflict? How should INGOs manage any differences
between their values and those of the people they seek to benefit?
How open and honest should INGOs be about their own uncertainties
and failures?
This book consists of sustained reflections on such questions.
It derives from a workshop held at Melbourne University in July
2007 that brought together a group of people - for the most part,
reflective practitioners and moral and political philosophers - to
discuss such questions. It explores honestly some of the current
challenges and dilemmas that INGOs face, and also suggests some new
ideas for meeting these challenges. Our hope is that the kind of
explicit reflection on the ethical issues INGOs face exemplified in
this publication will help to promote a wider debate about these
issues, a debate that in turn will help INGO managers and others to
make better, wiser, more ethically informed decisions.
A collection of poems and prose that colors life as seen through
the eyes of Poet/Author Keith Horton. Included are stories of pain,
revelation, love, and life lessons. This, his second body of work,
expounds on his first book, 'Urban Escapes-- a Poet's Perspective,
in that it digs just a bit deeper into the workings of the Author.
This book is perfectly designed for those folks who want an honest
and straightforward assessment of the Black community, plus some
possible solutions, from an average black man.
Born Fighting an Uphill Battle...
If you're a young African-American male today, you're more likely
to grow up in a single-parent home, drop out of school, go to
prison, or die from a gunshot wound than any other ethnic group in
the United States. And if you're a good kid? You're likely to be
perceived as stupid by your teachers, and people still are going to
cross the street when they see you coming.
It's almost enough to make you give up. After all, what's the
point?
Author Keith Horton has been there. And he's here to tell you there
IS a point. So the odds are stacked against you. So what? Born
Fighting an Uphill Battle is a realistic, no-holds-barred look at
dealing with the challenges every young African-American male faces
today--and at how to overcome those challenges. Keith offers hope
and encouragement to the young men society has written off--and
shows how they can become successful, happy, fulfilled
African-American adults.
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