The Management of Non-Governmental Development Organizations

The Management of Non-Governmental Development Organizations

by David Lewis (Author)

Synopsis

The first edition of this book was published in 2001 by Routledge and was the first academic text on the important new emerging field of NGO management. It sets out the field for researchers with a new and original conceptual framework, contains a comprehensive review of existing literature from a variety of disciplines (including management, development studies, and social policy) and provides wide-ranging examples from the author's own practical and research experience.

New to this edition:

  • twelve new detailed case studies of NGO management issues and challenges
  • new discussion points, lessons learned and questions for debate to guide the reader through each chapter
  • definitions of key terms
  • highlighted key ideas to illustrate each chapter.

Revealing the distinctive organizational challenges faced by NGOs this second edition provides a fully updated and revised text that will prove invaluable to all those studying or working in NGOs, the voluntary sector or development studies.

Visit the Companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/978-0-415-37093-6.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 285
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07 Dec 2006

ISBN 10: 0415370930
ISBN 13: 9780415370936

Media Reviews

'A must read for scholars because of the breadth of literature covered and for students because it gives them an in-depth view of the complexity of the subject and provides examples of how that complexity plays itself out in the day-to-day realities of NGO life.' - Ann Marie Thomson, Indiana University Bloomington, USA

'...this is a very impressive and useful summary of the literature.' - Sylvia I. Bergh, Voluntas

Author Bio
London School of Economics