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International aid and the making of a better world : reflexive practice
- Title
- International aid and the making of a better world : reflexive practice / Rosalind Eyben.
- Author
- Eyben, Rosalind
- Publication
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JBE 14-553 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
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- Description
- xiv, 192 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "How can international aid professionals manage to deal with the daily dilemmas of working for the wellbeing of people in countries other than their own? A scholar-activist and lifelong development practitioner seeks to answer that question in a book that provides a vivid and accessible insight into the world of aid--its people, ideas and values against the backdrop of a broader historical analysis of the contested ideals and politics of aid operations from the 1960s to the present day.Moving between aid-recipient countries, head office and global policy spaces, Rosalind Eyben critically examines her own behaviour to explore what happens when trying to improve people's lives in far-away countries and warns how self-deception may construct obstacles to the very change desired, considering the challenge to traditional aid practices posed by new donors like Brazil who speak of history and relationships. The book proposes that to help make this a better world, individuals and organisations working in international development must respond self-critically to the dilemmas of power and knowledge that shape aid's messy relations. Written in an accessible way with vignettes, stories and dialogue, this critical history of aid provides practical tools and methodology for students in development studies, anthropology and international studies and for development practitioners to adopt the habit of reflexivity when helping to make a better world"--
- "This book examines what happens when we try to improve people's lives in far-away countries and warns how self-deception may construct obstacles to the very change desired. It considers the challenge to traditional aid practices posed by new donors like Brazil, China and India who speak of history, culture and relationships. This accessible critical history of aid provides practical tools and methodology for development practitioners, and students and researchers in development studies, anthropology and international studies to adopt the habit of reflexivity when helping to make a better world"--
- Series Statement
- Rethinking development
- Uniform Title
- Rethinking development.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index.
- Call Number
- JBE 14-553
- ISBN
- 9780415656733 (hardback)
- 0415656737 (hardback)
- 9780415656740 (paperback)
- 0415656745 (paperback)
- 9780203077610 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014008545
- OCLC
- 810122583
- Author
- Eyben, Rosalind, author.
- Title
- International aid and the making of a better world : reflexive practice / Rosalind Eyben.
- Publisher
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Rethinking developmentRethinking development.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBE 14-553