NGOs in Contemporary Britain
. Ed(S): Crowson, Nick; Hilton, Matthew; McKay, James
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Hardback. Examining the history of social movements and non-state socio-political action, this volume shows how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have proliferated in Britain since 1945, and how they have raised new political agendas, revived associational life, and arguably re-politicized generations disillusioned with the politics of the ballot box. Editor(s): Crowson, Nick; Hilton, Matthew; McKay, James. Num Pages: 314 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFF; JPWH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 525.
Examining the history of social movements and non-state socio-political action, this volume shows how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have proliferated in Britain since 1945, and how they have raised new political agendas, revived associational life, and arguably re-politicized generations disillusioned with the politics of the ballot box.
Examining the history of social movements and non-state socio-political action, this volume shows how Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have proliferated in Britain since 1945, and how they have raised new political agendas, revived associational life, and arguably re-politicized generations disillusioned with the politics of the ballot box.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Number of Pages
303
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230221093
SKU
V9780230221093
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Crowson, Nick; Hilton, Matthew; McKay, James
MATT ANDERSON Doctoral Graduate, the University of Birmingham, UK CAITRIONA BEAUMONT Senior Lecturer in Social History, London South Bank University, UK LAWRENCE BLACK Senior Lecturer in Modern British History, Durham University, UK STEPHEN BROOKE Associate Professor of History, York University, Toronto, Canada TOM BUCHANAN Reader in Modern History, the University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education, UK ... Read more
Reviews for NGOs in Contemporary Britain
'The volume brings together fourteen excellent chapters by younger and more senior scholars, and this short review cannot do justice to the conceptual sophistication and empirical diversity of all its individual contributions. . . . This book is one of the very few edited collections in which the whole is more than its constituent parts. And it is an indication ... Read more