Representations of global poverty: aid, development and international NGOs

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Through the efforts of increasingly media-aware NGOs, people in the west are bombarded with images of poverty and inequality in the developing world. Representations of Poverty is the first comprehensive study of the communications and imagery used by international NGOs to represent the developing world. In this meticulously researched and original book, Nandita Dogra examines the full cycle of representation - integrating analyses of the public messages of international development NGOs in the…

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Full title :Representations of global poverty : aid, development and international NGOs / Nandita Dogra.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):I.B. Tauris
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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Description:1 online resource (255 pages)

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ISBN:9780857722492, 0857722492
oclc:ocn868919246
LC Classification:HC79.P63
Dewey Decimal:362.55763

IntroductionPart I -- Difference: People, Spaces and ProblemsCh. 2 -- Cast of CharactersCh. 3 -- Distant SpacesCh. 4 -- Causes and Solutions of Global PovertyPart II -- OnenessCh. 5 -- One HumanityCh. 6 -- Uniform First WorldPart III -- ReflexivityCh. 7 -- Connecting with the Lives of OthersCh. 8 -- Conclusions: Towards Reflexive UnderstandingsAnnex 1 NotesBibliographyIndex.

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developing countries development studies Economic assistance Economic assistance -- Developing count… International Agencies International agencies -- Developing co… POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy