NGOs and Environmental Policies: Asia and Africa

by David Potter (Editor)

Overview

Covering the work of non-governmental organizations in trying to change the environmental policies of governments and business organizations, this study looks at field research in Asia and Africa, and relates it to theoretical issues in the academic field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714642154
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/1996
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

...NGOs and Environmental Policies: Asia and Africa must be considered a welcome addition to the existing stock of knowledge...it simply is an excellent book. Hein-Anton van der Heijden, University of Amsterdam, Environmental PoliticsThis book does a good job of deepening our thinking about hte impact of developing-county NGOs on issues of international environmental importance. It provides rewarding reading for a broad range of scholar, including those interested in NGOs, those studying developing-country environmental politics and those working on issues of international environmental politics. Journal of Developing Areas

Editorial Reviews

Contains six articles which report on the work of Asian and African non-governmental organizations, with some attention to the international linkages between Southern NGOs and their Northern colleagues. First published in a special issue of The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, v.XXXIV, no.1, March 1996. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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