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Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Jude Howell

    1. Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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Part of the book series: Non-Governmental Public Action (NGPA)

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This unique collection explores the different organizational forms, strategies and tactics that activists adopt. The authors examine how established trades unions struggle to reform, how non-governmental public actors negotiate various dilemmas, and the efforts of non-governmental public actors to secure justice.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jude Howell
    Pages 1-13

  3. Social Justice on the Shop Floor: Trade Union Reform in Russia, China and Vietnam

    • Tim Pringle
    Pages 14-35

  4. From Corporatist to Autonomous: Unemployed Workers’ Organisations and the Remaking of Labour Subjectivity in Argentina

    • Ana Cecilia Dinerstein
    Pages 36-59

  5. Analysing Activist Cultures in the Egyptian Workers’ Movement

    • Anne Alexander
    Pages 60-85

  6. The Role and Potential of Co-Operatives in the Poverty Reduction Process

    • Johnston Birchall, Richard Simmons
    Pages 86-111

  7. NGOs, Consumer Rights and Access to Essential Medicines: Non-Governmental Public Action in a Low-Income Market Context

    • Phares G. M. Mujinja, Meri Koivusalo, Maureen Mackintosh, Sudip Chaudhuri
    Pages 112-135

  8. Surviving the ‘Civil Society Dilemma’: Critical Factors in Shaping the Behaviour of Non-Governmental Actors

    • Chris Miller, Marilyn Taylor, Joanna Howard
    Pages 136-158

  9. Citizen Engagement in Public Health Service Delivery: From Collaboration to Accountability

    • Georgina Blanco-Mancilla
    Pages 159-180

  10. Analysing Partnership in Aid Chains: A Case Study of the Catholic Church

    • Steven Morse, Nora McNamara
    Pages 181-208

  11. Conclusion

    • Jude Howell
    Pages 209-223

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 224-247
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Jude Howell

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Anne Alexander, University of Cambridge, UK Johnston Birchall, University of Stirling, UK Georgina Blanco-Mancilla, El Colegio de San Luis, Mexico Sudip Chaudhuri, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, University of Bath, UK Joanna Howard, University of the West of England, UK Jude Howell, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Meri Koivusalo, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland Maureen Mackintosh, Open University, UK Nora McNamara, Congregational Development Officer, Dublin, Ireland Chris Miller, Flinders University, Australia Stephen Morse, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Phares Mujinja, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania Tim Pringle, School of Oriental And African Studies, UK Richard Simmons, University of Stirling, UK Marilyn Taylor, University of the West of England, UK

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