Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice

Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice

Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice

Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780230290365
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 03/28/2013
Series: Non-Governmental Public Action
Edition description: 2013
Pages: 247
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; J.Howell 2. Social Justice on the Shop Floor: Trade Union Reform in Russia, China and Vietnam; T.Pringle 3. From Corporatist to Autonomous: Unemployed Workers' Organisations and the Re-Making of Labour Subjectivity in Argentina; A.Dinerstein 4. Analysing Activist Cultures in the Egyptian Workers' Movement; A.Alexander 5. The Role and Potential of Co-operatives in the Poverty Reduction Process; J.Birchall & R.Simmons 6. NGOs, Consumer Rights and Access to Essential Medicines: Non-governmental Public Action in a Low Income Market Context; P.G.M.Mujinja, M.Koivusalo, M.Mackintosh & S.Chaudhuri 7. Surviving the 'Civil Society Dilemma': Critical Partners in Shaping the Behaviour of Non-Governmental Actors; M.arilyn Taylor, J.Howard & C.Miller 8. Citizen Engagement in Public Health Service Delivery: From Collaboration to Accountability; G.Blanco-Mancilla 9. Analysing Partnership in Aid Chains: A Case-study of the Catholic Church; S.Morse & N.McNamara 10. Conclusion; J.Howell
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