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1	The Foundation: A Great American Secret: How Private Wealth Is Changing the World more books like this by Joel L Fleishman The US foundations are worth $32 billion per year. This groundbreaking book shows how they can provide a vital spur to the engine of America's - and the world's - economies if properly established and run. Foundations are a peculiarly American institution with an enormous effect on American society. For over a century they have been a dynamo of ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $5.93! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits more books like this by C K Prahalad, Harvey C Fruehauf (Consultant editor) The world's most exciting, fastest-growing new market is where you least expect it: at the bottom of the pyramid. Collectively, the world's billions of poor people have immense untapped buying power. They represent an enormous opportunity for companies who learn how to serve them. Not only can it be done, it is being done--very profitably. What's ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $9.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders more books like this by Dan Bortolotti The humanitarian organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) delivers emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and those who lack reliable health care. Each year, more than 2,500 volunteer doctors, nurses, and other professionals join locally-hired staff to provide medical aid in more than ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex more books like this by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence (Editor) A $1.3 trillion industry, the US nonprofit sector is the world's seventh largest economy. From art museums and university hospitals to think tanks and church charities, over 1.5 million organizations of staggering diversity share the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) designation, if little else. Many social justice organizations have joined this world, often ... see all copies from $10.38! new only from $10.38! \| SVS
5	Lords of Poverty: The Power, Prestige, and Corruption of the International Aid Business more books like this by Graham Hancock A comprehensive and controversial study of the 60-billion-dollar-a-year world foreign-aid business, Lords of Poverty was a bestseller in hardcover and earned the 1990 H.L. Mencken Award honorable mention for an outstanding book of journalism. Hancock investigates why huge aid projects often fail and demands a response from those in the industry. see all copies from $2.75! new only from $8.08! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror more books like this by MIA Bloom What motivates suicide bombers in Iraq and around the world? Can winning the hearts and minds of local populations stop them? Will the phenomenon spread to the United States? These vital questions are at the heart of this important book. Mia Bloom examines the use, strategies, successes, and failures of suicide bombing in Asia, the Middle East, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World more books like this by Professor Paul F Diehl For nearly ten years, The Politics of Global Governance has helped students of international organizations to understand the major themes, theories, and approaches central to the subject. The third edition of this widely used anthology has been thoroughly updated to reflect the current concerns of the global system. Peacekeeping and collective ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.47! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Interest Group Politics more books like this by Allan J Cigler, Burdett A Loomis A new edition of the classic collection of essays on organize and how interests seek to affect election results and public policies. The new edition of this best-selling reader features 18 original essays -- nearly all of them new to this edition -- by top scholars in the field to present multiple, up-to-date perspectives on the formation, inner ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World more books like this by Akira Iriye The "global community" is a term we take for granted today. But how did the global community, both as an idea and as a reality, originate and develop over time? This book examines this concept by looking at the emergence, growth, and activities of international organizations - both governmental and nongovernmental - from the end of the nineteenth ... see all copies from $5.45! new only from $13.59! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Megacommunities: How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today's Global Challenges Together more books like this by Mark Gerencser, Christopher Kelly, Fernando Napolitano This is a groundbreaking book for leaders, showing how different sectors of society can work together toward mutual goals.Megacommunities - different sectors working together in a globalized way - are the future of the economy. This book offers a plan for how to achieve a balance of tensions and create an optimal way of working together. The ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Guide to Igos, Ngos, and the Military in Peace and Relief Operations more books like this by Pamela Aall, Daniel Miltenberger, Thomas G Weiss Please see the newest, replacement volume "Guide for Participants in Peace, Stability, and Relief Operations,"Peace and relief operations are always tough assignments. But they can be tougher still when you find yourself working alongside people who seem to have very different outlooks, approaches, and priorities. It is a problem that has grown ... see all copies from $1.99!
12 view cover	On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting for more books like this by Rick Perry, Ross Perot, Jr. (Foreword by) On My Honor underscores the depth to which the culture warriors of the left will go to force their secular humanist minority view upon American society and revered American institutions. It is a revealing look at a culture war that rages close to the surface of American life, and it is a must read for any American concerned that our society is ... see all copies from $19.08! new only from $19.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Empowering Women in Russia: Activism, Aid, and Ngos more books like this by Julie Hemment First-hand account of social activism and the politics of development in postsocialist Russia see all copies from $5.98! new only from $17.91! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Marketing of Rebellion more books like this by Clifford Bob, Douglas McAdam (Editor), Sidney Farrow (Editor) How do a few Third World political movements become global causes celebres, while most remain isolated? This book rejects dominant views that needy groups readily gain help from selfless nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Instead, they face a Darwinian struggle for scarce resources where support goes to the savviest, not the neediest. Examining ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $12.50!
15 view cover	In the Shadow of "Just Wars": Violence, Politics and Humanitarian Action more books like this by Medecins Sans Frontieres, Fabrice Weissman (Editor) Staff at Doctors Without Borders Survey the world's bloodiest wars, emphasizing difficulties posed when humanitarian aid overlaps with foreign policy. see all copies from $6.22! new only from $6.22! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Transforming the City: Community Organizing and the Challenge of Political Change more books like this by Marion Orr (Editor) As an avenue for progressive politics in a nation still skeptical of change, community organizing today faces significant challenges. This book assesses that activity within the context of political, cultural, social, and economic changes in cities - from World War II to the present - to show how community-based organizations have responded. ... see all copies from $22.78! new only from $22.78! \| SVS
17 view cover	Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America's Borders more books like this by Jim Gilchrist, Jerome R Corsi, PH.D. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Interest Group Politics more books like this by A B McKillop see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.95! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Charitable Impulse: NGOs & Development in East & North-East Africa more books like this by Ondine Barrow (Editor), Michael Jennings (Editor) NGOs are currently at a crossroads. They have grown in scale and remit and have been given a role by states and official aid organizations that fundametally challenge many of the assumptions that accompanied their creation. There is a general, albeit vague, feeling that NGOs are no longer what they used to be. Yet aside from the obvious ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $40.35!
20 view cover	Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy more books like this by Samantha King In this revelatory and at times shocking book, King traces how breast cancer has been transformed from a stigmatized disease and individual tragedy to a market-driven industry of survivorship. see all copies from $11.40! new only from $11.40! \| SVS
21 view cover	Humanitarianism in Question: Politics, Power, Ethics more books like this by Professor Michael N Barnett, Thomas G Weiss (Editor) see all copies from $19.95! new only from $19.95! \| SVS
22 view cover	NGO Accountability: Politics, Principles and Innovations more books like this by Lisa Jordan (Editor), Peter Van Tuijl (Editor) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are under fire for being 'unaccountable' to anyone; this is the first book to tackle fully the politics, pitfalls and benefits of NGO accountability. It offers the world's hundreds of thousands of NGOs principles and innovative solutions for assessing and developing viable accountability. It includes input and ... see all copies from $25.52! new only from $39.97!
23 view cover	The Miracles of Barefoot Capitalism: A Compelling Case for Microcredit more books like this by Jim Klobuchar, Susan Cornell Wilkes, Marilyn Carlson Nelson (Preface by) This is the stunning story of microcredit. It is the story of a liberation movement that is empowering millions of people with small loans. The miracle is that such small amounts of money (by Western standards) have such a dramatic impact on the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world, the vast majority of them women. It is the ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $12.46! \| signed copies \| SVS
24 view cover	Interpreting Development: Local Histories, Local Strategies more books like this by Maxine K Weisgrau see all copies from $2.24! new only from $2.24! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Keepers of the Flame: Understanding Amnesty International more books like this by Stephen Hopgood The first in-depth and behind-the-scenes look at what it is like to work inside the highly influential human-rights organization Amnesty International. see all copies from $8.98! new only from $12.71! \| SVS

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