In recent years immigrant rights have increasingly been examined in an international
context. An important theme in these discussions has been the question of whether, and if so …

The Politics of NGOs in Southeast Asia traces the history of the emergence of NGOs in the
Philippines and southeast Asia and the political factors which encouraged this. The main …

This paper attempts to take the first steps toward developing a theory of non-governmental
organizations (NGO)–state relations under dictatorship. Drawing on evidence from East …

Globalization increases the sources of injustice that are beyond the scope of national
systems of justice. Today, forces that are geographically and institutionally distant from the …

In the wake of the crisis that developed in East Asia during 1997, perceptions of the region
have been transformed. Critics claim that East Asian political practices and economic …

There is already much literature on the significance of NGOs in the development process.
However, there has been little discussion on why the NGOs take on different forms in …

This book newly addresses the question about the Christian churches? participation in
development. The innovative element of this reflection is the way in which the author finds …

The historical experience of capitalist industrialisation in Western Europe led liberals and
socialists alike to view labour organising as a normal—although not uncontested …

This paper tries to explain why similar International Nongovernmental Organizations
(INGOs) have different scopes under the new regulatory law in China. While previous …

Several recent studies indicate an alarming increase in the level of poverty in developing
countries, particularly in South Asia where 40 percent of the world's poor live. Nepal's …