Bøger af Andrew Clayton

NGOs, Civil Society and the State contains papers that examine the role of NGOs in civil society. It includes general thematic papers on civil society, case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, and papers that analyse initiatives undertaken by Northern NGOs and donors in democratisation programmes in the South.

This book is based on the proceedings of the international INTRAC workshop on 'Governance, Democracy, and Conditionality: What Role for NGOs?' which was held in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, from 4-6 June 1993. Governance, Democracy and Conditionality discusses the role of NGOs in the new policy agenda concerning governance and conditionality.

Developing Building for Safety Programmes summarizes the basic principles to be considered in the planning and implementation of community-based building improvement programmes for small dwellings in disaster-prone areas. Including case studies illustrating suggestions made. These guidelines for safe building improvement programmes in disaster-prone areas cover a range of topics and emphasize that the constraints on the building of dwellings are complex interactive procedures.The relationships between technical, social, economic and political considerations is rarely clear - particularly when seen from the standpoint of the builder or occupier.

Compendium of key publications, organizations, information sources and funding agencies for building improvement programmes. Over 100 selected publications and institutions.