The Aid Triangle: Recognizing the Human Dynamics of Dominance, Justice and Identity - Couverture souple

MacLachlan, Malcolm; Carr, Stuart; McAuliffe, Eilish

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1842779117 ISBN 13 : 9781842779118

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Malcolm MacLachlan is with the Centre for Global Health and the School of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin. He is a graduate of the universities of Cardiff, Dundee, London, Strathclyde and Dublin and is currently a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Rehabilitation Studies, Stellenbosch University. His research interests are in organisational aspects of international aid, enablement of people with disabilities, and the interplay between culture and health. He has worked with a broad range of NGOs and multi-lateral agencies and with Irish Aid. He is currently Research Advisor to Southern African Federation of the Disabled. Eilish Mc Auliffe is Director of the Centre for Global Health and Senior Lecturer in Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin. Her research is on strengthening health systems in middle and low-income countries, with a particular focus on the human resource crisis and psychosocial aspects of HIV/AIDS, and she has contributed to books and published in peer reviewed journals on these issues. Previously, Eilish worked at the Centre for Social Research, University of Malawi. She has provided a wide range of consultancy support to governments, NGOs and professional healthcare bodies and has contributed to numerous strategy and policy documents in both high and low-income countries. Stuart C. Carr is Professor of Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology Programme, Massey University. Professor Carr coordinates the Poverty Research Group, an international network focused on interdisciplinary approaches to reducing poverty. Stuart's speciality is applying Industrial and Organisational Psychology to poverty reduction and his books are among the first to examine poverty reduction from this perspective, he co-edits the Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology.

Revue de presse

'The authors have used sound social and behavioural science concepts and empirical evidence to challenge the very notion of international aid. Using the core principles of dominance, injustice and threats to cultural identity, they identify what is basically ineffective, and even counterproductive in the current system of international aid and development. This book is a most welcome addition to the growing call to rethink this whole dimension of international relations.' --John Berry, Professor Emeritus, Queen's University, Canada.

'This approachable and imaginative book takes a very different look at the practice of International Aid. Written by social scientists with considerable experience in the area, it offers not only a critique of current practices but also advice about how really to help those who need it. It is written with passion and clarity but always supported by the scientific literature in the area. It deserves to be, and I am sure will be, read by many working in International Aid worldwide.' --Professor Adrian Furnham, University College London, UK

'At last! A book that addresses the psychological politics braided through civil society, governmental and multilateral agencies involved in aid. Confronting the taboos of implicit dominance and its associated injustices, this book argues for the importance of strengthening local capabilities and identities, particularly among those traditionally marginalised by mainstream society. I highly recommend it.' --A.K. Dube, CEO, Secretariat of the African Decade for Persons with Disability, South Africa

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1842779117
• ISBN 13: 9781842779118
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 184