Horizontal Development: Shifting Power and Privilege in Aid (Paperback or Softback)

Banerjee, Shonali

ISBN 10: 1529224594 / ISBN 13: 9781529224597

Edité par Bristol University Press 7/22/2025, 2025

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Horizontal Development: Shifting Power and Privilege in Aid.

N° de réf. du vendeur BBS-9781529224597

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• Titre: Horizontal Development: Shifting Power and Privilege in Aid (Paperback or Softback)
• Éditeur: Bristol University Press 7/22/2025
• Date de parution: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1529224594
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781529224597
• Reliure: Paperback or Softback
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 0,54 livre
• Type de livre: Book

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Synopsis

Accessible and comprehensive, this book puts forth an innovative perspective on international aid, going beyond top-down attempts to centre local voices and practices.

À propos des auteurs

Shonali Banerjee is an Assistant Professor of International Development in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick. She was formerly the Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge Centre for Strategic Philanthropy. Dr Banerjee holds a PhD in International Development from the University of Sussex, an has spent nearly fifteen years studying and working within the development sector, focusing on NGOs, philanthropy, and financialisation in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Anne-Meike Fechter is Professor of Anthropology and International Development in the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, UK. She is fascinated by the myriad way in which people support others, on the margins and outside of the formal aid and development system, and how that shapes our ideas not just of aid, but what it tells us about societies hang together. She currently works with colleagues on informal and mutual aid among displaced people in Myanmar.

Thabani Mutambasere is Lecturer in African Studies and International Development in the School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh. His research explores how African diasporas impact their home countries through political engagement, development work, and humanitarian efforts, beyond just financial remittances. Before joining academia, Thabani worked in the development sector tackling issues related to governance and civic education.