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Three Cups of Teaby Greg Mortenson; David Oliver Relin
Penguin Group Inc. 2006; US$ 12.99The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools—especially for girls—that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson’s quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists... more...
How to Change the Worldby David Bornstein
Oxford University Press, USA 2007; US$ 14.00Now published in more than twenty countries, David Bornstein's How to Change the World has become the bible for social entrepreneurship--in which men and women around the world are finding innovative solutions to a wide variety of social and economic problems. Whether delivering solar energy to Brazilian villagers, expanding work opportunities for disabled people across India, creating a network of home-care agencies to serve poor people with AIDS in South Africa, or bridging the college-access gap in the United States, social entrepreneurs are pioneering problem-solving models that will reshape the 21st century. How to Change the World provides vivid profiles of many such individuals and what they have in common. The book is an In Search... more...
What Is Life Worth?by Kenneth R. Feinberg
PublicAffairs 2006; US$ 14.95As head of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Kenneth Feinberg was asked to do the impossible: calculate the dollar value of over 5,000 dead and injured as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. more...
Environmental NGOs in World Politicsby Thomas Princen; Matthias Finger
Routledge 1994; US$ 170.00Examines the importance of NGOs in world environmental politics. Four case studies, including the ivory trade ban and Great Lakes water negotiations, detail how NGOs challenge the traditional structures of world politics. more...
Voluntary Organizations and Innovation in Public Servicesby Stephen P. Osborne
Routledge 1998; US$ 220.00This volume uses original research to assess the innovative capacity of voluntary organizations and develops a theory of innovation in non-market and nonprofit conditions. more...
Building Partnerships for Service-Learningby Barbara Jacoby and Associates
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 42.00It is clear that service-learning has the potential to yield tremendous benefits to students, communities, and institutions of higher education. Increased student learning has been well documented. As communities gain new energy to meet their needs and greater capacity to capitalize on their assets, service-learning enables higher education to fulfill its civic responsibility. When service-learning lives up to its potential to lead colleges and universities to transform themselves into fully engaged citizens of their communities and the world, its ability to bring about positive social change is limitless. To be successful, service-learning must be grounded in a wide range of solid, reciprocal, democratic partnerships. Building Partnerships... more...
Community Volunteers in Japanby Joy Hendry; Lynne Nakano
RoutledgeCurzon 2004; US$ 44.95This book, based on extensive original research, explores the reality of volunteering in an urban residential Japanese neighbourhood. more...
Deliberate Acts of Kindnessby Meredith Gould
Doubleday Publishing 2002; US$ 13.99An indispensable guide to the spiritual and the practical aspects of devoting one’s time and energies to the service of others. Deliberate Acts of Kindness is for people who are ready to supplement"random acts of kindness" with intentional acts of generosity, decency, and integrity. More than simply a handbook for volunteers, it explores the significance of service as an expression of spirituality and the commitment to something greater than oneself. Meredith Gould guides readers through their journeys, from recognizing when they are ready to answer the call to service to finding the right place to donate their time and talents. She offers invaluable advice on discovering the types of work that best suit their personalities... more...
Rhetorics of Welfareby Kevin M. Brown; Susan Kenny; Bryan S. Turner
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2000; US$ 146.00The book explores comparatively the role of non-profit organizations in conditions of social and economic change. The focus of the study is an investigation of the proposition that non-profit organizations provide sites and processes for enhancing active citizenship, invigorating the public sphere and extending political participation. The study explores the economic constraints on voluntary associations and argues that they can function as 'schools of democracy'. This book is the first national study of the third-sector in Australia, but its conclusions have a general relevance to deregulated welfare societies in Europe and North America. more...
The Third Sector in Europeby Adalbert Evers; Jean-Louis Laville
Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00Most of the research on freely founded associations formed by active citizens has been conducted in the US, and reflects the American emphasis on economic analysis suggested by the term non-profit. more...









