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082 0 4 _a361.2609046
100 1 _aO'Sullivan, Kevin
_c(Lecturer in history),
_eauthor.
_9127793
245 1 4 _aThe NGO moment :
_bthe globalisation of compassion from Biafra to Live Aid /
_cKevin O'Sullivan.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2021.
300 _axii, 273 pages
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aHuman rights in history
520 _a"A study of compassion as a global project from Biafra to Live Aid. Kevin O'Sullivan explains how and why NGOs became the primary conduits of popular concern for the global poor between the late 1960s and the mid-1980s and shows how this shaped the West's relationship with the postcolonial world. Drawing on case studies from Britain, Canada and Ireland, as well as archival material from governments and international organisations, he sheds new light on how the legacies of empire were repackaged and repurposed for the postcolonial era, and how a liberal definition of benevolence, rooted in charity, justice, development and rights became the dominant expression of solidarity with the Third World. In doing so, the book provides a unique insight into the social, cultural and ideological foundations of global civil society. It reveals why this period provided such fertile ground for the emergence of NGOs and offers a fresh interpretations of how individuals in the West encountered the outside world."--
_cTaken from front matter.
650 0 _aNon-governmental organizations
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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650 0 _aHumanitarian assistance
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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651 0 _aWestern countries
_xRelations
_zDeveloping countries.
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651 0 _aDeveloping countries
_xRelations
_zWestern countries.
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830 0 _aHuman rights in history.
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