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French NGOs in the Global Era

A Distinctive Role in International Development

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  • © 2009

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  1. Gordon D. Cumming
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Part of the book series: French Politics, Society and Culture (FPSC)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: French NGOs in a Global Context

    • Gordon D. Cumming
    Pages 1-17

  3. Zooming in on French NGOs

    • Gordon D. Cumming
    Pages 18-40

  4. The Quest for a Theoretical Framework

    • Gordon D. Cumming
    Pages 41-53

  5. French NGDOs and their Resource Landscape

    • Gordon D. Cumming
    Pages 54-70

  6. French NGDOs and the State: Paving the Way for a New Partnership?

    • Gordon D. Cumming
    Pages 71-88

  7. Towards Professionalisation?

    • Gordon D. Cumming
    Pages 89-117

  8. Working for or Working on the State?

    • Gordon D. Cumming
    Pages 118-148

  9. A Resource Dependence Perspective

    • Gordon D. Cumming
    Pages 149-176

  10. Working Together in the Field: A Case Study from Cameroon

    • Gordon D. Cumming
    Pages 177-198

  11. Conclusion: A Distinctive Role in International Development

    • Gordon D. Cumming
    Pages 199-207

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 208-252
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About this book

This book provides a systematic account of the changing priorities, procedures and practices of French NGOs active in overseas development work. It explores whether French NGOs are eschewing wider trends in the Northern NGO sector and uses Resource Dependence theory and a case study of NGO field-work in Cameroon to shed light on these actors.

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' [a] methodical and comprehensive study combines an impressive emperical account...(both in terms of quantity and quality of detail) with an interesting theoretical discussion...The book is carefully researched...In any case, this book should be an essential reading for strudents of French and development studies, especially because of its strong comparative dimension and value.' Modern & Contemporary France

About the author

GORDON CUMMING, having begun his career in the Foreign Office, is now a senior lecturer at Cardiff University, UK, and a specialist in European NGOs and development policy. He has published extensively in journals such as African Affairs and Third World Quarterly. His monograph, Aid to Africa (2001), was well received internationally.

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