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For the Love of God: NGOs and Religious Identity in a Violent World

Local faith-based NGOs (FBOs) are a major force in international development. Almost all religious traditions call followers to charity and non-profits are often the perfect vehicles for such work.…

Tagged: fbo, ngo, conflict, bosnia, lanka

Started Jan 6

Are you from one of 81 missing countries? CIVICUS needs you!

Hi Oubit, That's great. I'm sure CIVICUS will be happy to hear from you. Just send information about your organization to: membership@civicus.org Thanks, Kumarian

Tagged: participation, CIVICUS, society, civil

Replied Dec. 29, 2009

New Book - Civil Society Under Strain: Counter-Terrorism Policy, Civil Society and Aid Post-9/11

Following George W. Bush’s declaration of a global War on Terror in the wake of the September 11 attacks, political leaders around the world introduced a swath of counter-terrorist legislation and…

Tagged: political, freedom, law, aid, ngos

Started Dec. 2, 2009

Are you from one of 81 missing countries? CIVICUS needs you!
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From the CIVICUS website: CIVICUS works to protect the rights, strengthen best practice, and increase the influence of civil society around the world. But CIVICUS cannot accomplish these goals alone…

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Started this discussion. Last reply by Bishnu Hari Bhandari Dec. 31, 2009.

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The new Kumarian Press catalog for 2010 is now available on our website. Check it out to review our new and forthcoming books on international development, peacebuilding and human rights, among other topics. Our backlist titles are also included.…
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Local faith-based NGOs (FBOs) are a major force in international development. Almost all religious traditions call followers to charity and non-profits are often the perfect vehicles for such work. FBOs are seen as having long-term commitments to l…
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Greetings from Nepal, My name is Bishnu Hari Bhandari, working in a human rights organisation named -Institute of Human Rights Communciation Nepal (IHRICON). I would like to kindly inform you that Nepal is missing from the list. Could you please ad…
December 31, 2009
Hi Oubit, That's great. I'm sure CIVICUS will be happy to hear from you. Just send information about your organization to: membership@civicus.org Thanks, Kumarian
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Kumarian Press was founded in 1977 by Krishna Sondhi and Ian Mayo-Smith to respond to the expressed need for books on international development and management that were geared to the needs of developing countries.

Kumarian's range of topics has expanded over the years to include issues of globalization, peace and conflict resolution, the environment, women and gender, NGOs, civil society, microfinance, human rights, governance and international health. The company pioneered publishing books emphasizing a people-centered approach to development.
Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise
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What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?
USA
What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
Publisher
How many years professional experience do you have ?
15+
What is your personal or organizational website?
http://www.kpbooks.com
Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?
Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Democratization, Development, Diplomacy, Gender, Health, Humanitarian Relief, Organizational Development, Refugees, Social Entreprenuership
Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?
Communication
If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications
For the Love of God: NGOs and Religious Identity in a Violent World - Shawn Flanigan
Examines the ways history and religious identity influences FBOs in Lebanon, Sri Lanka and Bosnia Herzegovina and finds that they often reinforce rather than transcend schisms found in the larger society. Based on over 100 interviews with FBO staffers in these countries, Flanigan reveals the darker, more ambivalent side of altruism.

Building Peace - Craig Zelizer and Robert Rubinstein
The Alliance for Peacebuilding, one of the leading networks in the field, has brought together 13 stories of innovative peacebuilding practices from around the world.

Multi-Track Diplomacy - Louise Diamond
Taking a systemic approach to conflict resolution, this book identifies the players and activities that contribute to the peacemaking and peacebuilding process in a community.

Ritual and Symbol in Peacebuilding - Lisa Schirch
Underscores the importance of incorporating symbolic tools, including ritual, into traditional approaches to conflict.

Reducing Poverty Building Peace - Coralie Bryant and Christina Kappaz
Draws attention to the global nature of poverty and its link to conflict.

Peace Operations Seen From Below - Beatrice Pouligny
Explores the many ways local populations think about and respond to peacekeepers.

Zones of Peace - Landon Hancock and Christopher Mitchell
Examines sanctuary as it relates to historical and modern conflicts from the Philippines to Colombia and Sudan. The authors chart the formation and evolution of these varied "zones of peace" and attempt to arrive at a "theory of sanctuary" that might allow for new and useful peacebuilding strategies.

Peace through Health - Arya, Neil
We typically define and talk about wars using the language of politics, but what happens when you bring in a doctor’s perspective on conflict? Can war be diagnosed like an illness? Can health professionals participate in its mitigation and prevention? The contributors to this book engage with these ground-breaking ideas and describe tools that can further peace once war is understood as a public health problem.

How the Aid Industry Works - Arjan de Haan
Provides a basic description of what aid practices are and how they evolved. The arguments of both proponents and opponents of aid are presented and analyzed, along with real-life examples of projects and programs in context.

Freedom From Want - Ian Smillie
Freedom From Want traces BRAC’s evolution from a small relief operation indistinguishable from hundreds of others, into what is undoubtedly the largest and most variegated social experiment in the developing world.

Transacting Transition - Keith Brown
Scholars and practitioners with first-hand knowledge of foreign assistance programs, recount what happens when democracy goes local, and principles like transparency, gender equality, interethnic tolerance and cooperation, run up against particular realities-political agendas, self-interest and memories of conflict.

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KP Author Discusses Foreign Aid and Policy with NPR’s America Abroad



NPR’s Debra Amos recently interviewed Kumarian author Louis Picard (A Fragile Balance) for a story on foreign aid and foreign policy. To listen to the interview,… Continue

Posted on January 29, 2010 at 2:00pm —

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New Kumarian Press Catalog

The new Kumarian Press catalog for 2010 is now available on our website. Check it out to review our new and forthcoming books on international development, peacebuilding and human rights, among other topics. Our backlist titles are also included.

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Posted on January 11, 2010 at 4:11pm — 2 Comments

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When the Culture of Disbursement Meets the Culture of Corruption


William Savedoff's recent review of The World Bank and the Gods of Lending has sparked an interesting discussion about how the World Bank might prevent funds from being wasted and stolen.

In his review, Savedoff says:… Continue

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 11:33am —

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Our International Distributors

Several people have asked where they can buy Kumarian Press books in their countries. This post of our international distributors can serve as a reference.

United Kingdom, Europe, North Africa, Middle East

Eurospan
3 Henrietta St., Covent Garden
London WC2E 8LU, UK
To Place an Order:
tel: +44 (0)17 6760 4972
fax: +44 (0)17 6760 1640
email: eurospan@turpin-distribution.com
For Inquiries:tel +44 (0)20 7240 0856
fax +44 (0)20 7379 0609
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At 4:40am on February 2, 2010, Rashad said…
Hi it’s good to know you. Stay blessed.
Regards, love and peace.
Rashad.
Chairman: Hope development organization.
Email: chairman@hopedevelopment.org
http://www.hopedevelopment.org/index.htm

At 9:39am on December 24, 2009, zoneziwoh said…
Hello Kumarian! in a briefing i have gone through your profile, and must confess i am touched with your writings>
what a world in greed! though filled with abundant blessings.
my prayers to you to continue in the good spirit in impacting our world positively, i pray that God shower you with the wisdom, courage to keep up the goodwill.
wishing you the best of all through out this festive season.
Zoneziwoh
At 4:05am on April 3, 2009, WARIS ALI said…
Hellow Kumarian Press

Very nice to hear that you are publisher of Peacebuilding,Conflict Resolution & Human Rights material.I would like to congratulate you for your contribution towards Better Globe.

I am at Lahore,Pakistam and intend to move Woodbridge,VA within few months and hope to see you.

In Peace

Waris Ali
Lahore,Pakistan.
 
 

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