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Non-Governmental Public Action Programme
c/o Centre for Civil Society
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE

Programme Administrator: Jane Schiemann
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7205
Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 6039
Email:  i.j.schiemann@lse.ac.uk|

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All research projects

Individual projects are listed below, within their different strands of research, and giving the countries in which they are working.  Abstracts give further information on each project. A world map showing the geographical distribution| of research projects is also available.

Strand A: Organisations and non-governmental public action

Masooda Bano
University of Oxford
Department of International Development

masooda.bano@wolfson.ox.ac.uk|
Conceptions, legitimacy, and impact of faith-based organisations: an inquiry into the Pakistani madrasas| (PDF)

 

Pakistan
Dr Johnston Birchall
University of Stirling
Department of Applied Social Science

Johnston.Birchall@stir.ac.uk|
Role and Potential of Co-operatives in the Poverty Reduction Process| (PDF) Bosnia, Uganda and Sri Lanka
Barbara Bompani
University of Edinburgh
School of Social and Political Studies

Bompani@ed.ac.uk|
Reformulating Faith, Development and Public Action in Post-Apartheid South Africa| (PDF)

Exploring Religious Spaces in the African State: development and politics from below
Conference organised by the Centre of African Studies, the University of Edinburgh and WISER, The Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research
9 - 10 April 2008, Edinburgh

South Africa
Brian Doherty
University of Keele
Department of Politics

b.j.a.Doherty@keele.ac.uk|

Friends of the Earth International: Negotiating a North-South Identity| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Australia, Netherlands, South Africa and UK
Professor Andrew Goddard
University of Southampton
School of Management

Arg2@soton.ac.uk|
Accounting, Governance and Accountability in NGOs
|(PDF)
Tanzania, UK and Zimbabwe

Professor J Pearce
University of Bradford

j.boesten@bradford.ac.uk|

AIDS Activism, Stigma and Violence. A study of the effects of stigma and violence on networks of people living with HIV (PDF) Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa
Dr Edward Simpson
SOAS, University of London
Department of Anthropology and Sociology

es7@soas.ac.uk|

Comparative Study of Natural Disasters in India, Iran and Indonesia| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

India, Indonesia and Iran
Dr Andre Spicer
University of Warwick
Business School

Andre.spicer@wbs.ac.uk|

Dr Sian Sullivan
Birkbeck College

Department of Geography

s.sullivan@bbk.ac.uk|

Alternative Media and Public Action: Organising the Global Alternative Networks
|(PDF)
Argentina, India, Serbia and UK
Professor John Street
University of East Anglia
School of Political, Social and International Studies

j.street@uea.ac.uk|

Striking a Chord: the Role of Music and Musicians in Public Action|

UK
Professor Marilyn Taylor
University of the West of England

Cities Research Centre
Faculty of the Built Environment

Marilyn.Taylor@uwe.ac.uk|
Non-Governmental Actors in New Governance Spaces: navigating the tensions|

Abstract| (PDF)
Bulgaria, Nicaragua and UK
Professor Pnina Werbner
University of Keele
Sociology
School of Criminology, Education, Sociology and Social Work

P.Werbner@keele.ac.uk|
Women in Trade Unions and Health NGOs in Botswana: An Anthropological Study| Botswana

Strand B: The non-governmental sector and public action

Anne Alexander
SOAS, University of London


aa107@soas.ac.uk|

Non-governmental public action in the Middle East: historical perspectives| (PDF)
Research findings brief| (PDF)
Harakat.org|
Egypt's strike wave: lessons in leadership| (PDF) 

Iraq, Egypt and Syria
Babken Babajanian
London School of Economics

Department of Social Policy

B.V.Babajanian@lse.ac.uk|

Community-Based Welfare Provision in the Caucasus and Central Asia| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Armenia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
Professor Richard Batley
University of Birmingham
 
International Development Department

R.A.Batley@Bham.ac.uk|

Whose Public Action? Analysing Inter-sectoral Collaboration for Service Delivery| (PDF)

Project website|

Research Findings Report| (PDF)

Research Briefing| (PDF)

Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
Dr Udi Butler
Goldsmith's College, University of London
Department of Social Anthropology


udibutler@hotmail.com| 

Parallel Lives, Different Worlds: Citizenship and Public Action in Rio|

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Brazil
Professor Simon Clarke
University of Warwick

Department of Sociology

Simon.Clarke@warwick.ac.uk|

Post-Socialist Trade Unions, Low Pay and Decent Work: Russia, China and Vietnam| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Research briefing| (PDF)

China, Russia and Vietnam
Dr Ana Dinerstein
University of Bath
School of Social and Policy Sciences

A.C.Dinerstein@bath.ac.uk|

Movement of the Unemployed in Argentina|

Project website|

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Argentina
Dr. David Herbert
The Open University

Milton Keynes

D.E.J.Herbert@open.ac.uk|

Measuring Bridge Building: The Evaluation of Small Scale Reconciliation Projects in Northern Ireland| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

UK - Northern Ireland  
Dr Joseph Leibovitz
University of Edinburgh
Department of Geography

Joseph.Leibovitz@scotland.gsi.gov.uk|

Democratising Planning Amidst Ethnic Conflict? Planning Advocacies and Communicative Politics in Israel/Palestine| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Israel/Palestine
Dr David Lewis
London School of Economics

Department of Social Policy

d.lewis@lse.ac.uk|

Activists, Power and Sectoral Boundaries: Life Histories of NGO Leaders| (PDF)

Initial project findings|

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Research briefing| (PDF)
 

Bangladesh, Phillipines, Mexico and UK
Tasmia Mesbahuddin
University of Westminster


tasmiamesbah@hotmail.com|  
Redressing the balance of civil society discourse in the context of Bangladesh: an Islamic perspective| (PDF) Bangladesh
Professor John Micklewright
University of Southampton

Division of Social Statistics

jm4@soton.ac.uk| 

Giving to Development| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

UK
Professor Jenny Pearce
University of Bradford

The Department of Peace Studies 
School of Social and International Studies

J.V.Pearce@bradford.ac.uk|

Municipal Innovations in Non-Governmental Public Participation: UK/Latin America| (PDF)

New policy initiatives|

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Brazil, Colombia, UK and Venezuela

Dr Brian Pratt
INTRAC (International NGO Training and Research Centre)
Research Department

b.pratt@intrac.org| 
INGO Engagement with Indigenous Social Movements in the Peruvian Amazon| (PDF) Peru

Dr C Heaton Shrestha
University of Sussex

celayne.hs@googlemail.com|

Civil under conflict? Implications of the Maoist insurgency for everyday life and work among national NGO's in Nepal (PDF) Nepal

Strand C: Global processes and impacts in non-governmental public action

Dr L Amoore
University of Durham

Louise.Amoore@durham.ac.uk|

Contested Borders: non-governmental public action and technologies of the war on terror (PDF)

Project website|

 

UK and USA

Tamsin Bradley
London Metropolitan University


t.bradley@londonmet.ac.uk|

An Exploration of the Interfaces between Faith, Development and Gender| (PDF) Rajasthan
Professor Richard Crook
University of Sussex
Institute of Development Studies,

r.crook@ids.ac.uk
|  
South-North Non-Governmental Networks, Policy Processes and Policy Outcomes| (PDF) Canada, Ghana, India, Malaysia, Pakistan,  Rwanda and UK
Daniel Feakes
University of Sussex

SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research

d.feakes@sussex.ac.uk|

Non-Governmental Public Action Against Chemical and Biological Weapons| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

South Africa, Switzerland and UK
Dr Jean Grugel
University of Sheffield
Department of Politics

j.b.grugel@sheffield.ac.uk|

Civil Society and the Convention of the Rights of the Child in Argentina| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Argentina
Professor Jude Howell
London School of Economics

Centre for Civil Society

j.a.howell@lse.ac.uk|

The 'Global War on Terror', Non-Governmental Public Action and Aid'| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Project website|

Afghanistan, India and Kenya
Professor Maureen Mackintosh
Open University

Faculty of Social Sciences

m.m.mackintosh@open.ac.uk|
Non-Governmental Action to Improve the Poor's Access to Good Quality Cheap Drugs| (PDF)
Abstract| (Word)
Belgium, Finland, France, India, Tanzania and UK
Duncan Matthews
Queen Mary University of London

Intellectual Property Research Institute

d.n.matthews@qmul.ac.uk|
NGOs, Intellectual Property Rights and Multilateral Institutions|
Project website|
Brazil, India, South Africa, Switzerland and UK
Dr Stephen Morse
University of Reading
Department of Geography

s.morse@reading.ac.uk|

Analysing Partnership in Aid Chains: A Catholic Church Case Study|

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Nigeria
Dr Mark Robinson
Department for International Development


Mark-Robinson@dfid.gov.uk|
Lessons from Civil Society Budget Analysis and Advocacy Initiatives|
India and Mexico

Professor J Spencer
University of Edinburgh


jonathan.spencer@ed.ac.uk|

Conflict, Community and Faith: The Politics of public action in Sri Lanka| (PDF)

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Sri Lanka
Dr Diane Stone
University of Warwick

Department of Politics and International Studies

Diane.stone@warwick.ac.uk| 

Non Governmental Public Action Networks and Global Policy Processes|

Weaving global networks - handbook for policy influence|

Research findings brief| (PDF)

Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, UK and USA

 

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