Non-Governmental Public Action and Social Justice

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   • Jude Howell

   Pages 1-13

3. Social Justice on the Shop Floor: Trade Union Reform in Russia, China and Vietnam

   • Tim Pringle

   Pages 14-35

4. From Corporatist to Autonomous: Unemployed Workers’ Organisations and the Remaking of Labour Subjectivity in Argentina

   • Ana Cecilia Dinerstein

   Pages 36-59

5. Analysing Activist Cultures in the Egyptian Workers’ Movement

   • Anne Alexander

   Pages 60-85

6. The Role and Potential of Co-Operatives in the Poverty Reduction Process

   • Johnston Birchall, Richard Simmons

   Pages 86-111

7. NGOs, Consumer Rights and Access to Essential Medicines: Non-Governmental Public Action in a Low-Income Market Context

   • Phares G. M. Mujinja, Meri Koivusalo, Maureen Mackintosh, Sudip Chaudhuri

   Pages 112-135

8. Surviving the ‘Civil Society Dilemma’: Critical Factors in Shaping the Behaviour of Non-Governmental Actors

   • Chris Miller, Marilyn Taylor, Joanna Howard

   Pages 136-158

9. Citizen Engagement in Public Health Service Delivery: From Collaboration to Accountability

   • Georgina Blanco-Mancilla

   Pages 159-180

10. Analysing Partnership in Aid Chains: A Case Study of the Catholic Church

    • Steven Morse, Nora McNamara

    Pages 181-208

11. Conclusion

    • Jude Howell

    Pages 209-223

12. Back Matter

    Pages 224-247

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This unique collection explores the different organizational forms, strategies and tactics that activists adopt. The authors examine how established trades unions struggle to reform, how non-governmental public actors negotiate various dilemmas, and the efforts of non-governmental public actors to secure justice.

• Engagement
• government
• poverty
• social justice

• Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

  Jude Howell

Anne Alexander, University of Cambridge, UK Johnston Birchall, University of Stirling, UK Georgina Blanco-Mancilla, El Colegio de San Luis, Mexico Sudip Chaudhuri, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India Ana Cecilia Dinerstein, University of Bath, UK Joanna Howard, University of the West of England, UK Jude Howell, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Meri Koivusalo, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland Maureen Mackintosh, Open University, UK Nora McNamara, Congregational Development Officer, Dublin, Ireland Chris Miller, Flinders University, Australia Stephen Morse, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK Phares Mujinja, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania Tim Pringle, School of Oriental And African Studies, UK Richard Simmons, University of Stirling, UK Marilyn Taylor, University of the West of England, UK

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