The NGO care and food aid from America 1945-80 : 'showered with kindness'? /

Wieters, Heike,

The NGO care and food aid from America 1945-80 : 'showered with kindness'? / Heike Wieters. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) - Humanitarianism .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- The NGO CARE and food aid from America, 1945â#x80;#x93;80 -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Setting up a non-profit enterprise (1945â#x80;#x93;47) -- 2 From Europe to Asia and beyond (1948â#x80;#x93;55) -- 3 In search of a new mission in Korea -- 4 New cooperative horizons (1955â#x80;#x93;61) -- 5 Food aid and privateâ#x80;#x93;public cooperation in Egypt -- 6 From American relief to international development cooperation (1961â#x80;#x93;68) -- 7 CARE and the Peace Corps -- 8 ward multinational enterprise (1969â#x80;#x93;80)

This book provides a historical account of the NGO CARE as one of the largest humanitarian NGOs worldwide from 1945 to 1980. Readers interested in international relations and humanitarian hunger prevention are provided with fascinating insights into the economic and business related aspects of Western non-governmental politics, fundraising and philanthropic giving in this field. Not only does the book contributes to ongoing research about the rise of NGOs in the international realm, it also offers very rich empirical material on the political implications of private and governmental international aid in a world marked by the order of the Cold War, decolonialization processes and the struggle of so called "Third World Countries" to catch up with modern Western consumer societies.



9781526117236 9781526117229

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018377688 Uk


Non-governmental organizations--History--United States--20th century.
Food relief--History--United States--20th century.
International relations--History--20th century.


Electronic Books.

JZ4841 / .N463 2017