1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461445203321

Autore

Mannan Manzurul

Titolo

BRAC, global policy language, and women in Bangladesh : transformation and manipulation / / Manzurul Mannan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4384-5785-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 p.)

Disciplina

307.1/412095492

Soggetti

Rural development - Bangladesh

Non-governmental organizations - Bangladesh

Women - Bangladesh - Social conditions

Rural development - Sociological aspects - Bangladesh

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Diagrams and Tables; Diagrams; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; The Development-scape and Global Policy Language; Hybrid Culture; Bangladesh Context: BRAC and NGOs in Bangladesh; Modern Bangladesh and Social Transformation in Broader Context; Development and Transformation of Rural Society; Bangladesh: Hierarchical Structure and Values; Hierarchy and the Structure of Society; Hierarchy and Language; Hierarchy and Patron-Client Relationships; Individualism versus Hierarchy; Hierarchical Values and the Structure of NGO Projects; Outline of the Book

2. Mining Fieldwork Experience to Enhance Anthropology and DevelopmentIntroduction; Field and Sites; Methods and Interpretations; Experience and Development Narratives; Country Boat Project; Experiences at an International NGO; Experiences at BRAC; Religious Backlash on BRAC; Democracy Partnership Program; Global Partnership Project; Training Division; Experiences at an International NGO and the European Commission; University, Research, and Fieldwork; Discussion; 3. History of Development and NGOs in Bangladesh; Introduction; Phase One: The Gestation Phase (1971-1975); Missionary Voluntarism



Family Planning ProgramVillage Cooperative Movement; Phase Two: Consolidation Phase (1975-1990); Phase Three: Globalization and the NGO Industry; NGO Industry and New Direction; Market Economy, Transformation of Money into Capital; NGOs, Market Driven Agency for Mass Production; NGOs and Parliamentary Democracy; NGOs and Human Rights; Government and NGO Politicking; Discussion and Reflection; 4. NGOs, Programs, and Projects; Introduction; Project Context; The Project History of the Rural Development Program of BRAC (see Appendix One); The Project History of Five Small NGOs (see Appendix Two)

NGOs: Projects, Programs, or OrganizationsProject Debate: 1970-1990; Project Debate, 1990-beyond 2000; Organization, Program, and Project Linkage; Organizational Strategic Plan; Project and Program; Donors and Projects; Projects, Process or Movement; Why Projects Evolve, Succeed, and Fail; Discussion and Reflection; 5. The Organizational Culture of BRAC; Introduction; Culture Perspectives of Organization; Organization and the Reproduction of Culture; Indigenization of Western Culture; The Reproduction of Bengali Culture and Practices in BRAC; Promoting Fear; Loyalty; Individual Loyalty

Organizational LoyaltyProfessional Loyalty; The Economics of Staff Retention; Economic Value of BRAC Staff; Signs of Change; Discussion and Reflection; 6. Cooperative Antagonism; Introduction; Development Research and Its Context; Status of Development Research in Bangladesh; NGO Power Structures; The Relationship between Anthropologists and Multidisciplinary Teams; Example One: Jam-Jelly Anthropologists; Example Two: Spouse of a Famous Anthropologist; Example Three: ""Expert"" Technology and ""Ignorant"" Women; Example Four: Where Are the Poor?

Example Five: The Great Tradition and Little Tradition in BRAC



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965339203321

Titolo

African American Rhetoric(s) : interdisciplinary perspectives / / edited by Elaine B. Richardson and Ronald L. Jackson II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois Univ Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8093-8741-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RichardsonElaine B. <1960->

JacksonRonald L. <1970->

Disciplina

808.00896073

808/.0089/6073

Soggetti

American prose literature - African American authors - History and criticism

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - African American authors - History and criticism

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - United States

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States

English language - United States - Rhetoric

Politics and literature - United States

African Americans - Intellectual life

African Americans - Communication

African Americans - Languages

Black English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword, by Jacqueline Jones Royster; Preface, by Elaine B. Richardson & Ronald L. Jackson II; Introduction: Aspects of African American Rhetoric as a Field, by Keith Gilyard; Part One: Historicizing and Analyzing African American Rhetoric(s); 1. Black Speakers, White Representations: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the Construction of a Public Persona, by Shirley Wilson Logan; 2. From Panther to Monster: Representations of Resistance from the Black Power Movement of the 1960's to the Boyz in the Hood and Beyond, by Kalí Tal



3. Rhetoric That Should Have Moved the People: Rethinking the Black Panther Party, by Gwendolyn D. Pough4. The Literary Foremother: An Embodiment of the Rhetoric of Freedom, by Jacqueline K. Bryant; 5. Ties that Bind: A Comparative Analysis of Zora Neale Hurston's and Geneva Smitherman's Work, by Kimmika L. H. Williams; Part Two: Visions for Pedagogy of African American Rhetoric; 6. The Multiple Dimensions of Nubian/Egyptian Rhetoric and Its Implications for Contemporary Classroom Instructions, by Clinton Crawford

7. Modeling Orality: African American Rhetorical Practices and the Teaching of Writing, by Lena Ampadu 8. Coming from the Heart: African American Students, Literacy Stories, and Rhetorical Education, by Elaine B. Richardson; 9. The Rhetoric of Democracy: Contracts, Declarations, and Bills of Sales, by Victoria Cliett; Part Three: Visions for Research in African American Rhetoric(s); 10. Looking Forward to Look Back: Technology Access and Transformation in African American Rhetoric, by Adam J. Banks; 11. We Is Who We Was: The African/American Rhetoric of Amistad, by Kermit E. Campbell

12. From the Harbor to Da Academic Hood: Hush Harbors and an African American Rhetorical Tradition, by Vorris L. Nunley13. "Both Print and Oral" and "Talking about Race": Transforming Toni Morrison's Language Issues into Teaching Issues, by Joyce Irene Middleton; 14. Found Not Founded, by William W. Cook; References; Contributors; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

African American Rhetoric(s): Interdisciplinary Perspectives is an introduction to fundamental concepts and a systematic integration of historical and contemporary lines of inquiry in the study of African American rhetorics. Edited by Elaine B. Richardson and Ronald L. Jackson II, the volume explores culturally and discursively developed forms of knowledge, communicative practices, and persuasive strategies rooted in freedom struggles by people of African ancestry in America. Outlining African American rhetorics found in literature, historical documents