More Than Altruism: The Politics of Private Foreign Aid

by Brian H. Smith

Book Overview

As government officials and political activists are becoming increasingly aware, international nonprofit agencies have an important political dimension: although not self-serving, these private voluntary organizations (PVOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) seek social changes of which many of their financial contributors are unaware. As PVOs and NGOs receive increasing subsidies from their home governments in the United States, Canada,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691605734
• ISBN13: 9780691605739
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"