Non-Governmental Public Action

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Research Programme

Director: Professor Jude Howell

Public action by and for disadvantaged people, undertaken by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other non-government actors, is increasingly significant at local and international levels. This research programme will develop existing theory, generate new empirical data and develop beneficial links between researchers and users. Projects will include international comparative work and transdisciplinary research.

What's new

New website
International Poverty Centre
http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/

New Publications

Research Paper 19
The impact of transnational non-governmental public actors (NGPAs) on policy processes and policy outcomes: translating advocacy into sustainable policy engagement
Martin Scurrah
Research Paper 20
A relationship gone wrong? Research ethics, participation, and fieldwork realities
Jelke Boesten
Research Paper 21
Aid, Civil Society and the State in Kenya since 9/11
Jeremy Lind and Jude Howell
Research Paper 22
Trade Unions in Russia, China and Vietnam: From Governmental to non-Governmental Public Actors
Simon Clarke and Tim Pringle

International and Practitioner Fellowship Publications

Fellowship Report, June 2008, Enrique Peruzzotti
International NGOs and Southern Advocacy: Case studies of two Oxfam campaigns in South Asia (1.3MB: pdf)
Jeff Atkinson, Oxfam
Participatory Budgeting in the UK: an evaluation from a practitioner perspective (250kb: pdf)
Kezia Lavan, Participatory Budgeting Unit

Contents

Introduction

Who's who

Research Projects and Research Findings

Fellowships

News and Related News

Publications

Events and Programme Launch

Key documents

Useful links

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Quick links

Centre for Civil Society
Map showing geographical distribution of research projects
Programme Specification (PDF)
Programme Leaflet (PDF)
Password protected documents for NGPA researchers.

Address and contacts

Non-Governmental Public Action Research 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

To contact NGPA and ESRC staff, please see: Who's who page.

Site updated: 31 July 2008