Image from Google Jackets

Leadership and power in international development : navigating the intersections of gender, culture, context, and sustainability / edited by Randal Joy Thompson, Julia Storberg-Walker.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Building leadership bridgesEdition: First editionDescription: xxi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781787541160
  • 1787541169
  • 1787438805
  • 9781787438804
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 338.9 23
LOC classification:
  • HD82 .L326 2018
Contents:
Overview part 1: On leading in international development / Randal Joy Thompson -- Overview part 2: Power in international development leadership / Anne M. Spear -- 1. Toward a theory of leading in international development / Julia Storberg-Walker -- part 1. Challenges in international development 2. Chronicles of a humanitarian worker / David Mashzhu-Makota -- 3. Leadership in international development / Iyabo Obasanjo -- 4. Transforming community through feminine leadership / �Eliane Ubalijoro -- 5. Embracing modern leadership amidst cultural traditions - The niche to forge ahead / Keba T. Modisane -- part 2. Leadership for women's empowerment and equity 6. From marginal to mainstream: leadership in integrating gender into private sector development / Amanda Ellis -- 7. What about the grassroots leaders? A model for culturally appropriate leadership through empowering local women / Anne M. Spear -- Leadership through empowerment / Nila Wardani and Kathryn B. Mangino -- 9. Leading with girls / Ashley N. Lackovich-Van Gorp -- part 3. Spirit-filled grassroots leadership 10. Holistic community development in Rwanda / Debby Thomas -- 11. Accompaniment: facilitating transformative change in the world / Josh P. Armstrong -- 12. Leading cross culturally in a faith-based international non-government organization / Gordon A. Zook -- part 4. Leading major donor projects 13. In the skin of a "worldy" female doctor manager / Nicole Rouvinez-Bouali -- 14. Passion, risk, and adventure in developing my international development leadership repertoire / Maria Beebe -- 15. An educator's backward, forward zigzag leadership jourrney / Patricia McLaughlin -- 16. Leading recovery for women and children in post-Ceausescu Romania / Randal Joy Thompson -- part 5. Leadership lessons to reflect on 17. Leadership musings / Dick Daniels -- 18. Developing global resonance for global leadership / Kathleen Curran.
Summary: Leadership and Power in International Development: Navigating the Intersections of Gender, Context, Culture, and Sustainability describes the stories and reflections of 20 leaders from Africa, Asia, Europe, Canada, and the United States. These leaders present lessons learned, strategies, challenges, and successes in easy-to-read narratives highlighting their diverse experiences with context, culture, power, gender and sustainability. The final chapters of the book, written by the co-editors, provide an innovative synthesis of scholarship and practice by presenting a framework for successfully leading international development projects in the 21st century.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

This record has many physical items (3). View all the physical items.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview part 1: On leading in international development / Randal Joy Thompson -- Overview part 2: Power in international development leadership / Anne M. Spear -- 1. Toward a theory of leading in international development / Julia Storberg-Walker -- part 1. Challenges in international development 2. Chronicles of a humanitarian worker / David Mashzhu-Makota -- 3. Leadership in international development / Iyabo Obasanjo -- 4. Transforming community through feminine leadership / �Eliane Ubalijoro -- 5. Embracing modern leadership amidst cultural traditions - The niche to forge ahead / Keba T. Modisane -- part 2. Leadership for women's empowerment and equity 6. From marginal to mainstream: leadership in integrating gender into private sector development / Amanda Ellis -- 7. What about the grassroots leaders? A model for culturally appropriate leadership through empowering local women / Anne M. Spear -- Leadership through empowerment / Nila Wardani and Kathryn B. Mangino -- 9. Leading with girls / Ashley N. Lackovich-Van Gorp -- part 3. Spirit-filled grassroots leadership 10. Holistic community development in Rwanda / Debby Thomas -- 11. Accompaniment: facilitating transformative change in the world / Josh P. Armstrong -- 12. Leading cross culturally in a faith-based international non-government organization / Gordon A. Zook -- part 4. Leading major donor projects 13. In the skin of a "worldy" female doctor manager / Nicole Rouvinez-Bouali -- 14. Passion, risk, and adventure in developing my international development leadership repertoire / Maria Beebe -- 15. An educator's backward, forward zigzag leadership jourrney / Patricia McLaughlin -- 16. Leading recovery for women and children in post-Ceausescu Romania / Randal Joy Thompson -- part 5. Leadership lessons to reflect on 17. Leadership musings / Dick Daniels -- 18. Developing global resonance for global leadership / Kathleen Curran.

Leadership and Power in International Development: Navigating the Intersections of Gender, Context, Culture, and Sustainability describes the stories and reflections of 20 leaders from Africa, Asia, Europe, Canada, and the United States. These leaders present lessons learned, strategies, challenges, and successes in easy-to-read narratives highlighting their diverse experiences with context, culture, power, gender and sustainability. The final chapters of the book, written by the co-editors, provide an innovative synthesis of scholarship and practice by presenting a framework for successfully leading international development projects in the 21st century.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.