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Revisiting Scott’s (1985) Weapons of the Weak
On ‘weapons of the weak’: “Here I have in mind the ordinary weapons of relatively powerless groups: foot dragging, dissimulation, false compliance, pilfering, feigned ignorance, slander, arson, sabotage and so forth. These Brechtian forms of class struggle have certain features in common. They require little or no coordination or planning; they often represent a form […]
Tags: #Capitalism #Creation of Custom #James C. Scott #Marxist Revolution #Weapons of the weak
Selected Jobs (20 Aug 2015)
Tons of consulting contracts and long-term posts (Global) Internships (Canada) Communications Program Manager (USA) Education Advisor (Canada) Gender and Development Specialist (Ethiopia) Education Program Manager (Syria) Research Consultant (Afghanistan) Conflict Analyst (Jordan)
NGO Lessons from Oshinsky’s (2005) Polio: An American Story
NGO lessons from Oshinsky’s (2005) Polio: An American Story. Not a summary or review, but some thought provoking quotes: Strategic planning and framing of the issue: “No disease drew as much attention, or struck the same terror, as polio. And for good reason. Polio hit without warning. There was no way of telling who would […]
Tags: #Innovation #institutional barriers #Leadership #Polio #Strategic Planning
Links I Liked (14 Aug 2015)
Tools / advice for your NGO / NGO work Situation Analysis of Children in Uganda Communicating Complex Ideas
Selected Jobs (12 Aug 2015)
Paid internships (Global) Research Intern, IFPRI (USA) Internships in East Africa Child and Youth Protection and Development Coordinator, IRC (CAR) Program Manager, War Child (Uganda) Structural Engineer (Haiti) Consultant: Developing Beneficiary Feedback and Response Systems (IRC)
Looking for a Job in International Development?
A few job boards you can follow (set up RSS or email feeds on topics/countries of interest): http://reliefweb.int/jobs http://www.unjobs.org/ www.developmentaid.org www.devex.com http://www.eldis.org/ http://www.devnetjobs.org/ Job boards are important. You should also be: Networking Linking with organizations you want to work for (yes, volunteer) Continue building your CV with on-going professional training Stand out form the crowd […]
About me
Logan Cochrane
Logan is a Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last twenty years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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