Global SL Blog Richard Slimbach Recommends…. GSL Must-Reads
Many readers will be familiar with the work and insight of regular contributor Dr. Richard Slimbach. He has contributed decades of structured thinking on global engagement and ethics, challenging and supporting others interested in global partnerships. Slimbach himself wrote Becoming World Wise. Here’s his start list of must-reads for individuals considering ethical global engagement:
Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals
Anheier & Salamon, The Nonprofit Sector in the Developing World
George Bond, Buddhism at Work
Branford & Rocha, Cutting the Wire: the Story of the Landless Movement in Brazil
Stan Burkey, People First
Robert Chambers, Whose Reality Counts?
Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion
Cooke & Kothari, Participation: the New Tyranny?
Corbett & Fikkert, When Helping Hurts
Paul Farmer, Pathologies of Power
Paul Farmer and Gustavo Gutierrez, In the Company of the Poor
Alan Fowler, Striking a Balance
Gary Haugen, The Locust Effect
Myles Horton, The Long Haul
John Isbister, Promises Not Kept
Jamaica Kincaid, A Small Place
Mathie & Cunningham, From Clients to Citizens
Bryant Myers, Walking With the Poor
Lee Staple, Roots to Power
Linda Stout, Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing
Mike Tidwell, The Ponds of Kalambayi: An African Sojourn
What’s on your must-read list?
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