Archive for May 1st, 2017
Erin Beck’s book now out
How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs
by Erin Beck. Duke University Press (May 2017)
Erin Beck is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon and a member of the CLLAS Executive Board.
“In How Development Projects Persist Erin Beck examines microfinance NGOs working in Guatemala and problematizes the accepted wisdom of how NGOs function. Drawing on twenty months of ethnographic fieldwork, she shows how development models and plans become entangled in the relationships among local actors in ways that alter what they are, how they are valued, and the conditions of their persistence. › Continue reading
2017 Latino Roots Celebration
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Recent Postings
- CLLAS Solidarity Statement
- Two CLLAS affiliated faculty members receive Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards
- Spring 2017 CLLAS Notes now available
- CLLAS graduate student grantee Tobin Hansen had a productive year
- Oregon governor appoints PPPM professor to Oregon Housing Stability Council
- CLLAS staff member Cecilia Valdovinos wins Outstanding Student Award
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