The political economy of NGOs : state formation in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh / Jude L. Fernando.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fernando, Jude L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-governmental organizations--Economic aspects--Sri Lanka.

Non-governmental organizations.

Non-governmental organizations--Economic aspects--Bangladesh.

Non-governmental organizations--Political aspects--Sri Lanka.

Non-governmental organizations--Political aspects--Bangladesh.

Capitalism--Sri Lanka.

Capitalism.

Capitalism--Bangladesh.

Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka.

Physical Description:

xii, 338 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2011.

Summary:

Jude L. Fernando explores the paradoxical relationship between NGOs and state formation within the context of capitalism, showing that supposedly progressive organisations often promote essentially the same policies and ideas as existing governments.

The book examines how a diverse group of NGOs have shaped state formation in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It argues that, rather than influencing state formation for the better, NGOs have been integrated into the capitalist system and their language adopted to give exploitative social relations a transformative appearance. It demonstrates the remarkable creativity of capitalism to secure conditions for its expansion by exploiting the very language and practices of its critics.

This enlightening study will give pause to those who see NGOs as drivers of true social change and will encourage students of development studies to make a deeper analysis of state formation. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Theorizing social change, beyond the impasse

1. The emergence of the unified nation-state: precolonial NGOs in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

2. Welfare state to national security state: post-Independence NGO-state relations in Sri Lanka, 1948-2010

3. Secularism, religion, and parallel states: post-Independence NGO-state relations in Bangladesh, 1971-2010

4. The NGO industrial complex: modernizing postmodernity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-326) and index.

ISBN:

9780745321714

0745321712

0745321720

9780745321721

OCLC:

687698934