NGOization : complicity, contradictions and prospects / edited by Aziz Choudry and Dip Kapoor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Choudry, A. A.

Kapoor, Dip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-governmental organizations.

Physical Description:

xii, 236 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books, 2013.

Summary:

NGOization - the professionalization and institutionalization of social action has long been a hotly contested issue in grassroots social movements and communities of resistance. This book pulls together for the first time unique perspectives of social struggles and critical scholarship from a wide range of geographical and political contexts to offer insights into the tensions and challenges of the NGO model, while considering the feasibility of alternatives. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Saving Biodiversity, for Whom and for What? Conservation NGOs, Complicity, Colonialism and Conquest in an Era of Capitalist Globalization / Aziz Choudry Choudry, Aziz 24

2 Social Action and NGOization in Contexts of Development Dispossession in Rural India: Explorations into the Un-civility of Civil Society / Dip Kapoor Kapoor, Dip 45

3 NGOs, Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations / Sharon H. Venne Venne, Sharon H. 75

4 From Radical Movement to Conservative NGO and Back Again? A Case Study of the Democratic Left Front in South Africa / Luke Sinwell Sinwell, Luke 102

5 Philippine NGOs: Defusing Dissent, Spurring Change / Sonny Africa Africa, Sonny 118

6 Disaster Relief, NGO-led Humanitarianism and the Reconfiguration of Spatial Relations in Tamil Nadu / Raja Swamy Swamy, Raja 144

7 Seven Theses on Neobalkanism and NGOization in Transitional Serbia / Tamara Vukov Vukov, Tamara 163

8 Peace-building and Violence against Women: Tracking the Ruling Relations of Aid in a Women's Development NGO, in Kyrgyzstan / Elena Kim Kim, Elena, Marie Campbell Campbell, Marie 185

9 Alignment and Autonomy: Food Systems in Canada / Brewster Kneen Kneen, Brewster 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780322575

1780322577

OCLC:

828056382