Bricks, mortar and capacity building : a socio-cultural history of SNV Netherlands Development Organisation / by Inge Brinkman; in cooperation with Anne-Lot Hoek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brinkman, Inge.

Contributor:

Hoek, Anne-Lot.

Series:

Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; 18.

Afrika-studiecentrum series ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SNV (Organization)--History.

SNV (Organization).

Nonprofit organizations--Netherlands--History.

Nonprofit organizations.

International agencies--Netherlands--History.

International agencies.

Economic assistance, Dutch--Developing countries.

Economic assistance, Dutch.

Technical assistance, Dutch--Developing countries.

Technical assistance, Dutch.

Economic development--Developing countries.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The history of development cooperation has attracted very little research to date. This volume offers an innovative interpretation by considering the history of SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, which has been in existence for over forty years now. Through SNV’s history, an analysis emerges of the role of the Netherlands in development cooperation and the attitudes of Dutch society towards it over the last fifty years as well as the changing ideas, practices and policies in development work more generally. The views and expectations of (former) SNV staff and those of local participants who were ultimately to benefit from the development activities were the focus of this historical research. This has resulted in a socio-cultural history ‘from below’ rather than a dry description of the organisation’s administrative changes and formal bureaucratic structures.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / I. Brinkman

1. Introduction / I. Brinkman

2. Merchants And Ministers: Understanding Snv’s Background / I. Brinkman

3. Snv’s Start: Bricks, Mortar And The Transfer Of Knowledge (1963–1972) / I. Brinkman

4. The Years Of Radical Commitment: Democratisation And Secularisation (1973–1984) / I. Brinkman

5. Expertise Expected: The Professionalisation Of Snv (1985–1994) / I. Brinkman

6. Building Capacity: Snv At The Millennium (1995–2005) / I. Brinkman

7. Final Remarks / I. Brinkman

Interviews / I. Brinkman

Written Sources / I. Brinkman

Abbreviations And Glossary / I. Brinkman

Appendix 1. Ministers And State Secretaries For Development Cooperation / I. Brinkman

Appendix 2. Snv Chairpersons / Directors / I. Brinkman

Appendix 3. Snv Countries / I. Brinkman

Appendix 4. Snv Activities / I. Brinkman

Appendix 5. Snvers / I. Brinkman

Appendix 6. Snv Finances / I. Brinkman

Appendix 7. Chronology / I. Brinkman

Index / I. Brinkman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-78715-2

9786612787157

90-04-18764-2

OCLC:

668218156

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004187412.i-327 DOI