NGOs and social justice in South Africa and beyond / edited by Sally Matthews.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matthews, Sally (African studies teacher), editor.

Series:

Thinking Africa

Thinking Africa series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Non-governmental organizations--South Africa.

Non-governmental organizations.

Social justice--South Africa.

Social justice.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

x, 186 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2017.

Summary:

Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are regarded by many as vital role players in improving the lives of the poor and bringing about social justice. This book includes contributions from NGO workers, academics and social movement activists in order to provide varying perspectives on what possible role NGOs can rightly play in popular struggles. Consequently, the book does not have a single message about what role NGOs ought to play in struggles for social justice, but rather invites careful reflection and critical discussion on their role both in South Africa and further afield.

Contents:

Introduction: Rethinking the role of NGOs in struggles for social justice

PART I: Thinking NGOs, emancipation and social justice

1. Can NGOs play an emancipatory role in contemporary Africa?

2. Navigating the pitfalls of state democracy: thinking NGOs from an emancipatory perspective

3. Black liberation and the notion of 'social justice' in South Africa

PART II: NGOs in practice

4. 'We give off a lot of heat but not a lot of light': NGOs and land advocacy in Zimbabwe, 1995-2005

5. Exploring the relationship between service delivery and advocacy: the case of GADRA education

7. The obscure anatomy of the NGO sector

8. Infiltration and instigation: how white suburban activists act out left politics and black bodies

PART III: Conversations

9. NGOs: bringing false hope and empty promises

10. Collaboration and co-option: reflections on the relationship between NGOs and social movements

11. There is no 'outside the law': social movements, the law and social justice

Conclusion: Dilemmas, possibilities, unity and struggle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781869143282

1869143280

OCLC:

973795621

Publisher Number:

99975432198