Against Non-Governmental Organizations? - A Critical Perspective on Their Management

This book illimunates the dangers of over-conceptualizing NGOs as representative actors of civil society, as well as the problems of ignoring questions of power, particularly in mobilizing knowledge for development outcomes.

List of contents

1. A Critical Lens on Development and NGO Management  2. Three Concepts of Critical Management and Their Implications for Development Studies  3. The Development "Impasse"  4. The "Managing" of Development  5. Alternatives: Amateur Practice and Civil Society

Summary

This book illimunates the dangers of over-conceptualizing NGOs as representative actors of civil society, as well as the problems of ignoring questions of power, particularly in mobilizing knowledge for development outcomes.

Product details

• Authors: Nidhi Srinivas, Nidhi (New School University Srinivas, Srinivas Nidhi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.01.2026
• EAN: 9780415777612
• ISBN: 978-0-415-77761-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society; Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Development Studies