Political Economy of Ngos - State Formation in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

Informationen zum Autor Jude L. Fernando is Associate Professor of International Development, Clark University. He has edited many books including Rethinking Sustainable Development (SAGE, 2003), Microfinance: Perils and Prospects (Routledge, 2005) and The Political Economy of NGOs (Pluto, 2011). Klappentext Jude L. Fernando explores the paradoxical relationship between NGOs and capitalism, showing that supposedly progressive organizations 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 traditional exploitative social relations a transformative appearance. 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. Zusammenfassung Explores the relationship between NGOs and capitalism

Product details

• Authors: Jude L Fernando, Jude L. Fernando, Fernando Jude L.
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.07.2011
• EAN: 9780745321721
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-2172-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sri Lanka, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Bangladesh, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Political Economy, Sri Lanka (Ceylon)