NGOization - Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects

The growth and spread of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at local and international levels has attracted considerable interest and attention from policy-makers, development practitioners, academics and activists around the world. But how has this phenomenon impacted on struggles for social and environmental justice? How has it challenged - or reinforced - the forces of capitalism and colonialism? And what political, economic, social and cultural interests does this serve?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 critically engaged scholars 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.>

Product details

• Authors: Aziz Choudry, Aziz Kapoor Choudry, Dip Kapoor
• Assisted by: Aziz Choudry (Editor), D. Kapoor (Editor)
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9781780322582
• ISBN: 978-1-78032-258-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education