The Role of NGOs under Authoritarian Political Systems

The book discusses five examples of NGO action in four countries - Indonesia, Philippines, South Africa and Sri Lanka - with authoritarian regimes. It poses the question of whose interest was served by these activities, the beneficiary group or the NGOs and argues that where these coincided, identifiable benefits accrued to beneficiary groups. This underlines the importance of ensuring that NGOs are accountable to the communities with which they seek to work.

List of contents

Acknowledgements - Foreword - Introduction - In Whose Interest: Authoritarian Social Organisation, NGO Advocacy Campaigns and the Poorest. An Exploration of Two Indonesian Examples - In Whose Interest: Democratic Community Building through Civics in South Africa: the Role of NGOs - Macro-economic Policy Making and Poverty Alleviation in Sri Lanka: Sustained NGO Advocacy in the 1980s and 1990s - In Whose Interest: Philippine NGO Responses to Increased Political Space - In Whose Interest? - Index

Product details

• Authors: S. Cleary
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.1997
• EAN: 9780312174644
• ISBN: 978-0-312-17464-4
• No. of pages: 274
• Weight: 516 g
• Illustrations: XII, 274 p.
• Series: International Political Economy Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education