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Online-Ressource (250 p)
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Online-Ausg.
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9781780322575
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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 critical scholarship 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
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Cover; About the Editors; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; References; Introduction NGOization: Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects; A non-typology and short recent history of NGOs; Grappling with NGOization; NGOs as agents of capitalist colonization of material space; The professionalization of dissent and knowledge colonization for capital; Prospects: Looking ahead; References; 1 Saving Biodiversity, for Whom and for What? Conservation NGOs, Complicity, Colonialism and Conquest in an Era of Capitalist Globalization; Introduction
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Intellectual property rights and the genetic goldrushNot seeing the forest for the trees: Silences and blinkers in environmental NGO discourse; Conservation International: Leading brand of green imperialism?; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2 Social Action and NGOization in Contexts of Development Dispossession in Rural India: Explorations into the Un-civility of Civil Society; Introduction; The anatomy of NGOization and the un-civility of civil society in rural contexts of development dispossession; From NGOization to social action: Prospects, possibilities and concluding reflections
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Table 2.1: Lok Adhikar Manch (LAM)Notes; References; 3 NGOs, Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations; Introduction; Indigenous Nations: Inherent rights; Colonization; United Nations; Non-governmental organizations; 1977 NGO conference; 1981 NGO conference; Working Group on Indigenous Peoples (WGIP); Declaration drafting by the WGIP; Intersessional Working Groups; Concluding remarks; Appendix 3.1; Appendix 3.2; Notes; References; 4 From Radical Movement to Conservative NGO and Back Again? A Case Study of the Democratic Left Front in South Africa
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Politics and interventions in grassroots struggles in South AfricaThe DLF's relationship to grassroots organizations; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5 Philippine NGOs: Defusing Dissent, Spurring Change; Historical sketch of Philippine NGOs; NGOs and civil society in the Philippines today; Neoliberal governance and state-NGO ties; NGOization today; Philippine neocolonialism and underdevelopment; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Disaster Relief, NGO-led Humanitarianism and the Reconfiguration of Spatial Relations in Tamil Nadu; NGOs in post-tsunami reconstruction
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World Vision and 'service delivery'Artisanal fishers and SNEHA: A background; Post-tsunami engagements; Discussion; Notes; References; 7 Seven Theses on Neobalkanism and NGOization in Transitional Serbia; The New Balkanism; Empire lite: Military humanitarianism; Swords of empire: NGOization, democracy promotion and the new balkanism; The dance of neoliberalism and nationalism; Critiques of NGOization by activists and organizers in Serbia; The remnants of transition: Workers, displaced peoples, and privatization; Emergent potentialities, incipient struggles; Acknowledgments; Notes; References
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8 Peace-building and Violence against Women: Tracking the Ruling Relations of Aid in a Women's Development NGO in Kyrgyzstan
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ISBN 9781780322599
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ISBN 9781780322575
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe NGOization : Complicity, Contradictions and Prospects
Sprache:
Englisch
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