Beyond comparative anecdotalism: lessons on civil society and participation from São Paulo, Brazil

Lavalle, Adrián Gurza; Acharya, Amitabha; Houtzager, Peter P.

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.09.022

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“…The respondents who participated in the field research in 2011 were selected using 'snowball' sampling (n=20) to find key 'gatekeepers' and gain access to other key players in this small island community (Gurza Lavalle et al, 2005) who were employed in tourism sectors and in different capacities. Others were approached using convenience sampling (n=4) as the researchers were going about their business on-island.…”

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Power, Ownership and Tourism in Small Islands: Evidence from Indonesia

Hampton

Jeyacheya

2015

World Development

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This paper examines the political economy of tourism development in islands and uses Gili Trawangan, Indonesia as a case study. A longitudinal study drawing from fieldwork contributes to the discussion of how different types of power shape community development, and how the effects of hosting international tourism play an explicit role. Analysis using Barnett and Duvall's Taxonomy of Power model reveals the interplay between the types of power over time and its effects on different actors.Results raise questions for Less Developed Countries, and particularly islands, concerning the social costs of using tourism for development.

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Power, Ownership and Tourism in Small Islands: Evidence from Indonesia

Hampton

Jeyacheya

2015

World Development

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“…The absence of a strong domestic social democratic party in the country meant that radical NGOs also needed to distance themselves from national parties and electoral processes, but this also limited their ability to promote the political interests of their beneficiaries. Lavalle et al (2005) found that citizens in Brazil could only influence politics when they participated in civil society organizations and not as individuals. But they also found that these civil society organizations could only generate transformative actions when they were linked to political parties, rather than by remaining independent from them as much mainstream civil society theory assumes.…”

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Organising and Representing the Poor in a Clientelistic Democracy: the Decline of Radical NGOs in Bangladesh

Lewis

2017

The Journal of Development Studies

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Abstract:-This paper examines the political role of radical development NGOs that emerged in Bangladesh to challenge the marginalization of subordinate groups and strengthen democratic processes. After briefly introducing the political context of Bangladesh and its NGOs, the paper identifies and defines a radical NGO sub-sector. It then reviews the activities of these organizations during the pre-1990 military government era and during the subsequent period of electoral democracy. Some important achievements are identified, but also many failures that have led to decline, leaving behind an NGO sector dominated by credit and service delivery organizations. The paper then explains this decline by focusing on three inter-related factors: (i) an institutional setting dominated by clientelistic structures that have undermined efforts to build horizontal alliances among excluded groups in civil society, or links between NGOs and political parties; (ii) a shift in donor support from mobilization to market-based service delivery agencies; and (iii) internal structures that have generated legitimacy and accountability problems by encouraging elite capture, co-option and personalised leadership in the radical sub-sector. It concludes with some brief reflections on the main implications of these failures.

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“…While post-colonial analyses question whether elite, professionalised NGO workers can genuinely understand and effectively channel the interests of low-income marginalised groups (Chatterjee, 2004), others highlight the political capital generated by their ability to move with fluidity between state, market and civil society spheres (Uvin and Miller, 1996;Lavalle et al, 2005). Middle-class professionals have also been found to be critical mediators within the cross-class alliances that have contributed to the effectiveness of demand-side initiatives (Jenkins, 2006).…”

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Increasing the Power of the Poor? NGO-led Social Accountability Initiatives and Political Capabilities in Rural Uganda

King

2015

Eur J Dev Res

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Social accountability has become an important new buzzword among development actors seeking to understand the forms of state-society synergy that may be supportive of better public services. Advocates suggest demand-side initiatives are key to increasing the power of the poor in service provision, while sceptics question the application of technical fixes to complex political challenges. This article reports findings from qualitative research into the political capabilities outcomes achieved among local health and education stakeholders through the social accountability interventions of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Western Uganda. It argues that NGOs are unlikely to generate substantive advances for social accountability in agrarian contexts characterised by patronage politics without organising marginalised groups themselves to tackle the causes of their disadvantage.La redevabilité sociale est devenue un nouveau mot clé à la mode au sein des acteurs du développement qui cherchent à comprendre les différentes formes de synergie entre état et société qui pourraient favoriser de meilleurs services publics. Les partisans de la redevabilité sociale suggèrent que les initiatives du côté de la demande sont clés pour augmenter le pouvoir des pauvres dans la prestation de services, alors les sceptiques remettent en question l'application de solutions techniques pour régler des problèmes politiques complexes. Cet article relate les conclusions d'une étude qualitative relative à la capacité politique au sein d'acteurs sanitaires et éducatifs locaux, qui a été rendue possible grâce à une intervention sur la redevabilité sociale, mise en oeuvre par une organisation non-gouvernementale (ONG) dans l'Ouest de l'Ouganda. L'étude démontre que les ONG sont peu susceptibles de provoquer des avancées importantes en redevabilité sociale dans les contextes agraires, qui sont caractérisés par un patronage politique, sans appuyer l'organisation des groupes marginalisés eux-mêmes afin qu'ils s'attaquent aux causes de leur désavantage.

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Beyond comparative anecdotalism: lessons on civil society and participation from São Paulo, Brazil

Cited by 123 publications

References 13 publications

Power, Ownership and Tourism in Small Islands: Evidence from Indonesia

Power, Ownership and Tourism in Small Islands: Evidence from Indonesia

Organising and Representing the Poor in a Clientelistic Democracy: the Decline of Radical NGOs in Bangladesh

Increasing the Power of the Poor? NGO-led Social Accountability Initiatives and Political Capabilities in Rural Uganda

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