In the Gap the State Left: Policy Feedback, Collective Behavior, and Political Participation in Zambia

Hern, Erin

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“… 8. On the weak social connections of elected politicians in Zambia, see also Hern (2017). …”

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Elected MPs, Traditional Chiefs, and Local Public Goods: Evidence on the Role of Leaders in Co-Production From Rural Zambia

Baldwin

2018

Comparative Political Studies

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What types of leaders are effective in organizing public goods that require community contributions? In many settings, both citizens and state agencies provide financing, labor, and oversight of local projects. This article analyzes the effects of elected Members of Parliament (MPs) and hereditary chiefs in facilitating co-produced public goods in Zambia. MPs have electoral motivations to provide public goods but may not be well-positioned to organize community contributions. Chiefs lack electoral incentives but typically have long time horizons and local social connections. I analyze the effects of both types of leaders on the provision of co-produced public goods through a natural experiment. I take advantage of lapses in leadership following the deaths of leaders in office to show that chiefs have a significant effect on co-produced public goods but MPs do not. Auxiliary analysis suggests that chiefs’ effect on community contributions depends on the length of their time horizons.

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Elected MPs, Traditional Chiefs, and Local Public Goods: Evidence on the Role of Leaders in Co-Production From Rural Zambia

Baldwin

2018

Comparative Political Studies

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“…This finding accords with work examining civil society membership organizations in the United States as well as with work on NGOs in Latin America (Baggetta, 2009b; Boulding, 2010; Crenson & Ginsberg, 2004). Although scholars have often found that voting is affected differently from other forms of participation (Brass et al, 2019; Dionne et al, 2014; Hern, 2017; Mattes & Mughogho, 2009; Rosenstone & Hansen, 1993), it is worth exploring possible reasons for this variation. The simplest explanation for this Kenyan data is that nearly 90% of respondents in the sample who were eligible to vote did so, regardless of their contact with, or perceptions of NGOs, leaving little room for expansion.…”

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“…Finally, the act of service provision by nonstate actors may spur protest or contacting, in that it may provide new hope to people that change is possible (Brass, 2016). Or a partial provision of services may lead non-recipients to demand complete services from government (Hern, 2017).…”

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Do Service Provision NGOs Perform Civil Society Functions? Evidence of NGOs’ Relationship With Democratic Participation

Brass

2021

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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Scholars have long been interested in the relationship between civil society and democracy. Today, international donors promote civil society in developing countries, and they explicitly define civil society to include nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). It remains an open question, however, whether service provision NGOs in developing countries fulfill this civil society function. Some prominent scholarship argues that only NGOs that explicitly pursue advocacy perform civil society roles; service provision NGOs do not. I address this question, testing the relationship between individuals’ experience with, and perceptions of, NGOs and their political participation in voting, protests, and raising issues with public officials. Using data from Kenya, I find that individuals who report contact with, or positive views of, NGOs are more likely to engage in certain political activities, providing some evidence for the inclusion of NGOs in the concept of civil society. I theorize mechanisms by which service provision NGOs may affect various forms of participation.

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“…Zum einen stellt diese stark auf international tätige NGOs ab, die in Staaten des Globalen Südens oftmals mithilfe von Entwicklungshilfegeldern Dienstleistungen und Güter erbringen, für die in entwickelten Wohlfahrtsstaaten eine leistungsfähige öffentliche Verwaltung sorgt (z. B. Versorgung mit sauberem Trinkwasser) oder die sich für profitorientierte Unternehmen nicht rentieren (Bildungs-und Aufklärungsarbeit zu Gesundheitsthemen) (Teegen et al 2004;Rahman 2006;Hern 2017). Zum anderen ist die Funktion der Bereitstellung öffentlicher Dienstleistungen am ehesten geeignet, zwischen traditionellen Verbänden (z.…”

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„NGOisierung“ der Interessenvermittlung und Pluralisierung der Politikgestaltung

Thierse

Schiffers

2021

Z Politikwiss

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ZusammenfassungDer einführende Beitrag dieses Special Issue widmet sich dem wechselseitigen Verhältnis von Veränderungsprozessen der Interessenvermittlung und dem Funktionswandel von Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs). Unter Bezugnahme auf das Konzept der NGOisierung werden organisationale und strategische Anpassungen umrissen, die den veränderten institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen von Interessenvermittlung und Politikgestaltung Rechnung tragen und die nicht allein auf NGOs begrenzt sind. Der Wandel einzelner NGOs und des Systems der NGOs als Ganzem lässt sich entlang von zwei Funktionen untersuchen: die öffentlichkeitswirksame, kritische Anwaltschaft für Anliegen strukturell schwacher Interessen einerseits und die Mitwirkungen an der Aushandlung, Implementation und Überwachung regulativer Standards andererseits. Diese beiden Funktionen und die damit verbundenen Zielkonflikt bilden den analytischen Rahmen für die nachfolgenden Beiträge, die kurz und bündig vorgestellt werden. Außerdem werden über die in dem Special Issue vereinten Beiträge hinausweisende Forschungsdesiderate skizziert.

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In the Gap the State Left: Policy Feedback, Collective Behavior, and Political Participation in Zambia

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Elected MPs, Traditional Chiefs, and Local Public Goods: Evidence on the Role of Leaders in Co-Production From Rural Zambia

Elected MPs, Traditional Chiefs, and Local Public Goods: Evidence on the Role of Leaders in Co-Production From Rural Zambia

Do Service Provision NGOs Perform Civil Society Functions? Evidence of NGOs’ Relationship With Democratic Participation

„NGOisierung“ der Interessenvermittlung und Pluralisierung der Politikgestaltung

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