The Role of NGOs in Changing State‐Society Relations: Perspectives from Eastern and Southern Africa

Fowler, Alan

doi:10.1111/j.1467-7679.1991.tb00175.x

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“…Similar "administrative co-option" happens in other repressive nations (Fowler 1991). Bryant and Bailey (1997) note that Indonesia requires all non-governmental organizations working in the country to register members and seek approval of funding for any project.…”

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Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Non-Governmental Organizations: A Cross-National Analysis of Maternal Mortality

Shandra

London

2010

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Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Non-Governmental Organizations: A Cross-National Analysis of Maternal Mortality

Shandra

London

2010

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“…Even though the decentralization rhetoric has been heralded to promote participation through alternative development programs, the state and development agencies 'tightly' control this in practice. Indigenous political organizations have often been undermined by outside 'imposition' of the concepts of participation by state agencies and NGOs that have created "paternalistic and authoritarian patterns of domination" (Fowler 1991, Fox 1990). Consequently, development programs have been viewed as an outside imposition by the poor and marginalized and "participation has been reduced to a mainly rhetorical exercise" (Brohman, 1996:271) Genuine popular participation as Brohman (1996) stated has been 'frequently lacking' between development agencies and local communities.…”

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Participation and Development; A Critical Assessment: Is Participation Vital for Development

Baines-Johnson¹

2018

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This paper is a discussion of the different ways in which participation is incorporated into development projects and the various levels of participation and their merits and demerits. The paper further discusses the bottom-up versus the top-down approaches to development while critically assessing the concept of participation as a necessary approach to development. The intention here is to analyse whether the notion of participation is working or just a political act for the sake of satisfying the quests for community empowerment through participation. This piece will conclude with the narrative that even though participation is a desirable approach, it has not fully meant total involvement of local actors in development practice as the theory presupposes.

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“…NGOs are seen as an important alternative to the bureaucratic, rigid and ineffective state (Fisher 1997;Edwards and Hulme 1996;Fowler 1991). The complicated and historically mistrustful relationship between urban poor residents and the state produces the space in which NGOs operate (Fisher 1997;Edwards and Hulme 1996;Ndegwa 1996).…”

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Negotiating Marginalities: Right to the City's Water

Mehta

2012

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Failure of water-related planning in Delhi can in part be attributed to the lack of inter-agency coordination and cooperation. This inability of state and city agencies to work together results in fragmentation of the state, and places potable water at the centre of politics in the city. This fragmentation and its consequences can be seen in Delhi's resettlement colonies, where government agencies attempt to create formal housing options for urban poor residents, formerly living in squatter settlements. These neighbourhoods have inadequate access to potable water and limited or no access to state agencies. This absence of the state in resettlement colonies renders the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as critical. Using potable water as the analytic, this article attempts to unpack the complex relationships between state agencies, NGOs and urban poor residents of resettlement colonies.

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The Role of NGOs in Changing State‐Society Relations: Perspectives from Eastern and Southern Africa

Cited by 155 publications

References 9 publications

Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Non-Governmental Organizations: A Cross-National Analysis of Maternal Mortality

Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Non-Governmental Organizations: A Cross-National Analysis of Maternal Mortality

Participation and Development; A Critical Assessment: Is Participation Vital for Development

Negotiating Marginalities: Right to the City's Water

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