Development NGOs and Civil Society

1998 ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Karina Constantino-David
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Development Ngos

All You Need Is Tea

2020 ◽  
pp. 90-122
Author(s):  
Catherine E. Herrold
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Philanthropic Foundations ◽  
Local Organizations ◽  
Democracy Building ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Development Ngos

Chapter 4 presents the democracy building strategies of Egypt’s philanthropic foundations and development NGOs. Amidst widespread government repression of civil society and heightened suspicion of Western efforts to promote democracy, local organizations stepped in. They harnessed citizens’ desires to take part in Egypt’s trajectory and positioned themselves as facilitators of citizen-led initiatives. Instead of creating and imposing their own reform initiatives, Egyptian foundations and development NGOs worked closely with grassroots communities to cultivate democracy on their terms. Egyptians wanted political, economic, and social justice, not necessarily a Western-style democracy. The approach taken by local groups both respected grassroots priorities and cultures and allowed the organizations to evade government crackdowns.

Back Matter - Development, NGOs and Civil Society

2000 ◽  
pp. 190-212
Author(s):  
Deborah Eade ◽  
Jenny Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Development Ngos

scholarly journals Reclaiming the “Third Sector” from “Civil Society”

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jocelyn Viterna ◽  
Emily Clough ◽  
Killian Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Theoretical Construct ◽  
The Third ◽  
Power Resources ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
Development Ngos ◽  
Theoretical Analyses

Civil society is one of the most widely used—and widely maligned—concepts in development studies. In this paper, we argue that much confusion regarding civil society stems from the omnibus nature of its conceptualization. We consider civil society to be an omnibus concept because it has been imbued with several distinct meanings—a normative meaning (civil society as civilized), a functional meaning (civil society as democratizing), and a structural meaning (civil society as a third sector). Using the example of humanitarian NGOs, we demonstrate how the omnibus nature of civil society resists systematization and requires scholars to make problematic assumptions when designing empirical research. As a solution, we propose replacing “civil society” in empirical research with the structural “third-sector” concept. This move narrows the gap between the actors that scholars study and the theoretical construct that they are supposed to represent; it brings the third sector into conceptual alignment with our understanding of the first and second sectors (the market and the state); and it improves our efforts to compare findings across cases and build generalized theories. It also enables scholars to consider questions of power, resources, and influence when studying development NGOs—questions that are difficult to ask when notions of “civil society” are defined as actors that understand, represent, and advocate on behalf of their “constituents.” We conclude that “civil society” as a concept should be maintained for theoretical analyses of what makes society civil but that empirical studies of development are best served by a third-sector approach.

Prelims - Development, NGOs and Civil Society

2000 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Eade ◽  
Jenny Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Development Ngos

scholarly journals The Role and Contributions of Development NGOs to Development Cooperation: What Do We Know?

2020 ◽  
pp. 671-688
Author(s):  
Nicola Banks
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
Official Development Assistance ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Ngo Effectiveness ◽  
Development Ngos ◽  
New Evidence

AbstractResearch has focussed on the function rather than volume of NGOs’ contributions to development cooperation. That a deeply managerial-driven aid system has constrained NGO effectiveness has been a critical focus, highlighting how this has led NGOs to prioritise service delivery over social justice. Yet, a lack of systematic analysis of development NGO sectors within donor countries means it has made it impossible to measure their full contributions to development cooperation. We explore new evidence of their growing and significant contributions vis-à-vis official development assistance and look at new donor policy innovations that move from a managerial to a transformative ideology for civil society funding. Such innovations have the potential to enhance partnerships and cooperation and reduce the contested nature of NGOs’ contributions to development cooperation.

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