Democratizing Development: The Role of Voluntary Organizations
John Clark | | ISBN: 978-0-931816-91-8 $24.50 |
| 1991/226 pages/LC: 91-7371 A Kumarian Press Book |
DESCRIPTION
John Clark explores increasingly important role that both Northern and Southern NGOs play in efforts to assist the poor in achieving development, democracy, and justice.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Clark, now retired, was a lead social scientist at the World Bank and also served as adviser to Kofi Annan on issues related to UN–civil society relations.
CONTENTS
- VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS: THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO DEVELOPMENT.
- Setting the Scene.
- Democracy and Development.
- What Are Voluntary Organizations, and Where Have They Come From?
- Magic or Muddle?
- Relationships Between NGOs and Governments.
- NGOS: IMPACT IN THE SOUTH.
- Scaling Up. Project Replication.
- Building Grassroots Movements.
- "The Unreasonable NGO": Influencing Policy Reform.
- REDEFINING DEVELOPMENT.
- International Lobbying.
- New Pragmatism.
- NGOs and Structural Adjustment.
- Structural Transformation.
- Conclusion.
- Think Locally, Act Globally.
No rights in Europe (including the UK), Australia, New Zealand, and India.
"Clark looks beyond the image of NGOs as do-gooders. He explores the rise of popular organizations, grassroots movements, and the new demands for Northern donor organizations to address controversial policy questions.... He challenges NGOs to transform themselves from aid agencies to agents of development."—Tim Broadhead, Canadian Council for International Development