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The Elusive Promise of NGOs in Africa. Lessons from Uganda.
Susan Dicklitch
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Hardback. Challenges the dominant discourse of neo-liberalism which places NGOs and civil society at the forefront of democratization and development in Africa. This study shows how NGO potential for democratization and development has been subverted by state directives and structural conditions. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JPH; JPSN; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Dicklitch challenges the dominant discourse of neo-liberalism which places NGOs and civil society at the forefront of democratization and development in Africa. Based on nine months of field research in Uganda, the study draws on evidence from the 'successfully' liberalizing country and shows how NGO potential for democratization and development has been subverted by state directives, structural and historical conditions, as well as the internal limitations of NGOs.
Dicklitch challenges the dominant discourse of neo-liberalism which places NGOs and civil society at the forefront of democratization and development in Africa. Based on nine months of field research in Uganda, the study draws on evidence from the 'successfully' liberalizing country and shows how NGO potential for democratization and development has been subverted by state directives, structural and historical conditions, as well as the internal limitations of NGOs.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
International Political Economy Series
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333710715
SKU
V9780333710715
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About Susan Dicklitch
SUSAN DICKLITCH is Assistant Professor at Franklin and Marshall College. She was previously Research Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina (1994-97). She has a PhD from the University of Toronto (1995). She was Assistant Editor of the African Studies Review (1994-97).
Reviews for The Elusive Promise of NGOs in Africa. Lessons from Uganda.
'A lucid and well-researched critique of the popular notion that NGOs, as constituent elements of a revitalized `civil society', represent a potent force for empowerment and democracy in Africa. Susan Dicktlich succumbs neither to a romanticization of civil society not to despair in their incisive evaluation.' - Professor Richard Sandbrook